artist's statement


Tony Through the vehicle of stone, it is my mission to provoke a rapture of mystery, to search for the essence of truth, and to explore the ceaseless cycles of birth and death. Each piece is a biomorphic, monolithic capsule waiting to be unlocked, explored and assimilated. In doing so, I hope to make familiar the evolution of time and space.

Direct carving in a morphic, reactive manner allows the tale of the artistic journey – and the will of the stone – to have a voice alongside the form and the intent of the artist. This process results in a subtle, multidimensional, holistic style.

These pieces use mass to attract attention and their complexity draws user in, to the story of their creation and ours. The participant is drawn into a tactile story, through a spatial journey, exercising one's notion of scale and self.

I choose to rework sculptural standards, weaving them from collected strands of universal, aesthetic, philosophy and physical law. These borrowings from multiple, diverse worlds pay homage to the fabric of unity and ultimately leads to a point of reverence.


Anthony Kaufmann
3000 B.C. Studios