ANTICIPATION OF FLIGHT
by
Cristian Ianculescu
October 2 - October 29, 2022
The pieces I have included in this exhibition capture the quiet moment before flight.
I love the latent tension of this moment. As a child, the birds taught me that everything that is still has a hidden momentum that may erupt suddenly, in unknowable and irreversible ways. The departure may be tumultuous, violent, frantic; a sudden space-time fracture that echoes throughout the cosmos. It may also be subtle, gradual, almost imperceptible; a smooth transformation with a seemingly untraceable origin.
This work is about the stillness that anticipates a sudden unwinding that propels us into the future’s labyrinth of dividing paths.
I carved most of the pieces in Tennessee Pink Marble, salvaged from the rubble of the old Australian Embassy in Washington DC. It is a lovely stone, dusky pink with subtle, intriguing black patterns. I take pleasure in knowing that fragments of the precisely engineered stone, that stood in architectural stillness for so long, can now start a new life, in an organic expression, and most importantly, remain above ground.
![](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3be2ad_643997a52fa24bd58681a8432467bbff~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_84,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/3be2ad_643997a52fa24bd58681a8432467bbff~mv2.jpg)
![Immaginary Bird, 2022](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3be2ad_166d31b8120f4b03bc6236a8f8c2890e~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_147,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/3be2ad_166d31b8120f4b03bc6236a8f8c2890e~mv2.jpg)
8x30x8 in, wood and marble
![The Queen of Hearts, 2022](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3be2ad_4859d132b807495fbd3860392cc73ffa~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_220,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/3be2ad_4859d132b807495fbd3860392cc73ffa~mv2.jpg)
22.5x5.5x6 in, marble and wood
![Bird with a Golden Collar, 2022](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3be2ad_1a7ae6b84d14430db4b970aeee20f429~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_220,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/3be2ad_1a7ae6b84d14430db4b970aeee20f429~mv2.jpg)
6x27x4 in, wood and marble
![Shelter, 2022](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3be2ad_b9e32648092d4c088ebdb3191e76e57c~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_147,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/3be2ad_b9e32648092d4c088ebdb3191e76e57c~mv2.jpg)
14x20x5 in, wood, marble, and jasper
![The Spirit Bird of Hidden Beauty, 2022](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3be2ad_ed36cc5f08094a0f96a9dcbe0c95ee48~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_147,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/3be2ad_ed36cc5f08094a0f96a9dcbe0c95ee48~mv2.jpg)
5x30x5 in, travertine