Sanguinebulous Cannaceae

About this work

This work was included in the Artfields regional exhibition in Lake City, South Carolina from April 23rd–May 1st, 2021. On April 30th I gave a brief artist talk about this work. Though no recording of my talk exists, I wrote, to the best of my knowledge, as close of a transcript of that talk as possible, only slightly abridged for better reading online:

“I am Brandon Woods, and this is Sanguinebulous Cannaceae. I created this work last year during the height of the pandemic, and it’s a message of hope—hope in oneself, hope in humankind, and hope in love. This is reflected in the title: “sanguinebulous” is a word that I coined; it’s a combination of the words “sanguine” and “nebulous.” On its face it could mean “red nebula” as in the Eagle Nebula where the Pillars of Creation can be found, which would represent hope in humankind for a future in the stars. But more abstractly, “Sanguinebulous” means hope in hard work, in blood, sweat, and tears in uncertain times, and even against astronomical odds. It is the hope I felt when I was designing and constructing this work, in the intricate craftsmanship it required and the mathematics and engineering involved in it. But that good challenge led to me not only finishing this work, but also to defining a new artistic discipline—SPATIUM—for those works such as this which bridge painting and sculpture, and bridge art and life, by bringing art—which is the soul of humankind—back into the fold, back into consonance with craft, science, and math. It is that same sense of hope and determination and innovation that has and will continue to carry us through this pandemic and lead us into a new renaissance in the 21st century and to that future in the stars. Ultimately, It is that hope in oneself and in humankind that is necessary for a strong foundation—for the good, for beauty, and for that highest of virtues, love, which I found represented in a red flower blossoming at the top of a black canna (a member of the taxonomic family “Cannaceae”) which my partner and I bought together five, almost six years ago, and which was the original inspiration for this work.”

If you would like to learn more about this work you can watch the video I created about it, which is available below.

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