He used assistants on his large pieces — to try different compositions often involving
large pieces of steel, weld or bolt them and then treat their surfaces in various ways.
Not exact matches
To place this
piece of steel in a place
of prominence, to hang on it all
of the emotional response, all
of the tears and gut - wrenching loss
of a
large number
of people who believe, without also acknowledging the other faiths, and those
of no faith, who lost their lives, does, in fact, send the message that this was US vs THEM, Islam against Christianity, rather than the truth... that it was an attack against US, the United States
of America, melting pot that we are... at least that's the way I see it.
A power rack is a
large, rectangular cube - shaped
piece of equipment made from
steel (see a pic
of mine, on the right), which allows you to efficiently and safely perform any number
of heavy barbell exercises.
Lashed together with an intricate webbing
of steel cables and trusses, cantilevered with the help
of a structural engineer, the
largest piece, measuring 17 by 42 by 24 feet and weighing ten tons, loomed ominously overhead.
[17] He later began using Cor - ten
steel in the 1980s for a small number
of large - scale outdoor
pieces, and by 1989 would create single and multi-part works with the material.
Marcel Wanders» total environment will include several bodies
of work:
large abstract figural mirrors, such as Dysmorphophobia 1, 2 and 3, with carved details and cutouts, create an illusion
of a character or ghostly figure; Self 2 is a
steel cabinet and kinetic
piece, balancing a sculptural ovoid form that abstracts a human head and physically rocks on the top surface; Tempter, an over-sized adult rocking unicorn is cast in bronze with metal chain stirrups; Shiqule Nuhai, two ceramic vases, monumental in height, reference Marcel Wanders» Delft Blue collection with a darker sensibility, using black glaze.
The artist best known for his flattened approach to the human figure takes his signature aesthetic into sculpture with «Cut Outs,» a solo exhibition
of four works depicting Katz's wife Ada, the full set
of his nine -
piece «Black Dress» series, and one
larger, multifigure work, all rendered in stainless and porcelain enamel coated
steel.
Alex Katz «Cut Outs» Paul Kasmin 515 West 27th Street CLOSES: April 12 The artist best known for his flattened approach to the human figure takes his signature aesthetic into sculpture with «Cut Outs,» a solo exhibition
of four works depicting Katz's wife Ada, the full set
of his nine -
piece «Black Dress» series, and one
larger, multifigure work, all rendered in stainless and porcelain enamel coated
steel.
In Daphne and Apollo — a tight arrangement
of solid red
steel tubing wrapped around
large pieces of found
steel from a scrapyard — one material seems to morph into another with an allusion
of movement similar to the Baroque sculpture
of the same title by Bernini.
These same elements are reused in the three
larger pieces currently showing in the main space, Arrangement, Arrangement II and Arrangement III, less - uniform structures with multiple shelves that also feature a scented candle on a
steel pole, a floral arrangement in a blown - glass vase and a QuickTime movie (an aerial view
of a simulated modernist building) on a flatscreen.
Sculptures and Site - Specific Installations Kapoor has produced a
large number
of works including Taratantara (1999, Baltic Flour Mills in Gateshead, England), a 35 - metre tall
piece; and Marsyas (2002) a gigantic work
of steel and PVC that was installed in the Turbine Hall
of the Tate Modern Gallery in London (see below).
This exhibition at The Hepworth Wakefield explores how Caro incorporated architectural features into his work, from the
large - scale painted
steel sculptures made in the 1960s to his final
pieces created using
large sheets
of perspex.
His
large, floor - based works make use
of a variety
of materials, from wood to rope, though he is best known for his monumental rusted
steel pieces.
On the other side
of the gallery,
large - scale aluminum and stainless
steel letters spell the world Future, part
of an iconic bodywork made
of text
pieces.
Artist Matthew Barney says he remembers the first time he saw Serra's arc
pieces in the 1980s,
large steel plates Serra rolled into wave shapes and half - moon shapes and arranged, without anchors or buttressing, in the compressed space
of Leo Castelli's Greene Street gallery in New York.
The
large suspended
pieces, each called «Bird Song,» in her third solo at Talwar, are based on armatures made
of stainless -
steel tubing bent into curves.
There are five
pieces in the Mark di Suvero exhibition at Paula Cooper: three elegant, welded -
steel sculptures from the artist's recent «Totems» series (1998, 2005, and 2006); a
large (7 10 1/2» high, 16» wide), joyfully colored acrylic abstraction from 1978 — 82; and the enormous «Nova Albion,» a reconstruction
of a work built on a northern California beach in 1964 — 65.
However, he was to abandon their organic and bright shapes for clean geometric lines and the signature, uniform, black finish
of his
large - scale,
steel, three - dimensional
pieces, first exhibited in 1964.
The artist often paints on
large pieces of stone,
steel and slate, allowing the organic marks and colors inherent in the base materials to guide her hand.
Visitors to the English Gardens can also encounter an over-sized snake ring in polished concrete by Kathleen Ryan (François Ghebaly, Los Angeles); a
large marble form by Tony Cragg (Lisson Gallery, London); an anthropomorphic bronze by William Turnbull (Offer Waterman, London); a work from the «Signal» series by Takis (Axel Vervoordt, Antwerp); Dominique Stroobant's elegant geometric composition (Axel Vervoordt, Antwerp); a new solar - powered light and sound
piece by Haroon Mirza (Lisson Gallery, London), developing from his intervention at the Museum Tinguely, Basel, earlier this year; a
large painted and lacquered metal
piece by Gary Webb (The Approach, London); an oversized beaten
steel shoe by Aaron Angel (Rob Tufnell, London); a new ceramic «totem pole» by Jesse Wine (Limoncello, London); a colony
of rabbits made from plastic bags by Leo Fitzmaurice (The Sunday Painter, London) and Seung - taek Lee's monumental balloon model
of the earth, which will gradually deflate across the course
of the fair (Gallery Hyundai, Seoul).
Many
of her
pieces are executed on small, square, enamel - coated
steel plates that are combined in grid formations to create very
large works.
House Version, 2005, a
large stainless
steel piece, raises the issue
of scale within the gallery space.
Several Konkel
pieces feature
large areas
of brushed aluminum whose glistening surfaces mirror Binder's shiny
steel.
So the minimills invested in equipment to make the
larger pieces and worked to improve the quality and consistency
of their
steel.
But most
of the buzz so far has been around the Moto 360, a
large, round
piece of glass and stainless
steel that actually sort
of looks like a traditional watch.