The work in Figure and Bowl is the result of a collaboration between my friend John Feitelson and myself.

For about 15 years, a group of sculptors met for dinner once a month. For what seems like ten years we met here, at Buon Ricordo's, to discuss important issues around sculpture. We were The Sculptor's Supper Club.

Painting graffiti in public spaces is anti-social and mostly illegal. This makes the act of painting graffiti more thrilling. Good art seems to need to bounce off an edge to bring it to life.

What I would like to talk about briefly is the idea of the artist.

More than any material foam interrupts the sanctity of emptiness and absence.