Wood Messages, Tales from a Village

Using only objects from a village, sculptor Anusapati has denied the abundant resources of the modern world. His work contains multiple forms and shapes loaded with parody.

August 7, 2001

The modern store of sculpture has irreversibly accustomed us to sturdy, heavy and soaring figures that dominate the space in which they stand, and often purposely monumental. The stamp of a sculptor, so they say, is his or her ability to bring authentic values to their work: resisting transitoriness and upholding durability, an implicit denial of material erosion. Anusapati's work does not fit within such a framework. The 13 sculptures current

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