Oblique Shadows Catalogue 2000
Singapore, 15 Oct 2000 - 31 Jan 2001
The work of Adrian Mauriks springs from an analogous spiritual pool, inspired by an ongoing interest in Tibetan Buddhism. His vocabulary is clouds, the Buddha eye, a snake, birds and various plant forms such as the lotus. Building upon and yet departing from the Minimalist sensibilities of steel sculpture through his current use of polystyrene, Mauriks has displayed a decorative flamboyance that feeds upon the spirit of the Tantric. His works of lightweight structures, a vocabulary reminiscent of the patterning of Oriental friezes defy the gravity of machine age aesthetics with a creative energy suggesting the regenerative forces of nature, not bound by material but transformed by spirit.
Overlapping shadows
By Cherylin Tay
Tuesday, November 14, 2000
