Drift

More than drawings, Drift works are poetic excavations. Gussin builds them as an archaeologist of memory would, tenderly, mysteriously, persistently unearthing the lost, the hidden and the silenced. He performs the function of poet, sculptor, architect, and the archaeologist. Gussin’s work unfolds as a constellation of autonomous yet interrelated forms. Drawings, sculptures, and the book are equal channels of thought, each with its own capacity to embody abstraction. The continuity lies in the shared process through which gesture condenses into meaning. There is a profound dialogue between the three series. The layout rises as a reaction to the sculptures and drawings, each complements the other, contributing to a fuller exploration of the same conceptual field. Gussin’s cyclical creative process is guided by the demands of the idea itself. He searches for the medium that can best convey the emotional and intellectual substance of his thought. When a concept resists completion in one form, he allows it to migrate into another, finding a way to extend and refine its meaning.

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