Michael Goodson, recent sculpture
Statement:
My work starts with the assumption that perception and pathology do not 
follow former after later but rather, after a time, are an amalgam.  In this 
assumption I am able to tune into what I think are the marginal, irrational 
and compulsive aspects of our culture vis-à-vis our selves, our identities. 
Who we are, and therefore why things "are what they are", is part of a 
lifelong act of accretion, a contestant adding-on to perception that is essentially 
set in the social dislocation experienced in childhood.

I make work that attempts to speak to the frustration of trying to locate 
oneself in an already set world.

Formally I work to reflect an aesthetic of stringent rigor that is derived 
from the minimalist reformation of sculptures objecthood.  At the same time, 
it shows a bias toward subjective expression, the antithesis of minimalism 
as it was first theorized.  It looks cold as minimalism, but it is warm with secrets. 
It looks pure, but indicates impurity.
 


husky (goddamn right, it's a beautiful day), 2002,10ft. x 4ft. x 3ft. - both objects
fiberglass, epoxy resin, polystyrene, polyester resin, urethane

teen (hurling epithets), 2002, 7ft. x 3ft. x 2ft. - both objects
fiberglass, epoxy resin, polystyrene, polyester resin, urethane, steel

petting (heavy, in basements), 2002, 28ft x 22ft. x 18ft. - entire installation
room with object and digital audio loop of various greatest hits collections 
(The Bay City Rollers, The Partridge Family, Tommy James & The Shondells, The Grass Roots, etc.)
fiberglass, epoxy resin, polystyrene, polyester resin, urethane, drywall, cheap wood paneling, latex paint

a length of gut (for wayne coyne), 2002 7ft. x 8 inches x 4 inches
fiberglass, epoxy resin, polystyrene, polyester resin, urethane

abe lincoln (psudoreligious object 1)  2003, 5ft. x 18 inches x 5 inches
object with digital audio loop of the beginning of "I'll Be Your Mirror" by the Velvet Underground
fiberglass, epoxy resin, polystyrene, polyester resin, urethane

avec plaisir, miss snake in the grass (psudoreligious object 2) 2003, 5ft. x 18 inches x 5 inches
object with digital audio loop of the beginning of "I'm waiting For My Man" by the Velvet Underground
fiberglass, epoxy resin, polystyrene, polyester resin, urethane

binky, 2003, 2ft. x 10 inches
fiberglass, epoxy resin, polystyrene, polyester resin, urethane

cosmology blues for alter boys (psudoreligious object 3)  2003, 5ft. x 18 inches x 5 inches
object with digital audio loop of the beginning of "Sunday Morning" by the Velvet Underground
fiberglass, epoxy resin, polystyrene, polyester resin, urethane