Since his sculptures were displayed at the Venice Biennale or the art world has taken notice our own exhibits all around the world in new york mexico and taipei just to name a few places. You sculptures initially created a stir among conservative valley residents to charge to make huge two unusual the mare and the police were sent rounds to talk to him. Project if you compare yourself to the figures you see the person thats there and you refer to yourself when you see a madonna you see one kind of figure its different again with a christ figure. And a naked figure birthing a child or even a man birthing a child you immediately relate not to yourself as for fish but its not a direct comparison. Its about a story and i did. Using a three d. Scanner alan takes pictures of his models before distorting them on the computer sculpture in the digital age. The machine is computer controlled he cuts the material the way the artist is programmed. On and sell focuses on the surface of his sculptur
Alan feels closely connected to his home and the environment the landscape defines his artistic signature. Thief. It was for me the stuff from a western i think theres a certain rough feel to it you know from the bag which maybe comes from the mountains and is reflected in the people who live it here if. He had wanted to become a dental technician but he couldnt find an apprenticeship so he ended up at sculpting school there the students carved countless figures of saints he doesnt want to give up on tradition but hes made a conscious choice to go his own way. And with these days we have to confront the other languages that reality presents to us such as television and the internet for him coming for from those images are very fast on page sixty seven and we have to find a way to communicate and thats difficult with these traditional figures of saying. Its an interpret but you have to have an interpretation that can be read today and thats important to me for him and i think its easier