The artwork features a simple, yet striking composition. The central element is a large, circular glass pane suspended between two concrete blocks. The overall color palette is muted, with the gray concrete contrasting with the transparent glass and the thin copper wire that holds the circle in place. The minimalist design and the use of basic industrial materials suggest an exploration of tension, balance, and the interplay between man-made and natural elements. This piece likely reflects the artist's interest in the relationship between form, function, and the inherent properties of the chosen materials. ...
Virginia Overton creates works that directly respond to the space they occupy through sculpture, installation, and photography. Continuously reusing and recycling materials used in her previous works, such as wood, brass, steel, glass or cedar from the artist’s family farm in Tennessee, Overton’s process is performative and reactive. She closely works with the settings of her works, be that architectural elements of a space or a natural landscape. Overton’s practice is in a refreshing and elegant dialogue with the traditionally monumental movement of land art. Combining industrial with natural elements, reinventing sculptures into paintings, and revealing inherent imperfections, Overton works with forms, textures and shapes, developing her unique sculptural language. ...
