“Canker in the Pillar” examines themes of aspiration, hope, and their fragility. It shows a partially rusted, polished steel ring with damaged red and blue glass half-circles hanging from gold wires in mid-fall, representing the shattering of an aspirational ideal. The steel circle connects to a white, ethereal shape covered in yarn and pierced by a rusted steel rod that extends from a cylindrical, deteriorating bare concrete base.

The canker is depicted as rust emanating from a defective foundational pillar, piercing hope as it seeps onto the aspiration to create a more perfect union that the pillar advocates.

Although the concrete pillar is highly durable and dense, it is not entirely invulnerable. It carries an inherent flaw, sometimes visible on it and represented as cracks and dents. The rusted rod is an outright manifestation of this flaw.

Key Features:

• Modern abstract sculpture

• Concrete, steel, glass, and fiber

• Dimensions: 47" H x 17" W x 24" D