Medulla
1995
"Calderon sculpts sensuously textured, ambiguous forms. He combines a few different ideas into a new hybrid intended to elicit a 'yearning to understand.' 'Medulla,' an abstract, iconic bronze, invites many associations: an urn, a heart, an insect nest, and Buddha's head. It took him several days to create the individual protrusions that decorate the object's surface. Calderon remembers feeling both devotion and penance as he worked on the wax shell used for the bronze casting. He likes the mysterious and surreal fantasy of a Buddha whose head is covered entirely with hair."
Cast bronze
15 1/2 x 9 1/2 x 9 1/2 in. (39.37 x 24.13 x 24.13 cm)
Northwest Acquisition Fund
96.72
Provenance: The artist; [Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle, Washington]; purchased from gallery by Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington, 1996
© Mark Calerdon