
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






