Richard Erdman
Sculptor

Erdman produces sculptures designed to connect with us viscerally, somatically, to stop us in our tracks not simply to admire them or stroke them but to sense them and empathize with their movement as much as their presence. He speaks constantly of the viscerality he seeks, a viscerality he sees as inherent to the very purpose of sculpture, “which, being closest to our world in physical relationships, is often judged by us in relative human standards.” Erdman continues, “If a sculpture does not work on the gut or emotive side of our experience with it, it will not work at all. It should strike one first on a visceral level, where intellect is rooted in emotion, and emotions are not structured by intellect.”

Once we’re reached, and pulled in to his world, we ride with Erdman into the realm of the sensate. “That’s the essence of my work,” Erdman continues, “what’s between the line, not in the curve, but maybe in the effervescence that comes from those forms…”

Excerpt from “Richard Erdman”
Peter Frank, January 2008

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