Outdoor Sculpture Biennial Archives

Michael Slaski
I enjoy carving torsos because it is a challenge to express a unique human being within a monolith. The viewer attends to the formal characteristics of the representation when and legs and head are not used to communicate meaning. However, I do not want the formal qualities to dominate. This torso is based on a body outside of what might be considered ideal, which I hope imparts some erotic weight.

- M.S.

Grand Mere Torso, 2004
limestone / wood
75 x 14 x 16 in.
Grand Mere Torso