JOHN GREER
JOHN GREER

Chest of Mysteries, 2018

New version:

"Chest of Mystery, 2018 - 2019"

Marble, Granite, (Flourescent paint);

52cm x 19cm x 160cm

This sculpture is about the loss of meaning and communication between peoples over prehistoric time. Based on a Cycladic artefact, I carved a new form, human scale, as close to the original as I could. For me this is an opening for wonder, an expansion of space, a chest of mysteries. John Greer

 

Lo scrigno dei Misteri
Questa scultura parla della perdita di significato e di comunicazione
tra i popoli nel corso della preistoria. Si basa su un piccolo manufatto delle Cicladi, l’artista ha scolpito una nuova forma a misura d’uomo, rimanendo il più vicino possibile all’originale. Per Greer questa è un’apertura alla meraviglia, un’espansione dello spazio, uno scrigno di misteri.

old version / installation view

on form 18, Asthall Manor, Oxfordshire, England;

White Italian Marble;

73cm x 53cm x 10cm

You can contact me directly here:

 john@artistjohngreer.com

Image by Gail Skoff for the podcast episode: 

JOHN GREER

ART IS A LANGUAGE 

John's retroActive book is life size.
National Gallery of Canada : THE PROUST QUESTIONNAIRE Image by Gail Skoff.

Res Ipsa Loquitur! ... is a good example of John Greer's conceptual approach to the art of stone carving. Things speak for themselves. Look around the corner: Res Ipsa Loquitur! , 2005 - 2009

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