James Shefik 

Sculpture for Photography

This series of work, was the product of an artistic "intervention" in 2016.   I was compelled to take a studio class which removed the methods my art practice had built up in the previous 12 years. The outcome radically altered my investment of time and control of outcome. These quick sculptural "sketches" have been transformed by the lens of a camera. The resulting photographic prints no longer carry the burden of hours of thought, execution and stubborn tenacity. 

" Velocity” 2016  2 1/2 x 8 

 

wire, maraschino cherry, earplug, corn syrup 

“Careful with that Axe”  2019  10 x 6

Apple, fake fur, pins, paint brush hairs

“Last Exit”  2017  2 x 5    Tinted paraffin, wooden disk

“Lonely Circus”  2018  1 1/2 x 9  Animal crackers, bubble wrap, strawberry jam, corn syrup

“Beautiful Failure”  2021  10 x 16  Window film

“Karaoke Carnage”  2020  5 x 3

Cherries, wire, fake fur

“Tinnitus”  2016  5 x 2

Paraffin, olive, earplug, wire, cherry juice

“Unpresidented”  2017  3 x 10  Bubble wrap, olives, wire, corn syrup, fig Jam

“It’s Not What You Think”  2019  12 x 8  Cast rubber, nails, balloon, wire, soap

“2002” 2016  4 x 1  Paraffin, earplugs

“3 Days Later”  2016  9 x 4  Lemon, cherry

fake fur, painted dowel

“Eluding Expectations”  2017  4 x 4  Grapes, corn syrup, food coloring

“Double or Nothing”  2016  9 x 3  Basters, wire

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