Sculpture
A gallery of early and current sculpture and reliefs by Asheville artist Roger Munch, sculptor, printmaker, poet and music-maker.
Current Sculpture
4' x 1' x 1 rock-hard Maple, front view
4' x1' x 1' rock-hard Maple, 3/4 R view
46" x4" x9" stone, rock-hard maple, front view
46" x4" x9" stone, rock-hard maple 3/4 R view
4' x5" x1.5' stone, rock-hard maple 3/4 R view
44" x5"x7" stone & wood 3/4 L view
1.5' x 2' x5", stone, steel, wood, front view
1.5' x 2' x5", stone, steel, wood 3/4 L view
4' x 5" x 1' stone, steel, wood, front view
4' x 5" x 1' stone, steel, wood 3/4 R side view
stone, steel, antler, 30" x 39" x 16" front view
stone, steel, antler, 30" x 39" x16" R-side view
stone, steel, antler, 30" x 39" x16" front: detail view
5' x1.5' x5" stone, steel, wood, front view
14" x12" x9" stone, steel, wood, glass 3/4 R side view
14" x12" x9" stone, steel, wood, glass 3/4 R side view
Early Work
4.5' x 8' x 1.5' Wood, steel, bronze and stone
4.5' x 8' x 1.5' Wood, steel and stone
7' x 5.5' x 20" Stone, steel and bone
3' x 8' x 2.5' Wood, steel and stone
8' x 2' x 8' Wood, steel and stone
84"x18"x34" Broom, steel, string and stone
42" x 42" x 34" Wood, steel and stone
44" x 5" x 7" Stone and wood
57" x 12" x 19" Wood, steel and stone
5' x 7' x 1.5' Cedar and slate
1.5' x 1' x 8' Stone and wood
21"x 9.5"x 12" Wood and stone
“There is a kind of sacred connection I feel to an aspect of “indigeny” in my work; a trusting intuitively in that which is intrinsic, innate; a seeing of something which is already there.”
Read the full text of the artist's statement "Of Silence and Slow Time"
Skin & Bones
37”W x 32"H x 32"D Bone & wood, front view
37”W x 32"H x 32"D Bone & wood, side view
37”W x 32"H x 32"D Bone & wood, detail
18”W x 14"H x 20"D Bone, steel, stone, acrylic
28”W x 28”H x 15”D Bone, stone, mixed media
35”W x 6”H x 23”D Wood, HoSho, leather, graphite
24”W x 19”H x 16”D Bone, lead, steel, front view
24”W x 19”H x 16”D Bone, lead, steel, 3/4 view
30”W x 39” H x 16"D Stone, steel, antler, front view
30”W x 39” H x 16"D Stone, steel, antler, side view
5”W x 44”H x 7”D Stone and wood
22 x 30" Color pencil on BFK Reeves
“I also have the desire to create and arrive at the finished object in such a way that boils an idea down to its basic core, removing the non-essential, to a point that arrives at simplistic essence and elegance.”
Read the full text of the artist's statement "Skin & Bones"
Drawings in Space
16" x 10" x 11" string, stone, steel, wood
11" x 11" x14" string, glue and stone
14" x 10" x 13" string & steel
2" x 2 1/2' x 1' wood, wire, acrylic paint, back view
2" x 2 1/2 'x 1' wood, wire, acrylic paint, back view
2" x 2 1/2' x 1' wood, wire, acrylic paint, back view wood, wire, acrylic paint, front view
3' x 2''x 1 1/2' string, glue
3' x 2''x 1 1/2' string, glue, and rice paper, side view
3' x 2''x 1 1/2' string, glue, and rice paper, side view
2' x 1 1/2' x 2' string, glue, and rice paper
18" x 16" x 14" string and rice paper
“I wanted to explore how to break through the picture plane and then go back into it, through it, and back out again; to explore the idea of twisting the flat two dimensional surface of the picture plane out into three dimensional space; to indicate form and volume, yet violate its solidity.”
Read the full text of the artist's statement "Drawings in Space"
Reliefs
Triptych Composite view, without mounting boards, on black background
Left pc ("Stop"), 21"x14" Center pc (Pierced), 28"x19" Right pc (Crucified), 21"x15"
21" x 14"
28" x 19"
21" x 15"
Center panel, detail, Bronze 28" x 19"
10 1/2" x 14" Bronze
32" x 13" Cast white marble