Cantamar Series
“The Cantamar sculptures are made of
stones gathered by Davy out of the Pacific Ocean in Mexico, near the
small town for which the series is named, which translates as “song of
the sea.” Rounded by the tides, they appear to roll like the waves that
shaped them, unfolding organically at each moment. These works defy
gravity, jostling our expectations and subverting our perception of
their weight and natural presence in the world. The undeniably serene,
contemplative chord struck by these works makes it difficult to refrain
from discussing them in spiritual terms. Yet while decidedly
non-academic words like wonderment and magic serve to address the
intuitive, visceral responses the work evokes in viewers, they also
undervalue the artist’s empathy with the stones as he convinces these
natural objects to behave unnaturally.”
- Shana Nys Dambrot
from catalog
essay “Evidence of Formation,” 2004
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