Abstract
Sculpture has always been the characteristic medium of artistic expression of all that is archetypical and elemental in human form. From the Venus figurines of pre-history, through the semi-divine and heroic statues of Egypt, Greece, and Rome, the figures of Sluter and Michelangelo, and the modern works of Maillol, Lachaise, and Henry Moore, sculpture has served as the essential vehicle for statements about the basic expressive properties of corporeal form. No matter what the illusionistic capabilities of graphic representation, the sculptural form has never been displaced in its directness of association with the primal and magical: the mask, idol, totem, and amulet are all works of sculpture. The sculpture of Jim Stark is, above all, an exploration of the qualities of the fundamental forms of nature. Stark's forms are primarily anthropomorphous, but animal and vegetal forms are also to be found, sometimes simultaneously. Stark's real subject matter is biomorphic form the forms of life.
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