It’s All About Electricity
Richard Herzog
Athens, GA
2015
Steel
16’ x 9’ x 8’
First Place winner of 32nd Rosen Sculpture Competition
Artist Comments
As an artist I do not have the answers – I feel my role is more that of an activist. I do not create work with a political agenda nor have a politically motivated view. My role is to bring awareness to the society in which we live, and to the subjects, objects and ideas that permeate our culture in a subordinate or subversive manner.
My work explores botanical forms, the lack of interaction between man and nature, the artificialization of nature and the patterning that occurs in nature. These sculptures talk about organization and the chaotic nature within natural and man-made forms. I look at how items are composed, their many parts and then abstract their elements-keeping true to their inherit qualities. Some sculptures are more organic in form as if growing or flowing from group to group, mimicking ivy or spring flowers sprouting here and there. All are a combination of a systematic organization of natural forms possessing a chaotic multi-layered visual effect creating a metaphor of our world, dominated by its rapid pace and over-stimulation.
-Richard Herzog