Sinisa Kukec // Facing Gaia

Creating fabrications from steel, wood, and gold-polished aluminum, Sinisa Kukec has provided an environment within the Deering Estate grounds for both personal introspections and a reflection of ourselves within nature. FACING GAIA is emblematic of Kukec's exploratory practice, where the artist highlights the indeterminable facets of community and self. Kukec has cultivated this thread within his work, which is a result of his own observations. He invites viewers to do the same through FACING GAIA. Gaia, meaning "earth," ties the reflective process of this project to the physical space it and its participants occupy. The monolithic component of FACING GAIA is accompanied by a pile of crushed granite stones, which visitors are encouraged to responsibly collaborate through Kukec's vision and throw at the monolith to metamorphosize the surface. Participants are asked to leave the rock where it falls after being thrown.