William Perillat is a self taught artist who produces unique figurative wood sculptures based in Expressionistic style. His pieces date from 1980 to the present.
Self Portrait: Secular Icon
2004 Southern Elm H; 12.5”, W; 20.5”, D; 10.5”
Embodying a disdain for the spiritual/psychological/cultural/etc. reliance on the concept of the eternal/afterlife/reincarnation/etc., this piece expresses the belief that the totality of man lies in his physical brain and the accompanying senses he uses to experience his environment. The eyes, in their classical role as windows to the soul, look in on a rotted, transitory core…the natural way of things. When comfortable with mortality, eternal continuation of consciousness or spirit as fostered by religious or spiritual doctrine is rendered superfluous.
Self deconstruction, A sense there’s something missing, Secular Icon
