Robert Boyd, Narcissus, 1997. Mirrors, lead, steel. Installation view, "The Theater of Cruelty", Cristinerose Gallery, NYC, July 1998.
Robert Boyd, Narcissus, 1997. Mirrors, lead, steel, 72x36x48in. x 9ft. (Destroyed)
Robert Boyd, Ash Ladder, 1991. Cast bronze, 85x33x69in. Collection of Paul DeSandre/Michael Ross.
Robert Boyd, Narcissus, 1997. Mirrors, lead, steel. Installation view, "The Theater of Cruelty", Cristinerose Gallery, NYC, July 1998.
MIRROR WORKS & SELECTED SCULPTURE
The sculptures that comprise Mirror Works use symbolic forms to intimate physical and psychological constraints of the body. Constructed in steel or wrapped in lead, these works counterpose tensile strength and mass with fragile or transitory materials such as blown glass, water and mercury to suggest oppositions of containment and release. The mirror components deployed in the work represent a split or crisis of identification, as they also insinuate the body’s absence.
A selection of earlier sculpture use aggregate forms to comment on identity, desire and sexuality.