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Artist Statement:
In my experience as a
sculptor, the relationship
with the stone is primary. I
was initially surprised by how
profound this was - it
compared to a human
relationship. I found myself
driven to create ‘natural’
forms, sometimes human and
biological and at others
architectural and cold,
sometimes awkward, like my
aesthetic sense - which seems
unable to accept any form as
finished - and like stones
themselves, alien and primary
too.
The profundity of the
relationship between stone and
sculptor inspires me – what is
it exactly? What is it about
stone? Of course, in one
sense it is primary – it is
the planet, what we stand on,
what underpins everything. It
has the permanence that we do
not have. Perhaps the
struggle to shape stone is the
desire to give permanence to
human ideas and emotions. The
stone supplies the permanence.
The idea the artist shapes it
with steps out of time. That
is the thrill, and the egotism
too.
Sculpting also seems like a
religious and a psychological
activity – it mirrors the
primacy of forming in the
human psyche, and the desire
to find form. When sculpting
stone we recreate the world
all over again, like a
personal Genesis, and we ...
Further Information
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Artist Galleries:
Arco Arte sculpture studio,
Carrara, Italy.
http://www.arcoarte.it/
http://www.stonesculpture.gothe
re.uk.com
http://www.sambellsculpture.com
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Exhibitions for Sam Bell:
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Wysing Arts Open exhibition. July 2004
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