1998

Clay

2 x 2 x 2 ft

 

Allan used sculpture to wrestle with and untangle the episodic burdens of his bi-polar condition. This piece is an example of his transformational exploring - we see the artist broken or cracked. Across the three-dimensions he inscribed an excerpt of Gibran’s seminal essay, "On Freedom":

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"At the city gate and by your fireside I have seen you prostrate yourself and worship your own freedom,
Even as slaves humble themselves before a tyrant and praise him though he slays them.
Ay, in the grove of the temple and in the shadow of the citadel I have seen the freest among you wear their freedom as a yoke and a handcuff... see more