![]() In two pieces, ‘Metropolis’ and ‘Forge’, hands in the form of real gloves stiffened with resin crank away on big wrenches or grasp massive chains. He uses modern materials - fiberglass is a favorite - but gives these materials narrative meaning outside technology. His mixed-media sculpture conjures up images of old technological optimism only to undercut this optimism with other, less congenial images. Mara Dale, “Astir” Whitehot Magazine, December 2015įorge, 1996, leather, polyester resin, pigment, steel The invitation to participate proves difficult to resist-upon leaving the show, this viewer realized that she had served as a willing and engaged foil in an ongoing exploration of disequilibrium. Viewed together, Butter’s sculptures and paintings embody a dialogue about the tensions between stillness and movement, 2-D and 3-D, with each piece contributing a motive energy of its own. They alternately invite and disrupt a sense of ease and stability-pulling the viewer in only to stymy expectations that become apparent by being thwarted. Ultimately, one notices that Butter’s works create provisional scenarios and spaces-scenes one might hope to enter and explore-and moments of rest. The show rewards viewing from different angles-close scrutiny of the pieces’ materials and nuances of movement-and a consideration of the pieces in relation to each other. S Machine (2007), detail of the materials in use: pink tutu fabric stuffed into the steel with carved poplar painted white ![]()
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