Odysseus2017Photograph of temporary sculpture
size varies to 50"x40"IMG_6776 ©Don Porter
“BEST IN SHOW" AWARD Palm Springs Art Museum
Artists Council Exhibition 2018
Solvō2018photo of temporary sculpture (radical wabi sabi)
print sizes can vary IMG_3214 ©Don Porter
Sigourney's Trachea2017digitized photo of temporary sculpture
size varies to 40"x50"IMG_5878 ©Don Porter
Argos2018photograph of temporary sculpture
print sizes vary IMG_1466 ©Don Porter
Hour of the Wolf2018photograph of temporary sculpture
print sizes varyIMG_1627 ©Don Porter
Day's Ellipse2017digitized photo of temporary sculpture
size varies to 40"x50"IMG_6708 ©Don Porter
Saturn's Edict2017digitized photo of temporary sculpture
size variesIMG_5440. ©Don Porter
Stone's 2017digitized photo of temporary sculpture
size varies to 40x70IMG_5366 ©Don Porter
Fate2017digitized photo of temporary sculpture
size varies to 50"x40"IMG_5990 ©Don Porter
Rilke2017digitized photo of temporary sculpture
size varies to 40x50"IMG_5200 ©Don Porter
Marmamelodium2017digitized photo of temporary sculpture
size varies to 50"x40"IMG_6868 ©Don Porter
Homage to Hawking2015digitized photo of temporary sculpture
size varies to 40"x50"IMG_9368 ©Don Porter
Devolution2016digitized photo of temporary sculpture
size variesIMG_2066 ©Don Porter
Ernest2017digitized photo of temporary sculpture
sizes varyIMG_6001 ©Don Porter
Ululatus Rutilus2017digitized photo of temporary sculpture
sizes varyIMG_5602 ©Don Porter "Red Shriek"
Blue Got Me2017digitized photo of temporary sculpture
sizes varyIMG_6208 ©Don Porter
My radical wabi sabi sculptures differ from my standard wabi sabi sculptures. The processes are the same but these sculptures transform more suddenly. Radical wabi-sabi forces the unconventional to achieve momentary transcendence, often in a heartbeat. Everything is mutable. All is temporary. Nothing exists beyond the the moment of now.
Some critics would say these are not true to the subtle and sublime aura of wabi sabi. I would agree, but it is the ephemerality in wabi sabi that captivates me. Radical wabi sabi takes the impermanence of the moment to the extreme, increasing the tension between viewer and reality.