Inch
Artist
Jody Intermont
(American)
Date1986
MediumCarved marble
Dimensions31 × 14 × 6 in. (78.7 × 35.6 × 15.2 cm)
ClassificationsSculpture
Object numberUAC2735
DescriptionMade of carved marble, Inch combines both the grain patterns of the base and the rocket shape to distinguish its two elements. On the bottom, a neatly carved piece of broken marble, as one might find on the front of an old building somewhere. On the top, though, a curved, almost cartoonish rocket seems to have pierced into the stone. The curve gives the missile motion, but also a somewhat phallic shape as it pierces into the marble. Perhaps drawing a connection between war and masculinity. It is also unique in the way that it immortalizes an explosive device, something inherently temporary by design, in unchanging stone.
Jody Intermont trained as an architect at City College in New York, and is now the president of Coriolis Effect, Inc.
Written by Alex Heath
1971
