Penny Truitt

Dispersal I

Dispersal I

Work Details

Dispersal I

2022

Steel

48 X 4 X 7 inches

Inventory ID: # 16938





    About Penny Truitt

    Fall 2024- Chiaroscuro is pleased to present Penny Truitt’s fourth solo exhibition titled, “Edges.” The exhibition brings together a select body of work from the last several years, as well as her most recent sculptures in ceramic, steel and a combination of both.

    Truitt explains:

    “For me edges mark the limits of boundaries and are the cohesive conceptual underpinning of all my sculpture; where one form ends and the possibility of another begins. Implict in the form is space that extends outward, both physical and imaginary. Defining the edges that recognize the space opens possibilities beyond containment.“

    A ceramic sculptor for the majority of her career, Truitt started working in steel a few years ago to challenge herself with a new material and methods, seeing where her forms and surfaces would go in the new medium. Inspiration came when she realized working in steel was taking her sculpture in new directions, and redefining her relationship with form and forced a shift in perception.

    Winter 2021-2022, "Ignoring Borders" Artist Statement:

    New work explores the theme of places without borders. Images of wind and water keep re-emerging - both are elements that ignore all but natural currents. The "Dispersal" series refers to seed containers; containers that are ambivalent pods or boats. I imagine them gliding through water or skimming a landscape, propelled by wind. Perhaps the phenomena of natural dispersion and migration can suggest a newly-found freedom and disregard for boundaries on many levels.

    Spring 2020
    "Intended Consequences" consists of a new body of sculpture which sets three-dimensional ideas into motion employing two forms in each piece, one of clay, the other steel. While thinking about the cardinal points of North, South, East and West, Truitt makes hand-built clay forms as a representation of the landscape, which is disrupted by steel forms breaking through the clay. The analogy implies steel as a man-made interruption or barrier imposed on the clay. She explains. “Building a barrier wall has both political and environmental consequences that remain long after the wall disintegrates.” While she doesn’t intend for the artwork to appear political in nature, she is thinking about these analogies within her forms.

    All Works by Penny Truitt

    Dispersal I

    Dispersal I

    2022

    Steel

    48 X 4 X 7 inches

    Inventory ID: # 16938

    Dispersal II

    Dispersal II

    2022

    Steel

    27 X 11 X 6 inches

    Inventory ID: # 16939

    Dispersal VII

    Dispersal VII

    2022

    Steel, ceramic

    6 X 34 X 6 inches

    Inventory ID: # 16944

    Dispersal XII

    Dispersal XII

    2023

    Ceramic

    21 X 7 X 4 inches

    Inventory ID: # 16972

    Dispersal XIII

    Dispersal XIII

    2023

    Ceramic

    20 X 6 X 4 inches

    Inventory ID: # 16990

    Dispersal XV

    Dispersal XV

    2023

    Ceramic

    23 X 7 X 4.5 inches

    Inventory ID: # 17157

    Disruption I

    Disruption I

    2024

    Steel

    15 X 30 X 8 inches

    Inventory ID: # 17244

    Intersection III

    Intersection III

    2024

    Steel

    15 X 30 X 8 inches

    Inventory ID: # 17245

    Dispersal XVI

    Dispersal XVI

    2024

    Steel

    28 X 10 X 7 inches

    Inventory ID: # 17246

    Tidal Shift VI

    Tidal Shift VI

    2020

    Steel

    6 X 37 X 17 inches

    Inventory ID: # 16516

    Tangents

    Tangents

    2020

    Clay, steel

    22.5 X 14.50 X 9.5 inches

    Inventory ID: # 16409

    Double-crossed

    Double-crossed

    2020

    Clay, steel

    16.5 X 19 X 13 inches

    Inventory ID: # 16410

    Crosscurrents I

    Crosscurrents I

    2017

    Steel

    14 X 18 X 9 inches

    Inventory ID: # 16004

    This piece is 2 separate objects that sit next to each other.
    Confluence II

    Confluence II

    2018

    Steel

    26 X 16.50 X 5.5 inches

    Inventory ID: # 16045