Reinvesting in Form-R...

by Isaac Duncan III
October 2-27, 2006 

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Artist's Statement

Reinvesting in Form-R
	     Form-R
	  Former
	               Former investigations

History
These investigations started after I began teaching elementary school art.  
I found myself reinvestigating basic forms which led me to redefining what 
sculpture was to me.

On a basic level:
Sculpture challenges
   relationships of form
   interaction of the whole to its parts
   scale
   environment
   surface texture
   gravity
   balance
   motion
   references
   itself

On a philosophical level:
Sculpture forces one to consider and re-consider their existence and the 
existence of that which is.

Process:
I create in “organized chaos.”  Metal and equipment surrounds me.  
Music blaring, grinders going, torches sizzling bacon.  All that happens, 
happens with instant decisions and reconsiderations at that moment.  

     Think it
              Make it
                        Done.

Artist's Bio
Isaac Duncan III, a Brooklyn, New York native and Afro-Cuban descendant, received his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree 
from the University of Notre Dame, certification of Secondary Art Education from St. Mary's College, and a Masters of 
Fine Arts from the University of Kentucky. In 2002, Isaac was a guest speaker at the University of Kentucky on the topic 
"Santeria Images and Afro-Cuban". In 2000, Isaac presented a lecture entitled "Symbolism: The Role That Art Plays in 
Gang Culture" for Berrien County Intermediate School District, Michigan.

He has received commissions from Electro-Voice Mark IV Audio, in Buchanan, Michigan, Cedarwood Hospital, St. Joseph,
Michigan, the African American Heritage Foundation, Louisville, Kentucky, Lexington Diagnostic Center, Lexington, Kentucky, 
and the Louisville Downtown Management, Louisville, Kentucky.  John Henry Sculptor, Inc. presently employs Duncan 
where he is the crew supervisor, heavy equipment operator and assistant to internationally renowned sculptor John Henry.