Kathy Bruce
Tide Jewels
Guandu Nature Park International Sculpture Festival 2015, Shezi Wetlands, Taiwan
Tide Jewels
Guandu Nature Park International Sculpture Festival 2015, Shezi Wetlands, Taiwan
I Dwell in Possibility inspired by Emily Dickinson
The Marble House Project, Dorset, Vermont 2015
These Trees
Collaboration w Alastair Noble
Pennsylvania College of Technology, Williamsport, Pa. USA
Octopus Haus
La Napoule Foundation, France
The Green Muse
Lewisburg, West Virginia USA
Homage to Neruda,
The Nature Conservancy/ Andy Warhol Preserve, Montauk, Long Island NY USA
La Sirena, Lake Titicaca
Puno, Peru
Sod Mound Maiden
I-Park Foundation, East Haddam, Connecticut USA
Woman Tethered to Trees
Stone Quarry Hill Art Park, Cazenovia, New York USA
The Dancer
Rotary Park, Kingston, New York USA
Big Fish Through Wall
Cheng Long, Taiwan
Earth Maiden
The LAND, Mountainair, New Mexico USA
My site-specific sculptural installations explore archetypal mythological female forms within the context of environmental issues. These works incorporate allusions to the universal symbol of women as they appear in ancient history and the earliest civilizations interpreted and placed in a contemporary public context.
My selection of natural organic materials corresponds to the climate, eco-system, plant and animal life in the environment that calls to mind an association between women and nature. Typically, I incorporate live plant material into or around the forms that become an integral aspect of them, thus the sculptures become a living addition to the natural environment. Recent works contain interactive features such as seating and passageways to encourage direct public interaction allowing people to be inside the sculpture as participants rather than passive viewers.
A notable distinction between my work and that of most of my contemporaries practicing within the context of environmental issues is that my site-specific structures are representational rather than biomorphic or abstract. As a result, this approach allows the interpretation of multi-level meanings to the viewers’ experience of my work.