The viewer is compelled to question these extravagant sculptures resulting in innumerable interpretations.
A visual drama of almost operatic proportions unfolds. The chains from which the sculptures are suspended are covered in elegant white satin.
“It evokes all the clichés of ‘true romance’-bouquets of roses, songbirds, ballet skirts, trailing ribbons, and towering wedding cakes, all turned ghostly by pale layers of wax.”Ĭoyne uses as many as 75 layers of specially formulated wax over armatures so that the works are durable and resistant to changes in temperature while appearing malleable and flexible. They are at once massive and yet delicate. These heavily encrusted, extinguished candles resembling wax chandeliers are unabashedly seductive. Images of wedding gowns and cakes, church bells, birdcages, ballerina uniforms, and bonnets are conjured up. The shapes float somewhere between abstraction and figuration. Reminiscent of a haunted ballroom, the stairwell is filled with sculptures comprised of white and pastel-tinted wax drippings over arrangements of ribbons, lace, flowers, and other debris. A mesmerizing wonderland envelops the space. 1953 - Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) Petah Coyne was commissioned to create a sculptural installation for the stairwell in the Wintergarden.
Wax, candles, steel, wire, silk flowers, and ribbons
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