Blane De St Croix is sculptor who makes sections of landscapes out of various non-traditional materials such as building materials, model trees, foam, flocking, etc.
A large work at Smack-Mellon, a more than one hundred foot scale model Mexican/American border fence snaked through the gallery space, has brought him to the attention of various other project spaces. He is currently working on multiple projects including a giant upside down strip-mined mountain at the Black and White project space down the street from my studio. I have been helping him occasionally on his current project as it is, like any good project, more than you can realistically do in the time allotted.
Blane sees himself coming out the tradition of landscape painters. Formally he uses shape, color, and texture to imply greater space.
He has an impressively short statement which I would like to emulate:
My work utilizes sculptural object, installation and drawing. Employing a combination of natural and industrial materials. I am interested in articulating humankind’s desire to take command over the earth --alluding to conflicts with ecology, politics, ourselves and the level of human absence and/or presence in industry. I often borrow from man-made elements and architectural environments and adjoin them with natural habitats, asking us to reflect on our precarious relationship with our surroundings.
http://blanedestcroix.blogspot.com/
http://www.blackandwhiteprojectspace.org/
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