Difference Between Living and Purpose | James Gilbert

Hand-carved wooden sculpture composed of intertwined anthropomorphic forms with multiple heads, arms, and legs arranged in a compact, balanced structure. Stain, ink, varnish, and wax emphasize the carved surface, wood grain, and visible tool marks.

A hand-carved wooden sculpture constructed from interconnected anthropomorphic forms arranged in a compact, precarious composition. Multiple heads, limbs, hands, and feet overlap and support one another, creating shifting relationships of balance, dependence, restraint, and movement. Stain, ink, varnish, and wax emphasize the wood grain, carved facets, visible tool marks, and irregular surface. The compressed anatomy creates an ambiguous social structure in which gestures can suggest support, struggle, adaptation, or coexistence depending on how the sculpture is viewed.

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