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J.J. MCCRACKEN collaboration AARON QUINN BROPHY
These maquettes represent a body of
work made in collaboration with fellow sculptor, J.J. McCracken. In 2002,
during a concentrated work period, Brophy and McCracken created over twenty
pieces together. Working on five or six sculptures at a time, moving from one to
the next, they took turns acting on each piece. Embracing disintegration in
their respective work, McCracken and Brophy both share a similar aesthetic
awareness. In these pieces Brophy drew inspiration from ancient sources. While
traveling through Egypt in 1999, Brophy encountered a pair of monolithic seated
figures called the Collossi of Memnon. These incomplete and deteriorating
statues made such an impression on Brophy that he was inspired to simulate
archaic decomposition in his own work. These are seminal works for Brophy that
inspired his life-sized personal landscapes.