The Cupola: Scholarship at Gettysburg College

Title

Ronald Gonzalez: Private Collection

Authors

Shannon Egan, Gettysburg CollegeFollow

Files

Document Type

Art Catalog

Description

In Ronald Gonzalez’s latest series of sculptures, old leather satchels, small antiquated appliances, dulled tools, bicycle handles, shoes, a fencing mask, an accordion, a bicycle seat, a toaster and helmets, among other various found parts and outdated detritus are combined to evoke the heads and torsos of human-like forms. The viewer identifies the components at once as what the objects literally are as well as the specific body parts they figuratively describe. As such, his art calls for an exercise in perceptual shifts that allow for more than one visual interpretation. While some objects are manipulated, others are left intact, as Gonzalez creates paradoxically human and strangely inanimate assemblages. [excerpt]

Publication Date

Winter 2011

Publisher

Schmucker Art Gallery, Gettysburg College

City

Gettysburg

Keywords

Ronald Gonzalez, life-size sculpture, metal sculpture

Comments

Ronald Gonzalez: Private Collection was on exhibition at the Schmucker Art Gallery at Gettysburg College January 28 - March 11, 2011.

Recommended Citation

Egan, Shannon, "Ronald Gonzalez: Private Collection" (2011). Schmucker Art Catalogs. 7.
https://cupola.gettysburg.edu/artcatalogs/7