Recumbent Iceberg (r11i01) 2006

Inigo Manglano-Ovalle made this sculpture with some kind of wire to create the form of an Iceberg. I imagine it was made one line at a time. This is very different from painting, which comes from a whole, a plane that is then filled. I look at it and wonder about the artist's relationship to the world. What are they searching for? Are they lost in the detail or are they seeing the whole? Do they see themselves as being lost or found? I'd like to think that they find it, bit by bit, piece by piece, line by line. We should all try to follow their lead. And that little green square, that touch of color, like a leaf floating on a glacier, what is that? Is that the feeling of hope in a cold world? Is that what keeps us going? It is for me.