Doors
“Wardlaw’s visual language refuses to declare the superiority or separateness of painting and sculpture. Symbolic and metaphysical translations are similarly open-ended.”
– Nancy Stapen, Artforum, Summer, 1982
“Wardlaw’s work has culminated in a series of architecturally oriented sculptures that suggest the remains of palaces or ritual spaces. Brilliantly engraved, sanded and painted, the extruded aluminum columns generally form arcades that embody the feeling of monuments in hieratic societies.”
– Alan G. Artner, Chicago Tribune, November, 1964
![Doors I, Cycle<br>
acrylic on aluminum<br>
84 x 46 x 15 inches<br>
1981](https://georgewardlaw.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Cycle.jpeg)
![Doors III, Enter Please<br>
acrylic on aluminum<br>
84 x 50 x 22 inches<br>
1981](https://georgewardlaw.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/EnterPlease.jpeg)
![Doors IV, A New Light<br>
acrylic on aluminum<br>
84 x 32 x 32 inches<br>
1981](https://georgewardlaw.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/NewLight.jpeg)
![Doors VI, Presence<br>
acrylic on aluminum<br>
84 x 37 x 24 inches<br>
1982](https://georgewardlaw.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Presence.jpeg)
![Doors II, Spirit Lock<br>
acrylic on aluminum<br>
84 x 51 x 20 inches<br>
1981](https://georgewardlaw.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/SpiritLock.jpeg)
![Doors II, Spirit Lock<br>
acrylic on aluminum<br>
84 x 51 x 20 inches<br>
1981](https://georgewardlaw.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/SpiritLock2.jpeg)