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Craig Pleasants

1994

Craig Pleasants is an Astérides Resident in 1994. The archives of Triangle-Astérides do not allow for the determination of the exact dates or the duration of this residency in 1994.

Craig Pleasants is an American artist

Shelter has been a primary symbolic focus and social concern for most of Craig Pleasants’ career as a sculptor. His pursuit of the cultural manifestations of housing has long been inspired by primitive building- approaches, particularly those utilizing the simplest and most convenient materials at hand. Pleasants extrapolates from these traditions to turn his reductive sculpture interpretations into works of art.

The idea of home remains at their core. Every home contains something akin to the dream and the drive for sanctuary, an enclosure for privacy, protection from elements and predators, a womb in which to shelter a family. It is certainly the most essential of all human creative acts even as the idea of “home” has evolved in tandem with the evolution of personal wealth and technical know-how. […]

- Text by Deborah McLeod