'DER PANTHER'
2009
GRAPHITE ON PAPER
45" X 55" INCHES
"As he paces in cramped circles, over and over,
the movements of his powerful soft strides,
is like a ritual dance around a center,
in which a might will stands paralyzed..."
From the poem 'Der Panther" by RILKE
'DER PANTHER' IS A WORK IN RESPONSE TO THE GREAT POEM BY THE GERMAN POET RAINER MARIA RILKE. THE MEDIUM OF GRAPHITE AND THE POEM EVOKE A SENSE OF TRAPPED ENERGY THAT HAS BEEN CAPTURED BY THE CATHARTIC SYNTHESIS FUSED BY POEM AND VISUAL EXPRESSION.
the movements of his powerful soft strides,
is like a ritual dance around a center,
in which a might will stands paralyzed..."
From the poem 'Der Panther" by RILKE
'DER PANTHER' IS A WORK IN RESPONSE TO THE GREAT POEM BY THE GERMAN POET RAINER MARIA RILKE. THE MEDIUM OF GRAPHITE AND THE POEM EVOKE A SENSE OF TRAPPED ENERGY THAT HAS BEEN CAPTURED BY THE CATHARTIC SYNTHESIS FUSED BY POEM AND VISUAL EXPRESSION.
