Waiting for the Wounds to Heal
Waiting for the Wounds to Heal evolved from the idea of repose. A sawblade has a beautiful linear quality, yet it seems impossible to view it without thinking of its purpose. Leaves are an evocative image. There is a wonderful reference to them at the end of a John Cheever short story, "The Sorrows of Gin":
… a shower of leaves on the wind crossed the beam of his headlights, liberating him for a second at the most from the literal symbols of his life — the buttonless shirts, the vouchers and bank statements, the order blanks, and the empty glasses.
EXHIBITIONS
> 1988: Robert J. Gehrke — Cast Metals, L. E. Phillips Memorial Public Library, Eau Claire, Wisconsin
> 1990: Wisconsin '90, Edna Carlsten Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
> 1992: Robert Gehrke + Roger Kast, Anderson & Anderson Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Waiting for the Wounds to Heal, 1988
bronze
22" x 45" x 6"
35 lbs.
… a shower of leaves on the wind crossed the beam of his headlights, liberating him for a second at the most from the literal symbols of his life — the buttonless shirts, the vouchers and bank statements, the order blanks, and the empty glasses.
EXHIBITIONS
> 1988: Robert J. Gehrke — Cast Metals, L. E. Phillips Memorial Public Library, Eau Claire, Wisconsin
> 1990: Wisconsin '90, Edna Carlsten Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
> 1992: Robert Gehrke + Roger Kast, Anderson & Anderson Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Waiting for the Wounds to Heal, 1988
bronze
22" x 45" x 6"
35 lbs.