A Vessel of Calls for Battle

2013
Bronze, Corten steel
79” X 28” X 29”
Photo: Maggie Nimkin

The increase in conflict and bloodshed around the world has led me recently to sculpt an enormous head that is obsessed with battle. The determination of calls for battle does not allow the recognition of any need other than that of going to war. The head is frontal and direct, and the open mouth cries out for killing. It is hard to choose which is more menacing: the twisted mouth or the narrowing holes for eyes.