Icarus
Steel and recycled plastic, 10' x 3" x 1.5'Sandy Wilcox, Farmville, VA
My outdoor sculptures are intended to promote the experience of noticing forms and motifs in nature. The openness of their design allows them to co-exist with their environment without dominating it, encouraging a response to the entire visual scene. Icarus is made of steel and recycled plastic and was inspired by the numerous artistic interpretations of the Greek myth of the son of Daedalus. Icarus was trying to escape from Crete using wings made of wax and feathers, but when he flew too close to the sun, his wings melted, and he plunged into the sea. The vocabulary of my art often includes wings or leaf shapes, as well as circle, spheres, and spirals, and references to natural forms and life cycles.