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Richard
Shelton
Totems
"My Totems were sculpture variations of the wall shards I was creating at the time. The ideas was to create totems that function as ritual pedestals for celestial fragments of a vanished civilization. They were also another attempt to bring paintings off the wall and onto the floor."
Sacred Totem #1, 1989
brick, metal, oil, and plaster, 84" x 4" x 9"
Sacred Totem #2, 1989
brick, metal, oil, and plaster, 96" x 12" x 12"
Abandoned #1, 1985
mixed media and oil, 17" x 24" x 12"
Sacred Totem #1, 1989
brick, metal, oil, and plaster, 84" x 4" x 9"
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