WESLEY REDDICK
My experiences have led me to, if not a better understanding, at least a deeper appreciation for the human propensity to make things, and how a single object can exude magical qualities from the shallows and depths of human emotion and reason.
My current work explores the things we crazy humans make, and of particular interest to me, the artifacts and fragments of early cultures. Responding to my emotional memory of viewing and handling artifacts from anthropological dig sites, the stage is set for the virtual discovery of artifacts from the random excavation layers of the dig sites in my imagination.
Sometimes I just don't know what to make of things, and other times, I just know to make things.
His sculptures, whether large public art pieces or smaller indoor works, are constructed from found materials. They all invite a viewer's eye to move from the whole into the often surprising parts.