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Artworks
Shadow Drawing, 2022
Powder coated steel and organic plant material129.6 x 192 x 120 in.
329.2 x 487.7 x 304.8 cm
$ 250,000.00Further images
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'Shadow Drawing', 2022, is an enveloping 10-foot high sculpture of laser-cut, powder-coated stainless steel that creates a landscape of line and shadow. Although the structure is fixed in solid steel,...'Shadow Drawing', 2022, is an enveloping 10-foot high sculpture of laser-cut, powder-coated stainless steel that creates a landscape of line and shadow. Although the structure is fixed in solid steel, it appears on the precipice of change, hovering on the threshold of chaos and order. Its form was initially based on a mathematical model called a Henon attractor, which allows one to model chaotic orbits–in other words, to trace an almost untraceable line.
As a part of this work, which can be installed indoors or outdoors, the sculpture can be integrated with site-specific, native species planted within and around the sculpture. Ritchie’s intention is for the plantings to migrate and change naturally as they vie for resources, producing a “wild garden”, and ever-changing landscape of evolutionary competition at work.
As he notes of this tension, “I am interested in embodying evolution–art as an experimental garden for hybridity and the emergence of new forms.”
The ambitious sculpture relates to Shadow Garden, a commissioned permanent installation recently installed at the University of North Texas. -
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