December 2011

Cycles of Life

Nam Le reflects on the fragility of life and how short our time is on earth. Many things in nature adhere to a particular rhythm or cycle. If a cycle is considered to be an occurrence or a series of occurrences, one in which certain events or phenomena repeat themselves in the same order or at the same intervals, then cycles exist in many forms – be it chronological as with seasonal changes or something more tangible like the spiral of a nautilus shell, rings of a tree or the formation of honeycombs.

Nam Le received his B.A. in studio art at the University of Maryland in 2011. He sculpts objects that focus on the repetitive, rotational or angular in order to explore the mysticism of cycles. The goal is to create forms as beautiful as what surrounds us—naturally occurring wonders.