eisenhauer gallery: monica wyatt sculpture

wyatt’s work offers a permanent record of the things we take for granted. it’s heroic in the sense that parenting and friendship are heroic. each piece creates its own intimacy. monumental sculptures commemorate something already done. wyatt’s create and then confirm their various miraculous, everyday deeds. hers is an extraordinary body of work. it confirms that the greatest events are the ones that history overlooks. one or both parents care for a child. a trio of sisters talks on a bench. a friend shares a secret with another friend. her work shows that these are the things that we need to preserve for posterity. anonymous and unassuming people as they do whatever it is that makes them human. that’s what this work is about. more…

June 15, 2014