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Jean-Pierre HÉBERT    
 

Sand As Medium 1997 - 2002
Part Two

"Sisyphus" and "Ulysses", shown towards the bottom of the page, simply etch in the sand in the Zen tradition of Karesansui as seen in many temples of Japan, but these etchings happen under computer control. "Ulysses" gives the beholder the opportunity to interact with the sand.

There are two identical instances of "Sisyphus", plus a second larger model. "Sisyphus I" is three foot square with a foot high maple enclosure. "Sisyphus II" has a six foot octagonal canvas table on a cedar frame. These were built by Ho.

Ho is the name for the collaboration between Jean-Pierre H�bert and Bruce Shapiro.

 

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Three sand etchings from 2002

 
Max Bill Theme (Small)   Max Bill Theme (Large)   Swheel

Max Bill Theme (Small)

 

Max Bill Theme (Large)

 

Swheel

 
 
Swheel (Detail 1)   Swheel (Detail 1)   Bleu Rose

Swheel (Detail 1)

 

Swheel (Detail 1)

 

Bleu Rose

 
 
Light and wood Arc/arc Shuttle

Light and wood

 

Arc/arc

 

Shuttle

 
 
Spiral from Sphere Ulysses Ulysses, top view

Spiral from Sphere

 

"Ulysses"

 

"Ulysses", top view

 
 
Telemachus   Sisyphus    

"Telemachus"

 

"Sisyphus"

 

 
 

Western Gallery

"Ulysses" sand & silicon installation/ 30"x30" sand on 45"x45"x18" mahogany. Since 1998 H�bert has been involved in an exploration of alternative drawing media, of natural elements, of short lived, fugitive pieces. This installation produces sand traces that symbolize impermanence and the cycles of the wheel of life. The abstract mahogany base is shaped to remind us of a Tibetan stupa.

"Telemachus" sand & silicon installation/ 24"x24" sand on 40"x40"x16" mahogany. This is a smaller implementation of the same concepts presented in "Ulysses", this time in the semi-functional setting of a low table.