Le Point Central
Sculpture
Wood, rope, ceramic
Height: 49 inches, circumference: 10 feet
Elements : 1 oval shaped ceramique insert; 19 pomegranate molds full-size; 29 promegranate molds halved

For the artist, an understanding of human life begins with the cell – nucleic matter that we inherit from our ancestors and that we in turn transmit to future generations. At the center of the cell are chromosomes, the genetically coded thread-like structures that define us as unique individuals and that form the essence of being. In this sculpture, the artist merges the scientific properties of cell structure into her artistic practice to explore the connections between humans and the physical world, and the trajectory from the beginning through to the end of life with all its socio-cultural implications. The cell, like a bridge, becomes the central connecting link between disparate elements.

Le Point Central marries art and science to create a visual metaphor of the bridge as the symbolic link between the disparate elements.

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