Versailles
STEVE ARMSTRONG
Klockwerk: New Automata
April 25 through June 15, 2010
When cranked the drummer drums,
the dancer taps her legs,
the flutist turns from side to side,
and the moon's eyes move from side to side.
CREOLE MOON, 2010,
Acrylic on carved wood with wooden gear mechanisms,
24 x 17 x 5 inches
When cranked eyes move from right to left.
COMPASS, 2010, Acrylic on carved wood with wooden gear
mechanisms and found iron hoop, 74 x 44 x 13 (Detail)
THE FRUIT OF OUR LABORS, 2010, Acrylic on carved wood
with wooden gear mechanisms, 79 x 16 x 16 inches
When wound the pendulum swings back and forth
and all the gears engage so that the figure turns the wheel.
SUNCATCHER, 2010, Acrylic on carved wood, wooden gear mechanisms and lens,
26 x 15 x 19 inches
BUTTERFLY, 2010, Acrylic on carved wood with wodden gear mechanisms,
50 x 23 x 27 inches (Detail)
When cranked butterfly moves from side to side
while moving up and down; when arrived to the
other side it turns and moves in the opposite direction.
The sitting figure's eyes roll back into its head
as if going in to a trance.
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