Fox, 1999, stainless steel
Cat, 2005, stainless steel
Muskrat, 2005, stainless steel
Otter, 2005, stainless steel
Monkeys, 2001, stainless steel
Rona Pondick’s stainless steel sculptures combine animal and human body parts into one being. They often distort proportions, and though the concept may seem comical, the execution results in a grotesque and disturbing feel to each piece. The exaggerated parts of the sculpture, whether overlarge or shrunken, bring a focus to the form and structure of the body part itself. Adding to the eerie-ness is how unsettlingly lifelike the human body parts can look, despite the obvious differences between the reflective stainless steel and human skin. I also found an interesting quote by the artist, speaking about her sculpture, Monkeys: “Monkeys is a piece about baroque movement. I wanted it to feel like it was in motion. I think the smooth surfaces and undulating forms have a sexual and sensual reading” (Shirley Kaneda, http://bombsite.com/issues/999/articles/3351).
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The combination of Human and body parts is the least interesting part in my opinion. The distortion is where the sculpture of this artist really shines. It’s quite disorienting to the viewer, who expecting a proportional human head on a rat stares discontentedly at a pea-sized head.
I think this is cool because his artwork relates to biology in the sense of adding genes to an animal and creating new organs and body parts for humans, except now its an artwork and i can appreciate that
I find this work very intriguing. Distorting the human body and pairing it with an animal body offers a very interesting perspective of the body. The shiny and dull mixture of the silver also offers an interesting contrast.
I think there is an overlooked connection between the material used for these pieces. Whether half-human or half-animal, what theses distorted forms have in common is that they are all made of the same material, they all have the same basis of creation. This parallels the underlined notion present in Rona Pondick’s work here: that we humans and animals share the same basis for our biological make-up, which has just evolved, or distorted if you will, in different directions.