Self-portrait in situ
Fallen
2003
Cast iron
6” x 3” x 3”
Detail 1
Detail 2
A merger of two of my favorite methods for making, mold-making & site-specificity, this piece was a cast of a corner of the brick wall behind the Sculpture Dept adjacent to the Wood Shop, the two places I spent the most time while at KCAI. I made a silicone rubber cast of the corner and then modified it to be a quarter sphere that was cast in reason-bonded sand and hand worked to be polished. The piece was temporarily sited on the ground from whence it was cast as an enigmatic object that secretly belonged.
— Andy T
In situ
Placing the object
“Iron is used both because it is the most abundant element on the planet, and it has a shorter life span than archival materials such as bronze. For these reasons iron is not as desirable, its value is debatable. My series of iron pieces are low to the ground, close to their origin, yet are polished to reflect the world around them. This series communicates my perception of how identities are formed somewhere between nature and society.”
— My statement about the work excerpted from a longer artist statement, 2003
Self-portrait in situ
Detail 3