Artist Statement

Alice Kiderman

My sculpture begins with stone as a living witness. Working primarily in marble, limestone, and mixed media, I carve forms that hold the tension between strength and vulnerability, polished surface and inner fracture, silence and speech. My figures and abstracted bodies often appear restrained, guarded, or in transition, as if the stone itself is remembering what the human body cannot say directly. Gold leaf, chain, light, and contrasting textures interrupt the stone surface, creating moments of rupture, tenderness, and revelation.

My work is rooted in the human form but moves beyond portraiture or anatomy. For me, the body becomes a vessel for memory, relationship, endurance, and transformation. I want each sculpture to ask the viewer to slow down, to look at what is hidden beneath beauty, and to recognize the emotional life contained within material. My practice joins traditional direct stone carving with a contemporary language, giving ancient material a distinctly personal and modern voice.

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