Dallas artist Oshay Green is pushing sculpture forward

Artist Oshay Green, who grew up in North Texas and now lives in Paris, collected discarded pieces of tyre rims, spare parts, piping and other materials from a metal junkyard in Dallas as the building blocks of his art.

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The sculptures, held together by nothing but their own weight and gravity, have somewhat of a resemblance to human figures. Each sculpture has its own round base with a type of body and face. “Eventually everything becomes sort of figurative after a while or you see that it holds a body of its own,” he said.

Green also created Elevation Solo For 4 Piece Drum Set, a composition that hangs on the back wall of the gallery. It walks visitors through a set of instructions to sonically experience the sculptures through drum sequences they compose themselves. The width of each sculpture’s scrap metal pieces translates to a kick, snare, tom or hihat of a drum set. He hopes “people can just see the work and be challenged by their imagination rather than a defined idea.” This story has been lightly edited for clarity: