Sonic Monument to Anaïs Nin

Sonic Monument to Anaïs Nin. 2022, Sandcast brass, 4" W x 4" L x 14" H

Sandcast & lathe-turned brass candle sticks from Sonic Monuments series, inspired by personal expression & growth.

Sculpture depicts this voice recording of the following quote:

“And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.”

Anaïs Nin, Author

Artist Brian Madden drawing a scene of sonic monuments in perspective, with a SONY audio recorder on a wood table
Artist Brian Madden kneeling next to a life size cardboard cut out of a ten foot tall sonic monument sculpture inside his San Francisco studio
Two lathe turned brass sonic monument candlesticks without candles, sitting on a wood table against a white wall
Two brass sonic monument candlesticks with no candles, sitting on a light brown wooden chessboard table
Top view of a sandcast and lathe-turned brass sonic monument candlestick, sitting on a light wood chess table, in front of another candlestick partially in view
Zoomed in angle view of the base of a sandcast and lathe-turned brass sonic monument candlestick, sitting on a wood table
Person wearing a white art handling glove holding a brass sonic monument candlestick above another candlestick and wood table with black chair nearby
Two brass sonic monument candlestick with blue wax candles sitting on a light brown wood table with black framed artwork on a white wall in the background