The Now of Time, 2016 - 2017

The Now of Time (ox shoulder), 2017 

L’Adesso del Tempo (spalla di bue)
Iranian travertine, black granite;
90cm x 20cm x 150cm / 35.4” x 8” x 59”
Base: 110cm x 40cm x 18cm / 43.3” x 16” x 71”"

The Now of Time (turtle shell), 2017 

L’Adesso del Tempo (guscio di tartaruga)
Iranian travertine, black granite;
86cm x 15cm x 144cm / 34” x 6” x 57”
Base: 90cm x 40cm x 20cm / 35.5” x 16” x 8”

The Now of Time (small bone fragment), 2017

 L’Adesso del Tempo (piccolo frammento osseo)
Iranian Travertine, black granite;
35cm x 20cm x 70cm / 14” x 8” x 27.5”
Base: 52cm x 29cm x 18cm / 21” x 11.5” x 7”

The Now of Time (bone), 2017

In a private collection / Seattle, WA USA
Unique Sculpture; Iranian Travertine, black granite;
28cm x 22cm x 167cm, Base: 50cm x 50cm x 18cm

Over the last years I have been investigating objects of the past in my work, artifacts that I selected for specific meanings. I use these objects as image sources and re-make them, altering them and placing them in different configurations in the gallery to confront the viewer with layers of meaning in a three-dimensional voice.

Lately I have been interested in the oracle as an object that is combining my ideas of past, present and future as a guiding concept of our society that is so often misunderstood or misused.

The only way forward for humans is to look backwards. This reflection on time is the basis for constructing our future. The oracles of today, in our culture, are the consultants from all walks of life: financial advisors, curators, etc. They all take their cues from reflecting on time. Our guides are walking backwards into the future. Our desire to know where we are heading has to be a coalescing of time. The oracle bones of antiquity (China) have meaning beyond their text. Their value is their projection upon their reflection. It poses a poignant question: 

Where does time come from?      John Greer

L’oracolo è un oggetto che unisce idee del passato, del presente e del futuro come un unico concetto guida della nostra società spesso fraintesa ed usata male. L’unico modo per andare avanti per gli esseri umani è guardare indietro. Questa riflessione sul tempo è la base per costruire il nostro futuro. Gli oracoli di oggi, nella nostra cultura, sono i consulenti di tutti i ceti sociali: consulenti finanziari, curatori, ecc..
Le nostre guide camminano a ritroso nel futuro. Il nostro desiderio di sapere dove stiamo andando deve essere una fusione del tempo. Le ossa oracolari dell’antichità (Cina) hanno un significato che va oltre il loro testo. Il valore è rappresentato dalla loro proiezione sulla loro riflessione stessa. L’artista qui si pone una domanda toccante: da dove viene il tempo?

The Now of Time as installed at the exhibition "on form 18" in Asthall, Oxfordshire, England from June 9th to July 8th, 2018. These are 4 individual sculptures belonging to the larger series with this title. See also exhibitions.