Mark Manders

Figure with Three Piles of Sand

2010
Painted bronze, wood, iron, rope, sand, leather
109.2 x 332.7 x 115.6 cm
Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas

MM: When I made this fragile, altarlike work, I was thinking a lot about the Middle Ages in Europe and the start of Christian imagery. I wanted to make a balancing act that is both cruel and peaceful.