David McFarlane Sculpture

My recent work continues to examine organic and invented systems. My interest is in values, standards, and reference points: how we arrive at them and how they function. The intention behind my sculpture is similar to that of Cartography in that I seek to embrace both the actual and the representation, to physically experience the terrain that I am mapping. Individually, my work function much like markers on a body of water; indicating a danger, a passage, things that aid in navigation: utilitarian landscape art. I hold idea above form during any process but insist that the idea must eventually take on a form. Everything is defined in form by intent. Pursuing only form leads to self-connoisseurism. I am not bound to specific materials or modes of representation but rather seek to render each idea in its appropriate form. Inevitably, common traits, characteristics, and concerns emerge in each piece that connect it with the rest of my work, but this is not a conscious effort. Aesthetically, my work is related to Conceptual Art and Minimalism, assuming a crafted, efficient presence, opting to empty out planes of a confused signage.