SITuations

Prim and Proper

8' long enamel painted steel table with chandelier

acrylic painted clay figures

STATEMENT

My figurative clay and steel sculptures are all about humans being. I am fascinated by the world’s family brimming with mystery, diversity, individuality and universality. My sculptures create a fellowship and dialogue between human form and spirit and what I believe is humankind’s most powerful global language – the voice of the body. SITuations, my most recent survey of this postural non-verbal dialect zooms in on locations and circumstances surrounding or affecting human beings. These acts, events and conditions are continuations of my sculptural essays on the epic puzzle of human conduct.  My lighthearted interpretations of situations feature a humorous hodgepodge of body types, postures, activities, attitudes and behaviors which create casual and amiable parodies.  The sculptures are topped off with titles inspired by a frequent use of puns which append a twist or spice to a humdrum happening.

 

Goop Therapy  24" x 18" x 11"  acrylic painted clay

 

One Too Meny

acrylic painted clay  13" x 18" x 11"

 

 

Members of the Bored

 

 weathered wood, wire 20" x 38" x 10"

 

The Bare Necessities

clay, stone, Plexiglas, steel

 

 

Chair of the Board

scrap wood, acrylic painted clay

56" x 12" x 15"

 

ARToons   - glazed clay

 

 

 

 

 

Barbara Scavotto Earley Sculpture