Bemis Exhibition 2008: Nascita |
"...Four elements dominate the visual terrain of Therman Statom’s Nascita, or "Origin:" a 50-foot glass frieze, a freestanding glass room, a 30-foot mirror-scaled snake and multiple “mirrorized” architectural fixtures. Statom utilized commercial panes of glass, silicon, mirror and paint as his primary materials to create a stylized and expressive environment that sprawls throughout the gallery. His bold forms brim with symbols — such as maps, vessels, foliage and snakes — that are rooted in art history and personal references..."
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