Artwork by Category
Installation Sculpture
Some constructs are strange and unfamiliar. The work contains elements of the known and the abstract; the relationship between the pieces is intriguing but unknowable. Adrian Mauriks
Maquettes
A maquette (French word for scale model, sometimes referred to by the Italian names plastico or modello) is a small scale model or rough draft of an unfinished architectural work or a sculpture.
Sculpture in Public
" ... observers are encouraged to make their own intellectual and visual connections with the forms... " The Straits Times
Totem Pieces
"In paticular, the open space up through the centre of the sculpture adds a dynamic image of movement to the large solid forms". Ann Lumley
Developmental Sculpture
"By then he had clearly established an approach to sculpture which is best described as individual and muscular". Graeme Sturgeon
Early Sculpture
"It is one piece that convinces through its appropriate scale and presence". Rod Carmichael
Intimacy and personal scale are part of my personal brief.
The work, for me, has a sensual, almost erotic feel about it.
Content components - The poetry of Dante, the sculpture of Bernini, the celebration of the spiritual as a description of the physical state of "being there", the Buddhist frame of reference re - the affirmation of the tantric partnerships and the subliminal quest for enlightenment, throw in a pinch of Bosch, in particular his ‘Garden of Earthly Delights’ and a large spoonful of soul.
Bits of some or all of the above, directly or indirectly, reside in the work.
I am optimistic enough to believe the arts flurry of today and all that is associated with it, to some degree at least, balances out the fear factor and aggression of recent times.
To quote ‘Freeman Dyson’ the Princeton astrophysicist who came up with the following insightful phrase, "It is my contention that mind and intelligence are woven into fabric of our universe in a way that altogether surpasses our comprehension."
Adrian Mauriks, 2007
