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STATEMENT OF WORK
JOAN WEBER
ARTIST STATEMENT
My sculpture is made intuitively with no preconception in mind. The materials are wood (recently balsa wood), wire, clay, paper and found objects. The simplicity and character of 20th century abstraction, Klee, Calder, Noguchi and minimalism as well as Greek sculpture from the 2nd century B.C. and Cycladic art have inspired my work as have the reactions of many artists against this purity.
The small scale of my sculpture allows my hands to respond to an intuitive instinct before a thought arises.
Recently, I have placed individual pieces together in compositions, allowing interactions between them to bring them more fully alive.
While most of my sculpture is abstract, some suggest figures or animal forms. All has an elemental character and seems to offer a respite from our increasingly high tech world.