Reception and artist talk on July 13th from 4-6 pm
Form Finding
“Finding” is a curious word; first, it presupposes the existence of something being looked for. Second, we might even imagine that we might have possessed it, and now it's lost, whatever it is—the “form.” Once we find it again, there might be a use for it.
The “finding” could also be a conclusion we reached as a result of an inquiry, investigation, or trial—the finding is then a form of determination.
Located on the edge of the large meadow at TurnPark Art Space is an enigmatic, colorful sculpture by Roberley Bell, The Landscape Stares Back (2018). Evocative of an overturned classical urn, a staple of garden design throughout the centuries, now awkwardly scaled and tossed - it becomes a bench.
The name captures the sculpture’s function as a seat to reflect on the path that led you to it. More importantly, it reverses an act of seeing — a reminder that seeing, watching, and observing work in both directions.
In Robelley Bell’s artistic practice, drawing is seeing within, looking for, and finding forms emerging from the inner scapes of memory, gestures of thoughts, and echoes of things seen. The drawing then is a document of record, a report from within. It stares back and asks if we found it.
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