21"w x 40" deep x 56"h
laminated & carved poplar
I am aware that "humdef" is a very awkward abbreviation, but it's the mnemonic that I can remember.
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Historical Abstract: Humdef, 1995 21"w x 40" deep x 56"h laminated & carved poplar I am aware that "humdef" is a very awkward abbreviation, but it's the mnemonic that I can remember. |
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The sculpture is a response to a 30 year conversation with my wife concerning federal spending on defense and human resources (welfare, housing, medical aid, social security, unemployment insurance, etc). Each ovoid lamination represents one year. The dimension of the vertical axis of the ovals is based on annual Federal expenditures for human resources (housing, education, welfare, social security, medicare, etc) for that year, and the horizontal axis on the expenditures for defense. Note the indentation near the rear (wall end) of the sculpture: that was the "peace dividend," the brief decrease of defense expenditures following the collapse of the Soviet Union. The rising line through the center of the sculpture is based on population. "Human resources" and its various entitlement programs now accounts for more than 50% of the Federal budget and is growing rapidly.
The sculpture begins in 1945, at the end of WWII, and runs through 1994. |
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