Encore!
Furniture as art is an 'Obtuse' state of mind
Randles' work is surprising and offbeat
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Handles refers tu himself as
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u nils and idols ul the Post \.-u
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compelling and ret intent
theme described In Handles as
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Intermingled u illi mu li
liirnis .ire other works of .1 curi
tins nature
Xi'u Ages Shamaim Divin
ing }*;ir.i|)iif*i-mi 1 in parted from
tin tote bag ol the Lmpirical
Metaphysician are bones His
played like medals in a velvet
lined bov above which hangs
designer fossil series ami an as
sortment of linv bones arranged
like spit es on a kitchen tat k
(labbage I’ati h dolls are at
tat lied to painted crosses
wearing buttons with phrases
sin h as ' Id the Max " next to
which is .1 sign that reads
'( rm dy today (iabbage Patch
es are out there |ust lying
around w ait ing "
Also mi haled in the i ollet
• ion is Lord Rufort Mumfiml
Augustine iennyriM's Shoe
hast yyitli a detailed desi rip
turn hanging above n explain
ing that it yvas created lor hen
tivrill s favorite smoking slip
pels and yyas only given up hu
publii y ieyy nifi after the house
pet a Pomeranian i ailed I idly
mauled and hopelessly muti
lated his left slipper
Randles has been prndm ing
three-dimensional works lor
the p.ist Jl) years and say s he is
.1 "mu« li better sculptor than
brain surgeon, treating causes
is mm h more interesting than
flirting v\ ith symptoms
Ills i mu erns are "with hu
man kind at this ( rilit al jum
lure in the planet's history and
the individual's resignation to
being part of the publii one,
Randles said
We as ,i species reckoning
yy ith this falling ot the i nsimis,
yu- have forsaken rii lies lor dol
hirs Without cognition this
process goes forth blameless
and mindless and also unob
served
Randles' yvork is rich in
imagination and 'rii h in its
craft
Regardless ol their prii e tags,
these works are well worth the
time it takes to ponder them
The exhibit will be on dis
play in the EMU Gallery
through December 15.