Richard MacDonald: A Convergence of Spires, Beauty and Passion

For our inaugural online exhibition, we bring directly to your screen a selection of works by the celebrated American sculptor Richard MacDonald. Dawson Cole Fine Art is pleased to present "Richard MacDonald: A Convergence of Spires, Beauty and Passion" opening online Friday, May 8th at 10 am PDT. In addition, the gallery will host its first Instagram Live with Richard MacDonald on Tuesday, May 12th at 5pm PDT. Tune in live where we'll talk with the the artist in his Studio about living in the age of COVID-19, sculpting virtually with models, and his latest works "Blind Trust" and "Origins."

"The spires are a visual depiction of our connection to the earth from the beginnings of time. The elevation of humankind. The textures and colors are reminiscent of earths strata formations and at times combined with the primordial sensuous curves of attractions between man and woman and the dance of the human continuum." – Richard MacDonald

A spire in architecture is an aesthetic form that leads our eye upward, and suggests to the mind transcendence. Something deep within us responds to the spire, and understands it in spiritual terms—it rises up out of the earth, the realm of impermanence and uncertainty, and it reaches upward into the realm of the infinite, the limitless sphere of possibility. In the textural form of the various spires that elevate the human figures we see a hard-edged treatment of the bronze that suggests geology—things of the earth—that contrasts with the soft flesh and human vulnerability of the figures. Underpinning this idea, however, is a stylistic unity that speaks to the heart of Richard MacDonald’s perception of humanity. Richard MacDonald constantly touches on the theme of freedom from limitation, breaking from the earth-bound or ordinary, to reach for something lofty and aspirational. Richard MacDonald sees human beings as creatures of unlimited potential, always striving to push back the boundaries, and soar.

 

 

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