Shape

GENESIS- 1995
John Robinson
Polished Stainless Steel
3 feet X 3 feet
University of Wales, Bangor





    John Robbinson, (1935-2007), was a British sculptor. In the late 1960's he began sculpting with modeling clay where he sculpted friends and children. In 1983 he opened the Freeland Gallery where he collaberated with another artist to create a "Symbolic Structures and Tapestries" exhibit. In the 1970's, he began his Universe Series of Symbolic Sculpture of which is made up of more than 100 pieces.e early 1970s Robinson be
   
     In this piece, titled Genesis, it is being described by Robinson as "The never ending renewal of life", in that each rhombus is giving birth to a rhombus, as IT is being born itself.
(The rhombus is thought to be the Celtic symbol for fertility.) The planes of Genesis cross at right angles and mimics the Borromean Ring principle in appearence. I like how the simple rectangular shape used, as well as the high polished metal, conveys how life can be continually renewed.



http://www.popmath.org.uk/sculpture/pages/2genesis.html