Rosen Outdoor Sculpture Competition & Exhibition
Twentieth AnniversaryRosen Outdoor Sculpture Competition & Exhibition
Blame Physics by John Clement
Blame Physics by John ClementBlame Physics by John Clement
Blame Physics by John Clement
Blame Physics by John ClementBlame Physics by John Clement

Blame Physics

Steel Box Tubing and Pipe

John Clement
Brooklyn, NY

18th Rosen Outdoor Sculpture Competition & Exhibition (2004-2005)

Artist's Comments

The human figure is the source for my sculpture. Born of the figure, my work is the cumulative influence of gesture, structure and movement. The work is a mirror of process. Beginning with a gestural sketch, itself a record of action, the work evolves from line to form, from image to object. Similar to growth and form in nature, a sculpture develops, influenced by the environment. In terms of figuration this radically reverses the traditional role of environment from passive context to malleable medium. The figure does not sit in the environment; the environment is suffused by the figure.

As works in steel, these sculptures defy our knowledge of their materiality. They are characterized by lyricism and weightlessness inviting the interaction between viewer and artwork.
John Clement