On reaching the age of 60, I produced a series of monumental bronzes. In all I made 15 bronzes which were exhibited in a show entitled ‘Monumental Ego’. In one way or another they were all self portraits.
Looking back on this work from 12 years distance I realise how mentally unsound I was throughout the time. It was an extraordinarily complex piece of modelling and casting which I completed in eighteen months. I did every thing except for firing the investments and pouring the bronze. As I was working I was becoming more and more unstable. I ceased sleeping and would go for days with thoughts just flooding my mind. In the end I crashed back to earth.
My “Self portrait Whilst Manic” tries to describes the experience of living vicariously in the wreckage of my mind. I would not wish the experience on anybody.
Self Portrait Whilst Manic
Andrew Kinghorn Sculptor 