Medusa is a life size mixed media sculpture. The bust is made of chicken wire, plaster, electrical conduit, stone, and glass. The base is made of wood. She also glows in the dark. I made this piece during my Sculpture I class in 2003.
Medusa is the first piece of sculpture I have ever created. It was my first experience with chicken wire, burlap, and plaster and planning/drawing what I wanted to make on a piece on paper before I actually started working. This piece was also a valuable lesson in the fact that a picture really is worth a thousand useless words. Many of my attempts to get the Lowe’s guys to help me were foiled by the fact that I couldn’t tell them the names of what I was looking for. I finally started taking my sketch pad in with me so that they could see a picture and help me find what I needed. We still had a lot of trouble communicating with each other, even with the visual aids.
This piece is the first in a collection of mixed media sculpture that represents the 9 Muses that I contemplate when I am doing art. Medusa was created first. In 2004 I started working out the rest of the collection.
“Medusa”
Mixed Media Sculpture
69” H x 18” W x 22” D
2003
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Photograph by Kevin Bourque (2005)
www.kevinbourque.com
Medusa was also part of the “Women Behind Bars” installation. The College of Charleston Visual Arts Club held its annual Cheap Art Auction & Student Show on December 16, 2005 at The Old City Jail (located at 21 Magazine Street, Charleston SC 29401). The installation was in a locked jail cell.
