THOMAS SKOMSKI
b. 1948, United States Minor Outlying IslandsBeneath the diversity of materials and techniques in Skomski’s sculpture, one is able to recognize a continuing investigation into the relationship that exists between opposites. This investigation began with the process of carving wooden images caught changing one into another as if in the freely mutating reality of a dream. Lasting more than ten years, this process gave way to overt experimentation on the nature of illusion. He has incorporated a wide range of materials into his work to challenge our visual and conceptual habits. They include generic glass gallon containers, water, pegboard, river rocks, expanded steel and wax, to name a few. In a recent series, for example, Skomski creates cages which pointing toward an irony which refuses any single interpretation.
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