Artwork details
- Medium : Cardboard Without Stand
- Dimensions : Length: 24in, Height: 24in, Depth: 7in
About this artwork
This sculpture was inspired by the stairwell within the entrance of the CaixaForum Museum in Madrid, Spain. He has used this inspiration to create a four-part piece speaking of assent and descent and the need for direction within our lives.
Mark Wiesner
United States
Credentials
- Group shows participant
- Experienced Artist
- Solo shows participant
- Works on commission
« My work is about sculptural mark-making. Referencing the synergy between drawing and sculpture, between the material and the manipulated composition is what has, and continues, to empower me. »
Mark Wiesner is an award-winning American sculptor who has exhibited in numerous solo and group events throughout the United States. As a sculptor of assemblages, he resurrects discarded materials, such as cardboard, and embodies them with rhythm, movement and beauty. With a meticulous and technical rigor, Wiesner breathes new life into otherwise mundane and delicate materials, as a reflection on the fragility and beauty of life.