Lance Ryan McGoldrick
Not At Home
Opening Reception: Nov 11, 2022 6pm-9pm
Closing Reception: Dec 2, 2022 6pm-9pm
These three forms started as two large scraps of Expanded Polystyrene Foam, discarded and destined for the dump after being used for concrete forms in the City's remodeling of the fountain at Civic Plaza.
Polystyrene is not biodegradable, taking hundreds if not thousands of years to decompose. Polystyrene manufacturing creates an enormous amount of hazardous waste and contributes greatly to global warming.
These sculptures were created in order to remove the foam from the waste stream. Highly inspired by the abandoned houses that dot our beautiful New Mexican landscape, and the work of Gordon Matta-Clark, the foam is covered with Stucco, Wood, Metal, Lace, and Glass. The shapes were cut with a Japanese pull saw, and the colors are custom mixed using concrete pigments. These works began as an experiment in Formalism and materiality, and I was thinking a lot about how and why some houses and to a larger degree anything is abandoned. All the hope and dreams once contained in the houses are gone and left to decay. They embrace decay rather than shun it, and form beauty in all stages of life cycles.
Lance Ryan McGoldrick is an interdisciplinary artist working in a variety of nontraditional contexts. His work ranges from discrete objects to immersive environments, often created with combinations of found-objects, texture, light, and geometry. Incorporating youthful exuberance, his work explores environmental themes as a reflection of place and with a reverence for nature. His work appears in non-traditional spaces as well as in galleries, at festivals, and as public art installations.
Objects contain unique histories, shaped by people and places. Even garbage tells a personal story. Abandoned and discarded objects are often free and unfortunately plentiful. This abundance in material, and the way it shows up in my work, fuels a conversation about use in the face of over-consumption and planned obsolescence. I emphasize the physical and emotional aspects of decay to explore issues of loneliness and entropy and into this space of abandonment, I invite the natural forces of reclamation. Whether in theme or material, my work confronts the nature of materialism, asking questions about the efficiency of resources, their cost to the natural world, and the way we (dis)regard our world.
www.lanceryanmcgoldrick.com
Closing Reception: Dec 2, 2022 6pm-9pm
These three forms started as two large scraps of Expanded Polystyrene Foam, discarded and destined for the dump after being used for concrete forms in the City's remodeling of the fountain at Civic Plaza.
Polystyrene is not biodegradable, taking hundreds if not thousands of years to decompose. Polystyrene manufacturing creates an enormous amount of hazardous waste and contributes greatly to global warming.
These sculptures were created in order to remove the foam from the waste stream. Highly inspired by the abandoned houses that dot our beautiful New Mexican landscape, and the work of Gordon Matta-Clark, the foam is covered with Stucco, Wood, Metal, Lace, and Glass. The shapes were cut with a Japanese pull saw, and the colors are custom mixed using concrete pigments. These works began as an experiment in Formalism and materiality, and I was thinking a lot about how and why some houses and to a larger degree anything is abandoned. All the hope and dreams once contained in the houses are gone and left to decay. They embrace decay rather than shun it, and form beauty in all stages of life cycles.
Lance Ryan McGoldrick is an interdisciplinary artist working in a variety of nontraditional contexts. His work ranges from discrete objects to immersive environments, often created with combinations of found-objects, texture, light, and geometry. Incorporating youthful exuberance, his work explores environmental themes as a reflection of place and with a reverence for nature. His work appears in non-traditional spaces as well as in galleries, at festivals, and as public art installations.
Objects contain unique histories, shaped by people and places. Even garbage tells a personal story. Abandoned and discarded objects are often free and unfortunately plentiful. This abundance in material, and the way it shows up in my work, fuels a conversation about use in the face of over-consumption and planned obsolescence. I emphasize the physical and emotional aspects of decay to explore issues of loneliness and entropy and into this space of abandonment, I invite the natural forces of reclamation. Whether in theme or material, my work confronts the nature of materialism, asking questions about the efficiency of resources, their cost to the natural world, and the way we (dis)regard our world.
www.lanceryanmcgoldrick.com
