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Artist
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Phototrope, 2001 |
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Petite Valleé, 2008 |
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How Many Dawns, 2004 |
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I am currently making abstract sculpture, primarily in steel. In its everyday industrial forms¾I-beams, pipes, plates, cable¾steel is the bones of the material culture in which we live. Working with it feels like playing with the very stuff of our civilization. I cut, weld and twist it into drawings in space that I think of as musical: lyrical inner forms move in counterpoint to a restraining skeleton or frame. Tension and compression are contrasted to intensify the feeling of contained energy. Most of my pieces are in some way pictorial¾either spatial or figurative. They evoke memories of real or imaginary places that have emotional associations for me: hidden crannies where as a child I could imagine being invisible; high places that were frightening but exhilarating; spaces full of strange objects that bewilder but intrigue me. Although my sculptures are derived from images that have a certain sense of mystery for me, they emphatically do not exude any aura of mysteriousness. I want the overall impression of an installation of my work to be one of energy, beauty, and humanity.
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Selected Solo Exhibitions: 2003 2001 Selected Group Exhibitions: 2008 2007 2006 2005 2002 2002
2001 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995
1995 1993 1992 1992 1992 1991 1991 1991 Public
Art Installations : 2004 2002 2000 1999 1999 1998 1994 Residencies: 1995 Publications and Reviews: 2001 2001 2001 1998 1998 |
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