“Richard Haley, earth, and air; and/or the dream is over again”
October 24 - November 25, 2008
Richard Haley - Artist Statement
My art practice maps the absence and presence
of the body through sculpture and performative actions. These investigations
attempt to locate the corporeal self in a postindustrial culture. Most recently,
I have become fascinated with the interface between the body and objects and the
extent to which these relationships produce the self.
Some objects I explore as literal manifestations of these relationships between
body and object – the podiums that we speak from, the crutches that we lean on,
the flagpoles that we articulate nation through. Other objects I explore as
points or coordinates within larger networks of interaction between human
governance and natural governance. By replicating and intervening into natural
systems like tide patterns and tree growth, I impose a man-made logic onto
resistant natural technologies. My own futile technologies intentionally call
into question the whereabouts of agency among human and natural bodies.
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