We Are Crossing Over
1988
1988
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Oak and pine 166 x 48 x 143 in 421.6 x 121.9 x 363.2 cm Collection L.A. Louver Gallery, Venice, California |
We are Crossing Over, deals with
a theme Surls repeatedly visits. "Here two figures stand on a
bridge, a symbol of transition. One is a very figurative diamond,
which in Surls's work represents intellectual enlightenment. The
other is organic—a tree like form sprouting large almond shaped
eyes. Once again, the suggestion is that movement—in this case the
process of 'crossing over' into a new state—requires a fusion of
opposites, organic and geometric, reason and intuition, male and
female."
-Eleanor Heartney, from Splendora: A Love Story in the publication "James Surls: The Splendora Years, 1977-1997."
-Eleanor Heartney, from Splendora: A Love Story in the publication "James Surls: The Splendora Years, 1977-1997."
