I purchased "Standing Male Torso" from Ken Whitaker in his studio at Earthworks, edition 1 of 12. The statue plus its polished granite base come to a total of just over 14 lbs. It was a piece the artist was fond of too and kept in his own home.
At first glance, one notices that the left leg is positioned ahead of the right just a bit and the left pectoral muscles are a bit more tense than those on the right. It makes you wonder what exactly the rest of the body must have been doing during this pose. What feelings are being conveyed here by the stance or myotonia? Is the torso standing defensively? I prefer to imagine this body as being tall in a sense and full of pride...
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I'm not some angry, bitter, intolerant, picky, totally pessimistic, never happy guy with high blood pressure and little to no patience who likes to complain all the time. I just started this blog to vent about the little things. The day-to-day things. The probably unimportant stuff you could go the rest of your life without talking about but still you have something to say about it, an opinion that you wouldn't try to impose upon others but that you wouldn't mind sharing either. :)
