Pushmi Pullyu
Fabricated steel, industrial hardware, chain, swing, handle, wheels, snowplow
8’ 4″’ x 9’ x 22’
Created as an intern artist at Franconia Sculpture Park in Shafer MN, 2018
https://www.franconia.org/chelsea-tinklenberg/
Pushmi Pullyu, reflects my experience living, working, and making art at Franconia Sculpture Park. At the intersection of work and play, the sculpture calls attention to both the physical “push and pull” of labor, as well as the intellectual strain involved with creating a work of art. Engaging in a dialogue and living/working with other artists is a challenging, humorous, and life changing experience. The park offers a myriad of works that reflect this: challenging our perception and encouraging a multiplicity of seeing and empathizing with the world around us.
A man will be imprisoned in a room with a door that’s unlocked and opens inwards; as long as it does not occur to him to pull rather than push.
Ludwig Wittgenstein