Galleries > Figures and Cars

Sounding Boards are pieces that call up my New England surroundings and find resonance and sanctuary there. These have figure and sound elements and are meant to draw others into catching and holding their sense of place and their memories and dreams.

Unexpected Events is a series of sculptures that reflects on occurrences that have to do with our cars. These events surprise us, are briefly alarming, and then become funny, because no one is harmed. They are antidotes to accidents and other calamities that are shocking and terrible. They give us a brief moment to laugh in the face of so much that can be terrifying and overwhelming.

Torture Preserved is an acknowledgement of such horrors. These sculptures honor the victims of torture in many areas of the world. I was led to these particular images upon hearing a story about a memorial to the Rwandan genocide where the people of the community where the killings took place decided to preserve the victims’ bodies in lime. The memorial is difficult to be at and assaults the visitors’ senses, but its power is astonishing. The torture scandals in Iraq also influenced this sculpture series.

Wood sculpture about nature by Lin Lisberger
Poplar, guitar strings
31”H x 20” x 4”
2004
Wood sculpture about nature by Lin Lisberger
Poplar, guitar strings
31”H x 20” x 4”
2004
Wood sculpture about nature by Lin Lisberger
Cherry, maple, guitar strings
33”H x 23” x 15”
2005
Wood sculpture about nature by Lin Lisberger
Cherry, maple, guitar strings
33”H x 23” x 15”
2005
Wood sculpture about nature by Lin Lisberger
Cherry, shells, stones, sea glass
39”H x 12” x 10”
2003
Wood sculpture about hot flashes by Lin Lisberger
Wood, brass
19”H x 8” x 9”
2004
Wood sculpture about a car related event by Lin Lisberger
Painted wood
22”H x 26” x 9”
2005
Wood sculpture about a car event by Lin Lisberger
Painted wood
19”H x 25” x 12”
2005
Wood sculpture about a car event by Lin Lisberger
Painted wood
15”H x 13” x 26”
2006
Wood sculpture about a car event by Lin Lisberger
Painted wood
19”H x 31” x 13”
2006
Wood sculpture about a car event by Lin Lisberger
Painted wood
11”H x 39” x 14”
2006
Wood sculpture about a car event by Lin Lisberger
Painted wood
11”H x 39” x 14”
2006
Torture Preserved-Rwanda 1
Cherry, lime
23”H x 42” x 18”
2004
Wood sculpture about Rwandan genocide by Lin Lisberger
Apple, lime
21”H x 38” x 14”
2004
Wood sculpture about torture at Abu Ghraib by Lin Lisberger
Wood, lime
44”H x 33” x 8”
2004
Wood sculpture about torture at Abu Ghraib by Lin Lisberger
Maple, lime
24”H x 19” x 19”
2005
Wood sculpture about famine by Lin Lisberger
Maple, lime
35”H x 12” x 13”
2006
Wood sculpture about famine by Lin Lisberger
Maple, lime
35”H x 12” x 13”
2006