brief sculptures of parts
Our sculptures last less than a hour. All their parts start and end the day in a pile nearby. We put the parts together, usually 4 to 6. They’re leaned together or balanced. We use clips, wire or magnets as needed. We photograph the compositions we like and call them sculptures. Then we might make some changes and come up with something else we like that’s similar. More photographs. Or we’ll take the piece apart and grab some other parts to compose with.
How we work (for illustration purposes only - we’re never this tidy) We make a lot of handmade paper objects often combined with other materials. We make our sculptures by combining/arranging/composing those objects together like those on the table. If it’s interesting we photograph it. Then the piece comes apart and the objects return to the inventory.
Someone wrote -
that Matisse’s paper cutouts are without “finality and finish;” they flourish in “a state of perpetual deferral.” We like that.
Our collaboration is almost seamless.
We are Barbara Landes & Paul Sullivan. We have shared several studios since 1997 and been collaborating since 2015. about us
Thank you for looking at our site. LandesSullivan @ gmail.com