Cordella Maryon Kantaroff

Maryon Kantaroff
Cordella, 1998
Aluminium, 152 x 161 x 41 centimetres

"I think I was asking, where do we all come from?" In Cordella we see Kantaroff's attention shifting to a universal fascination with the idea of origins. The piece is dynamic and seems almost to be growing organically. Cordella is caught up in the evolutionary tension of being a living thing. Beginning at the microscopic level, one half of this clam-shaped sculpture seems to represent a cell moving through the earliest stages of its division. The other half, more rounded and smooth, holds on to the perfectly natural shape and symbol of an egg. Cordella also restates Kantaroff's interest in paired shapes or matching dualities. The two hemispheres flow into each other. They emphasize again the ideas of fluid natural development and contact. It is an important work for the artist and for the sculpture park. "I think this one piece almost sums up my philosophical vision of the world."