Time, Space and Annie Oakley
Bronze cardboard box inside a cardboard box, with river stones, baseball, kingfisher, impala horn, apple core, fish, salt and pepper shakers, leaves, hand, swan, broken glass, top, arrowhead, buckeye, oil can, swan, dog foot, fossil, starfish, birds in flight, and an iconic image of Annie Oakley. She is performing the William Tell act — shooting an apple off the head of her dog Dave.
Time, Space and Annie Oakley was influenced by the writings of Oliver Sacks on perception — in particular, restoring sight to the blind and the unpredictable and varied ways of perceiving the world. The sculpture elevates the mundane and exploits the many layers of meaning presented by familiar images. It is a story without narrative. Connections and meanings are personal and open-ended. The viewer, like the small kingfisher, is invited to plunge beneath the surface.
EXHIBITIONS
> 1994: ArtsWest 15, L. E. Phillips Memorial Public Library, Eau Claire, Wisconsin
> 1997: Robert Gehrke & Sarah Tennessen, Mabel Tainter Memorial Theater Gallery, Menomonie, Wisconsin
Time, Space and Annie Oakley, 1994
bronze
20.5" x 44" x 6"
90 lbs.
Time, Space and Annie Oakley was influenced by the writings of Oliver Sacks on perception — in particular, restoring sight to the blind and the unpredictable and varied ways of perceiving the world. The sculpture elevates the mundane and exploits the many layers of meaning presented by familiar images. It is a story without narrative. Connections and meanings are personal and open-ended. The viewer, like the small kingfisher, is invited to plunge beneath the surface.
EXHIBITIONS
> 1994: ArtsWest 15, L. E. Phillips Memorial Public Library, Eau Claire, Wisconsin
> 1997: Robert Gehrke & Sarah Tennessen, Mabel Tainter Memorial Theater Gallery, Menomonie, Wisconsin
Time, Space and Annie Oakley, 1994
bronze
20.5" x 44" x 6"
90 lbs.