– found through artinfodotcom tweet -> Al Farrow |
Honestly, when I first saw this story, I had a moment of shock. This piece might offend some of you, but it will make you think about consequences.
Sculptor, Al Farrow, is currently showing his New Reliquaries at the Catherine Clark Gallery in San Francisco. Needless to say, this is such a statement for how violence and religion seem interconnected. Many won’t like that statement, but unfortunately the evidence is all around us everywhere. That these pieces are simultaneously beautiful and deadly is the most immediate impression. That they hold human remains, as they are reliquaries, puts out the most interconnected message of all three symbols. They remind us of the capability for good and bad that man holds in his hands. Our choices make the inevitable conclusion of our true intentions. Al Farrow has made many different forms of his messages in his career as a sculptor. You will have to go to his site to see the true impact of his intentions. There is nothing more worthwhile than hearing a man’s message as it’s expressed from his soul. |
