When artist Malcolm Liepke first received the unadorned sculpture, he spent a lot of time studying the piece, trying to unearth an inspiration. After looking at it for a while, he began to notice all of the curves and indentations, both concave and convex. They seemed to be compressed – and he thought of people squished and condensed into a small space. As a figurative painter, he began to wonder: what if these were all women – mimicking the curves – squeezed and contorted onto the surface? Curves and Contours is this inspiration realized.