Other Delights
Other Delights is a series of small-scale wall-mounted ceramic sculptures that explore the tension between real and illusory space. While inherently three-dimensional objects, the works employ strategies of visual flatness, optical compression, and spatial ambiguity to generate a perceptual push–pull that resists resolution. This oscillation between depth and surface produces a state of suspended expectation for the viewer.
The series draws on the legacy of Minimalist and hard-edge painting—particularly the shaped canvases of Ellsworth Kelly—as well as the reductive logic of Concretism, where form, color, and structure are treated as autonomous and self-referential. References to Color Field painting and Pop Art further inform the work through an emphasis on saturated color, clarity of edge, and immediate visual impact, while remaining detached from overt narrative or symbolism.
The intimate scale of Other Delights is informed by Byzantine icons, which historically functioned as objects of focused, contemplative engagement. By adopting this scale and presence, the sculptures invite a similarly close, almost devotional encounter, transforming abstract form and color into an experience that is at once perceptual, spatial, and quietly reverent.