Article: Lester Goldman at KCAI Crossroads Gallery.(KANSAS CITY)

When back problems spurred Lester Goldman to seek a lightweight material for a series of new sculptures, he found it in gourds. Their bulbous shapes and phallic protrusions meshed perfectly with his established esthetic of animated organic forms, and they were easy to procure from an Ozarks farm. For millennia, gourds have been used for functional and artistic purposes in many cultures. Following traditional practices, Goldman began by removing the flesh from the gourds and drying the hollow shells before beginning his process of creative transformation.

He spent the summer of 2004 stacking and linking the dried gourds into elaborate configurations that he coated ...

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