Beth Cavener Stichter (Artist) 11/8/10

Work
Beth Cavener Stichter Rush of Blood Stoneware 2008

Beth Cavener Stichter Render, Husk Stoneware, wooden peg, wooden box 2009

Beth Cavener Stichter A Second Kind of Loneliness Stoneware, paper pinwheel, internal mechanical breathing device 2009

Beth Cavener Stichter Study for "Hare Leaping Over Nothing" Stoneware, rope, bronze hook 2008


Bio

Beth Cavener Stichter is an American sculptor, residing and working out of Washington State. Her work explores the human psychological condition articulated through animal morphology. "The sculptures I create focus on human psychology, stripped of context and rationalization, and articulated through animal and human forms." Stichter believes that there is an instinctual truth in these sculptures because of the awareness across species and similarities in psychological makeup. Looking at the sculptures may initially unnerve the viewer, but after closer inspection, allow them to define a psychological condition of the animal beyond the surface level.

http://www.theartspiritgallery.com/html/ArtistBio.asp?artnum=57

Relates

My work relates to Stichter's because I too, am using a process which describes a facet of the human condition through animal imagery and research. Our work differs on many other levels, but the universality and interspecifc awareness is an overall similarity. My work focuses, as well, on the intricacies and subtleties of animal and human nature, however, in a more evolutionary way.


Quotations

"Both human and animal interactions show patterns of intricate, subliminal gestures that betray intent and motivation. The things we leave unsaid are far more important than the words spoken out-loud to one another. I have learned to read meaning in the subtler signs; a look, the way one holds one's hands, the incline of the head, the rhythm of a walk, and the slightest unconscious gestures. I rely on animal body language in my work as a metaphor for these underlying patterns, transforming the animal subjects into human psychological portraits."

Beth Cavener Stichter. "Artist Statement: Animal Body, Human Space" The Art Spirit Gallery of Fine Art. Accessed 8 Nov, 2010. <>

"I want to develop an allusion to those uncomfortable, awkward edges between animal and human. I aim for something subtly feral and uneasy - the way a roomful of strangers makes me feel. An uncomfortable relationship grows between the pieces and the viewer as familiar human proportions are confused with those of smaller species. Something conscious and knowing is captured in their gestures and expressions. An invitation."

Beth Cavener Stichter. "Artist Statement: Animal Body, Human Space" The Art Spirit Gallery of Fine Art. Accessed 8 Nov, 2010. <>

Interview

http://arcanalogue.blogspot.com/2009/10/interview-beth-cavener-stichter.html


Gallery

The Art Spirit Gallery of Fine Art
http://www.theartspiritgallery.com/html/artists.asp


Website

http://www.followtheblackrabbit.com/