The source for this sculpture’s shape vocabulary is a “Prada”, wedge style high heal shoe. Prominent in the initial views is a large slicing action that has nearly severed the fully rounded body of this form, causing a dislodged wedge to be thrust forward. Like a revealed heaving chest, the right side seems to be struggling to balance what has been removed but not yet lost. A further response to this violent act has caused the entire sculpture to have a downward tilting axis; resulting in a voluptuous, metallic form to be suspended only one foot above the ground. A rigid, seemingly rough-cut, cast iron heel appears more suspended from… as opposed to being supporting of… all the compressed energy and mass that hangs/floats before it. Moving towards a straight-on view of this sculpture’s outward apex (image 1), the bifurcated sensual forms morph into something similar to the nose of a B-52.
