MH-14063
“Vessel of Duality”
Mixed media relief on digital terracotta
© Robert Goodman
In Vessel of Duality, Robert Goodman fuses classical form and symbolic abstraction in a stylized chalice that simultaneously reads as a human visage. Bisected into opposing hemispheres—light and dark—the work employs simple geometric color fields and celestial motifs to reference dualism: sun and moon, day and night, visibility and shadow.
The symmetrical balance is disrupted by expressive textures and tactile irregularities in the fired terracotta, emphasizing the tension between order and imperfection. The stem, a sharply flared pedestal in cobalt gradient, anchors the piece against its warm-toned backdrop, invoking altars, thresholds, and rites of passage.
Goodman’s iconographic treatment recontextualizes the vessel from a utilitarian object into a metaphysical mirror—suggesting identity as a chalice holding oppositional truths.
MH-14063
“Vessel of Duality”
Mixed media relief on digital terracotta
© Robert Goodman
In Vessel of Duality, Robert Goodman fuses classical form and symbolic abstraction in a stylized chalice that simultaneously reads as a human visage. Bisected into opposing hemispheres—light and dark—the work employs simple geometric color fields and celestial motifs to reference dualism: sun and moon, day and night, visibility and shadow.
The symmetrical balance is disrupted by expressive textures and tactile irregularities in the fired terracotta, emphasizing the tension between order and imperfection. The stem, a sharply flared pedestal in cobalt gradient, anchors the piece against its warm-toned backdrop, invoking altars, thresholds, and rites of passage.
Goodman’s iconographic treatment recontextualizes the vessel from a utilitarian object into a metaphysical mirror—suggesting identity as a chalice holding oppositional truths.