ETHAN PRIMASON — Z1, Z2, Z3

This sculptural triptych features three bodies, allegorical and abstract, all carved from the same column of basalt. While sculpting stone, the artist confronts the material through a conceptual framework of direct carving, a meditative and intuitive process of labor that follows no drawing or blueprint, only a reaction to the inherent qualities and properties of the material. Columnar basalt is a very hard and abundant stone. Formed by the rapid cooling of lava, it accounts for the first land masses on earth and embodies a cycle of structural change, transformation, destruction and creation.

About the artist: Yucca Valley-based sculptor Ethan Primason works primarily with steel and stone — materials rooted in the history of labor. He has exhibited his work at Compound Yucca Valley, Pioneer Works, Sargent’s Daughters, BoxoPROJECTS, Marinaro Gallery, Outpost Artist Resources, Wassaic Project, and Marfa Open.

Artist website: @ethanprimason