experience art

Cut to the Core

Ryszard Litwiniuk

Litwiniuk, from Mississauga, Ontario, exercises an interest in spatial play, naturally occurring patterns and perspective.

He bores through scavenged "rounds" or stumps of wood, extracting progressively smaller component parts that are extruded and pinned in place using steel rods. These sculptures resemble tree stumps that appear to explode out of themselves into space, while their forms, however abstract, evoke impressions of giant multi-segmented insects.