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Description:
The sculpture is a composite of 10 smaller
sculptures that fit together to form an artistic interpretation of
the abacus mathematical tool. The sculpture was inspired by a real
mathematical problem, and is enjoyed by the owners of the building,
Henry & Horne accounting firm.
Funding:
This project was funded by the individual developer as a requirement
of Tempe's Art in Private Development Ordinance.
Artist biography:
Although
Rigan was trained as a painter, he has pursued many broad-ranging
and cross-disciplinary projects throughout his career. While still
in college he completed his first large-scale public commission. In
his early 20s he apprenticed to a master architectural glass
craftsman. In his late 20s he wrote and photographed four books and
lectured widely on their subjects. It wasn’t until Rigan was in his
early 30s that he began to develop the sculpture for which he is
most noted. His interest in the temporal medium of glass and how it
manipulates light and the permanence and density of stone, merged
into a series of sculptural explorations that continue to this day.
Rigan splits his time between making studio-based autonomous works
and applying his "way of seeing" to public and corporate spaces.
Often the larger commissions merge architectural, landscape and
other disciplines as an extension of the Artist’s palette. He
started an Architectural practice in addition to his other studio
activities.
Artist statement:
Abacus
is one of the Artist’s Reconstructions. Reconstructions,
like Columns, are architecturally inspired. Their method of
assembly, and strong repeated pattern mimics the rhythm of
Architecture, and construction. Unlike Columns, however,
Reconstructions are more elaborate in their assembly. |
