Noah Becker
Dance of the Infinite Wish Stones, 2020
Acrylic on Canvas
152.4 x 121.9 cm
Copyright The Artist
Indeterminate stones defy gravity in this surreal landscape. Suggestive of vertebrae and other anatomical structures, the quasi-sculpted rocks evoke an uncanny valley occupied by the ghosts of twentieth-century sculpture. The...
Indeterminate stones defy gravity in this surreal landscape. Suggestive of vertebrae and other anatomical structures, the quasi-sculpted rocks evoke an uncanny valley occupied by the ghosts of twentieth-century sculpture. The somber color palette plays against the floating spectacles reminiscent of Hollywood special effects, where the normal laws of reality no longer hold sway.