Herman’s Dream
Sculpture
Herman’s Dream
1979. coal, argon tubing, stainless steel (58″ tall, base 14″ x 14″). Private collection.
Herman’s Dream was one of my first uses of coal, which has a raw, out of the earth sensibility. Herman Snyder was an influential sculptor and teacher, whose life and art involved darkness and illumination, the raw and the refined, bluntness and grace, and the desire to transcend natural conditions like weight.
