Richard MacDonald
Yin & Yang Atelier, 2023
Bronze
21 x 8 × 8"
$7,200.00
Richard MacDonald American, b. 1946
Origins, Atelier, Red, 2026
Bronze with red patina
19" x 7" x 7"
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Richard MacDonald has always been intrigued by opposites and he has the range to be able to create both sculptures of delicate, archetypal femininity and powerful, athletic masculinity.
In "Origins", we see the combination of both: the softness and delicacy of the female and the strength and power of the male. Origins is expressive of tenderness and passion, with the intertwined figures conveying a sense of bliss and fulfillment. Human desire culminates in unity, balance, and an unending continuity. A primal longing to be united and escape our singularity, Origins embodies two figures unified as one, and goes to the very heart of our basic human desire. In the bond between man and woman there is a universal sense that two can become one, in mind, body, and spirit, and this connection is the ultimate expression of opposites forming a union that is perfect and complete.
Origins
Richard MacDonald has always been fascinated by opposites. Over his career he has sculpted delicate, timeless femininity and powerful, athletic masculinity. In Origins, he brings the two together in a single embrace.
A woman and a man, wrapped so completely around each other that it is hard to tell where one ends and the other begins. Her softness and his strength. Tenderness and passion. Two lives finding balance in each other.
Richard created Origins to speak to something we all carry: a primal longing to be united, to escape our singularity and become part of something whole. It is the hope that two people can truly become one, in mind, body, and spirit. To him, this is the ultimate union of opposites, perfect and complete.
The red patina carries that story even further. Richard spent two years working with minerals and pigments to find a red that could hold emotion. For him, red was never just a color. In his own words:
“Red is the color of our Life’s Force... A joy and a sensuousness that is the very color that runs through our veins.”
On Origins, that red becomes the warmth passing between two bodies. It is energy and love, desire and devotion, the freedom of the human spirit. The same color that runs through us now runs through them, binding two figures into one living whole.
Stand with it for a moment. Think of the one. The person who makes the world fall quiet. The one you would choose again and again, in every lifetime. Whether you have loved them, love them now, or are still on your way to them, you know this feeling. You were made for it. That is Origins.
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