STEVE WANNA: CROSS-DISCIPLINARY ARTIST
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Mixed Media Sculptures
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​Myths of Creation (2017 - ongoing)

Joseph Campbell describes the role of mythology in human culture as something that helps us define our place in the world, both on the micro and macro levels. Myths of creation and origin are common to all cultures. As our awareness of the world and the cosmos has grown, many of the world’s old myths have become inadequate. For me, science offers the ground for a new mythology for the modern world, helping us navigate and find our place in the cosmos, sometimes quite literally.

Each work in the Myths of Creation series is a record of a unique event, an instant of time, forever frozen. The series is inspired by images from NASA’s Hubble Telescope of cosmic events like supernovae: what we see are records of ancient events that occurred eons ago but still have impact and immediacy. I wanted to capture that feeling: each work is made by exploding various materials onto a prepared board. The resulting explosion becomes the work—each piece is a record of the very instant of its creation. The titles reflect this as they bare the date and time of the event. The works are fixed in cast resin, which adds a stunning visual dimension, and enhances the sense of these works as frozen moments of time, records of specific, cataclysmic events.
CE191120.1128 35.5 x 26.5 x 2.5 (acrylic, powder pigment, resin, plaster, mixed media)
CE191117.1313 35.5 x 26.5 x 2.5 (acrylic, powder pigment, resin, plaster, mixed media)
CE191113.1308 32 x 32 x 2.5 (acrylic, silver powder, powder pigment, resin, plaster, mixed media)
CE191113.1258 32 x 32 x 2.5 (acrylic, powder pigment, resin, plaster, mixed media)
CE191113.1035 32 x 32 x 2.5 (acrylic, powder pigment, resin, plaster, mixed media)
CE191111.1955 32 x 32 x 2.5 (acrylic, powder pigment, resin, plaster, mixed media)
CE191111.1914 32 x 32 x 2.5 (acrylic, powder pigment, resin, plaster, mixed media)
CE190520.1205 32 x 32 x 2.5 (acrylic, powder pigment, resin, plaster, mixed media)
CE190520.1142 32 x 32 x 2.5 (acrylic, powder pigment, resin, plaster, mixed media)
CE190520.1127 32 x 32 x 2.5 (acrylic, powder pigment, resin, plaster, mixed media)
CE190205.1201 48 x 48 x 2.5 (acrylic, powder pigment, resin, plaster, mixed media)
CE170827.1701 35.5 x 26.5 x 2.5 in (acrylic, powder pigment, resin, plaster, mixed media)
CE170825.1134 35.5 x 26.5 x 2.5 in (acrylic, powder pigment, resin, plaster, mixed media)
CE170819.1652 35.5 x 26.5 x 2.5 in (acrylic, powder pigment, resin, plaster, mixed media)
CE170610.1446 35.5 x 26.5 x 2.5 in (acrylic, powder pigment, resin, plaster, mixed media)
CE170514.1942 27 x 22 x 2.5 in (acrylic, powder pigment, resin, plaster, mixed media)
CE170401 25.5 x 20.5 x 2.5 in (acrylic, powder pigment, resin, plaster, mixed media)
CE170615 35.5 x 26.5 x 2.5 in (acrylic, powder pigment, resin, plaster, mixed media)
CE170610-2 35.5 x 26.5 x 2.5 in (acrylic, powder pigment, resin, plaster, mixed media)
CE170603 49.5 x 37 x 2.5 in (acrylic, powder pigment, resin, plaster, mixed media)

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  • Home
  • Bio & CV
  • Installations
    • Time-Based Installations
    • Sound-Based Installations >
      • in a single drop...
      • Meditation on Form and Measure
    • Architectural Installations >
      • Within Without
      • Facing the Light
      • seeing: forgetting
  • Visual Works
    • Mixed Media Sculptures
    • Sound Sculptures
    • Photography & Video
  • Sound Works
    • Electroacoustic & Mixed Media
    • Acoustic Chamber & Solo
    • Orchestral
    • Scores Samples
    • Dance Collaborations
  • Selected Exhibitions
  • Contact
  • Press