Rind (Flood Route)

2003

American, born 1970

Grade produces large-scale works that derive from observations of natural phenomena and that probe natural processes to help others see them in new ways. Rind (Flood Route) grew out of a residency at the Kohler Arts Center and Foundry in Wisconsin, where he collaborated with other artists in industrial metal fabrication to produce a series of smaller sculptures. Grade began moving beyond considerations of landscape towards a deeper exploration of materiality. X-ray images of the cast works produced ghostly images with bulging, organic forms. Such forms inspired Rind, with its surface contusions recalling the deep cuts in the earth created by cataclysmic floods.

Chrome-plated cast brass

26 x 24 x 11 in. (66 x 61 x 27.9 cm)

Gift of Driek and Michael Zirinsky in honor of Lucy and Herb Pruzan

2017.2

Provenance: The artist; [Davidson Galleries, Seattle, Wash.]; purchased by Driek Zirinsky, Boise, Idaho

Photo: John Grade

Not currently on view

Resources

Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Davidson Galleries, John Grade, 2004.

Boise, Idaho, Boise Art Museum, John Grade: Sculptures and Drawings, July 10 - Dec. 26, 2004. Text by Matthew Kangas. No cat. no., p. 18, reproduced pp. 28 [detail], 29, 58.

Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Our Blue Planet: Global Visions of Water, Mar. 18 - May 30, 2022.

Published ReferencesKangas, Matthew. “John Grade.” Sculpture vol. 23 no. 7 (Sept. 2004): p. 77.

Schnoor, Christopher. “Form in Flux: John Grade’s World at Boise Art Museum.” Boise Weekly, Nov. 10, 2004.

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