Wendell Castle Hope
Price on request
Unique
2013
Stained Ash, Oil Finish
170 x 85 x 119 cm
66.9 x 33.5 x 46.9 in
The monumental Hope, one of Wendell Castle’s masterpieces from his late career, shows two carved wooden seats, counterbalanced against amorphous spires that burst from the ground. As seen in the exposed grain of the wood, Hope is made via Castle’s self-invented lamination technique, involving stacking layers of wood on top of each other and carving directly into it. This gave the artist ultimate control over the unique shapes of his artworks and allowed him to expand the parameters of how it is possible to shape wood.
Artist
Wendell Castle
Born in Kansas in 1932, Wendell Castle received two degrees from the University of Kansas, one in industrial design in 1958 and the other in sculpture in 1961. He moved to Rochester, New York to teach at the School for American Crafts and established a permanent studio in the area that is still in operation today. He reinvented himself for nearly six decades.
