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Joshua Enck | Extempore #55, March 7, 2024, 2024

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Joshua Enck | Extempore #55, March 7, 2024, 2024
Joshua Enck | Rochester, New York
Extempore #55, March 7, 2024, 2024
Cherry, paint, wax
6 x 5 x 4 inches | 15.2 x 12.7 x 10.2 cm

This sculpture is one of the fifty-five pieces in my current Extempore series. The title, which means “without premeditation,” reflects an intuitive process that I use to fabricate complex forms without designing them beforehand. Restricting myself to working in wood and completing each piece within one calendar workday challenges me to take risks and work spontaneously.

In this small sculpture I was striving for compositional and physical balance. The cantilevered 'head' counteracts and balances the spreading 'feet' of the form. I've been working a lot in steel lately and found myself imagining this gestural form on a much larger scale.

About:
Joshua Enck is a sculptor and teacher in Rochester, New York. He trained as an architect and a furniture designer, receiving his MFA in furniture design from the Rhode Island School of Design and his BSAS from the School of Architecture at the University of Illinois. He has taught at RISD, the University of Illinois, Williams College, the University of Rochester, and the Anderson Ranch Arts Center. Joshua has exhibited his work in solo shows at Space Gallery, the RIT City Art Space, Simon Gallery, and the University of Maine Museum of Art. The Rhode Island State Council on the Arts, the Society of Arts and Crafts in Boston, the Haystack School of Crafts, and the Center for Art in Wood in Philadelphia have honored his work. Joshua was a Fulbright Nehru Scholar and the Anna Ballarian Visiting Artist at the Rochester Institute of Technology.

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