Wenda Habenicht "Gridlock"
Wood, plastic wheels, rubber tread, artificial grass & particle board/ 94.5" H x 124" W x 124" L / 2021/ $5250.
Artist Statement
“Gridlock” is a colorful and playful, participatory sculpture making reference to miniature golf courses and children’s wagons with the grid format similar to a board game. At the same time, the form of the ladder is used to conjure a variety of more serious meanings and metaphors. The sculpture suggests ideas of climbing the corporate ladder or perhaps the spiritual climb to personal betterment. The ladder is also a symbol of escape as in Miro’s paintings or as an anthropomorphic form as in Klee’s “Revolution of the Viaduct”. “Gridlock” suggests a game -- playful yet of being stuck in a struggle to move forward, going back and forth (the carted ladders can be manually moved back and forth on their tracks). Perhaps the only way out is up. The interpretation is intended to be open-ended and personal, encouraging the viewer to ponder the possibilities.
Artist Bio
Born in Elkhart, Indiana, Wenda Habenicht grew up in Boulder, Colorado and attended Beloit College in Wisconsin before moving to New York City to earn her MFA at Columbia University. While living in Brooklyn, she created numerous works of architecturally and/or anthropomorphically derived sculpture, often participatory and many of which were sited outdoors. Wenda’s first large-scale outdoor sited sculpture was built in 1982 at The Midwest Coast, Art and Agriculture in Caledonia, Illinois followed by works built and exhibited in the Eastern & Midwestern United States and Canada. After a twenty-two year hiatus from making art, Wenda started taking photographs in 2012 and from there, returned to creating works on paper and building sculpture. Wenda Habenicht currently lives and works in South Worcester, NY.
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Price does NOT include tax & shipping. Contact robert@collarworks.org for shipping options and estimate.
Wood, plastic wheels, rubber tread, artificial grass & particle board/ 94.5" H x 124" W x 124" L / 2021/ $5250.
Artist Statement
“Gridlock” is a colorful and playful, participatory sculpture making reference to miniature golf courses and children’s wagons with the grid format similar to a board game. At the same time, the form of the ladder is used to conjure a variety of more serious meanings and metaphors. The sculpture suggests ideas of climbing the corporate ladder or perhaps the spiritual climb to personal betterment. The ladder is also a symbol of escape as in Miro’s paintings or as an anthropomorphic form as in Klee’s “Revolution of the Viaduct”. “Gridlock” suggests a game -- playful yet of being stuck in a struggle to move forward, going back and forth (the carted ladders can be manually moved back and forth on their tracks). Perhaps the only way out is up. The interpretation is intended to be open-ended and personal, encouraging the viewer to ponder the possibilities.
Artist Bio
Born in Elkhart, Indiana, Wenda Habenicht grew up in Boulder, Colorado and attended Beloit College in Wisconsin before moving to New York City to earn her MFA at Columbia University. While living in Brooklyn, she created numerous works of architecturally and/or anthropomorphically derived sculpture, often participatory and many of which were sited outdoors. Wenda’s first large-scale outdoor sited sculpture was built in 1982 at The Midwest Coast, Art and Agriculture in Caledonia, Illinois followed by works built and exhibited in the Eastern & Midwestern United States and Canada. After a twenty-two year hiatus from making art, Wenda started taking photographs in 2012 and from there, returned to creating works on paper and building sculpture. Wenda Habenicht currently lives and works in South Worcester, NY.
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Price does NOT include tax & shipping. Contact robert@collarworks.org for shipping options and estimate.
Wood, plastic wheels, rubber tread, artificial grass & particle board/ 94.5" H x 124" W x 124" L / 2021/ $5250.
Artist Statement
“Gridlock” is a colorful and playful, participatory sculpture making reference to miniature golf courses and children’s wagons with the grid format similar to a board game. At the same time, the form of the ladder is used to conjure a variety of more serious meanings and metaphors. The sculpture suggests ideas of climbing the corporate ladder or perhaps the spiritual climb to personal betterment. The ladder is also a symbol of escape as in Miro’s paintings or as an anthropomorphic form as in Klee’s “Revolution of the Viaduct”. “Gridlock” suggests a game -- playful yet of being stuck in a struggle to move forward, going back and forth (the carted ladders can be manually moved back and forth on their tracks). Perhaps the only way out is up. The interpretation is intended to be open-ended and personal, encouraging the viewer to ponder the possibilities.
Artist Bio
Born in Elkhart, Indiana, Wenda Habenicht grew up in Boulder, Colorado and attended Beloit College in Wisconsin before moving to New York City to earn her MFA at Columbia University. While living in Brooklyn, she created numerous works of architecturally and/or anthropomorphically derived sculpture, often participatory and many of which were sited outdoors. Wenda’s first large-scale outdoor sited sculpture was built in 1982 at The Midwest Coast, Art and Agriculture in Caledonia, Illinois followed by works built and exhibited in the Eastern & Midwestern United States and Canada. After a twenty-two year hiatus from making art, Wenda started taking photographs in 2012 and from there, returned to creating works on paper and building sculpture. Wenda Habenicht currently lives and works in South Worcester, NY.
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