As an innovator of
welded sculpture, he produced a richly diverse body of work exemplified by his poetic assemblages of found objects and industrial materials.
One knows John Chamberlain for
welded sculpture with a lot of arguments — dense, wildly colored assemblages of America's greatest symbol of going places in space, automobile parts.
Nelson's artistic and cultural interests were even wider and more challenging than some of his famous New York colleagues; in his Philadelphia studio he explored avenues as innovative and diverse as
welded sculpture, incorporating scrap or found objects, and printmaking, a medium that established him among the leading innovators of the day.
She makes free - standing steel sculptures and wall - bound installations that reference her artistic lineage going back to
the welded sculpture of Julio Gonzalez.
Some works of the period are: the Cubi works of David Smith, and the welded steel works of Sir Anthony Caro, as well as
welded sculpture by a large variety of sculptors, the large - scale work of John Chamberlain, and environmental installation scale works by Mark di Suvero.
MELVIN EDWARDS: FIVE DECADES A survey organized by the Nasher Sculpture Center in Dallas of Melvin Edwards's abstract
welded sculpture that addresses politics and race, including his famous «Lynch Fragments.»
He introduced David Smith, who originally identified himself as a painter, to
the welded sculpture of Julio González — and also to artists like Stuart Davis, Arshile Gorky and Willem de Kooning.
At that time, he began making flat,
welded sculpture, influenced by the work of David Smith.
Although Roszak's
welded sculptures continued to be abstract, they were expressionistic rather than streamlined, inspired by the organic instead of the man - made.
A leading Abstract Expressionist sculptor, Seymour Lipton began his career as a dentist, which provided not only a profitable day job but also the technical skills — acquired in fashioning fillings and braces — that he used in making
his welded sculptures.
This exhibition offers a rare and comprehensive look into the creative process of a celebrated American artist more commonly known for his monumental
welded sculptures.
A lot of people were working in direct
welding sculpture.
His welded sculptures are abstract, though his materials and the titles move the works into the realm of the narrative.
«The fragility and gracefulness of movement in ballet captured in her [Mohin] exquisite photographs defy description, and while a link with a medium such as forged steel may seem paradoxical, they are captured in
these welded sculptures graphically and with poetic sensitivity.»
Not exact matches
On the other hand, you can
weld some fantastic
sculpture on your downtime...
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Radcliffe gets some help when it comes to the megasculptures — for example, fabrication of the 100 identical loops that make up the JCB's tracks were outsourced after he created the master — but otherwise he does all the work himself, including the
welding (TIG on the small
sculptures, MIG on the rest).
DragonFire Gallery features
welded steel
sculptures by CJ Rench and hammered steel wall scuptures by Jason Sheldon.
While in a wheelchair, he mastered a
welding technique that allowed him to begin making
sculptures in steel.
So what do I do to move large pieces, not to mention
welded metal
sculptures that are 8 to 10 ft.?
Welding artist creates beautiful steel
sculptures highlighting themes such as power and determination.
Sculpture that was a solid form,
welded together,» he says.
Bisbee, a resident of Brunswick, Maine, is celebrated for his masterful work created exclusively from forged and
welded nails, transforming their simple form into
sculptures that defy the imagination.
One of his proudest recent accomplishments is the
welded bronze
sculpture Swing Low (2016), which hangs in the lobby of the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, DC, the newest Smithsonian institution.
In the 1960s, David Smith produced a series of multi-colored painted steel
sculpture, the powerful
welded steel Voltri Series that were mostly black; and his Cubi Series, a large body of abstract, geometric, unpainted, stainless steel
sculptures that were among his greatest masterpieces.
Themed around the legendary Rumble in the Jungle boxing match, their exhibition assembles works of the 1960s and»70s including Phillip King's Barbarian Fruit (1964; # 80,000), an untitled
welded metal
sculpture from 1960 by Melvin Edwards ($ 200,000), and American abstract and surrealist paintings.
The younger man is by far the fussiest, especially in four
welded - steel
sculptures.
In addition, the artist's Sagaponack property features an outdoor «gallery» of large - scale
sculpture as well as a drawing studio and two large buildings for cutting and
welding steel.
Similarly, the sculptor Melvin Edwards is represented by an abstract
welded - steel
sculpture, «Working Thought» (1985), from the «Lynch Fragment» series.
Alongside those works, Serra designed a series of forged pieces including: «Two Forged Rounds for Buster Keaton», «Snake Eyes and Boxcars» and «Ali - Frazier» and «Charlie Brown» One of his biggest installation is «The Matter of Time» commissioned by the Museo Guggenheim Bilbao, it incorporates a series of seven
sculptures made of spot -
welded sheets of steel that form 4,3 m high curling walls positioned around the existing
sculpture, «Snake», that had been commissioned for the museum's opening in 1997.
In Lee Bontecou's mechanistic, protruding canvases or the enormous, graffiti - inspired fabric bundles of Shinique Smith, we witness the physical demands of
sculpture —
welding, carving, cutting, twisting, collaging, stitching, pouring, pulling, stuffing — none of it on a screen.
Dial (1928 - 2016) came from a region of Alabama where African - Americans, including an uncle of his, frequently made
sculpture, screens and fences from metal junk
welded together.
There are two large
sculptures studios linked to two smaller project rooms, including a
welding room, kiln and areas for plaster, stone, and wood working.
Wall has worked at his Emeryville, California studio since 1975, and continues to construct
welded steel
sculptures, producing one - of - a-kind pieces himself.
Her first step in creating these
sculptures would be to
weld a frame, which could be seen as an analogy to the boundaries of a sheet of paper.
The lines at the edges of Olitski's paintings frame the airy voids of his sprays, while the
welded metal of Caro's
sculptures traces out shapes in space.
However, instead of trying to establish a pedigree that approximates the emergence and development of modern art in larger metropolitan areas like New York, Chicago, or Los Angeles, with its requisite local variations of
welded steel
sculpture and lyrical abstraction, the historic past proposed in this exhibition is one that is just as idiosyncratic as the present it influences.
The beaded paint that braided veins of color reminded me of the pulsing
welds David Smith used as compositional elements, fusing the steel plates of his
sculpture.
David Smith (in several galleries) In 1934, David Smith (Decatur, Indiana, 1906 - Vermont, 1965) began to
weld metal
sculptures using an oxyacetylene torch; these were probably the first
welded - metal
sculptures made in the United Estates.
* The recently renovated 10,000 square foot Okada
Sculpture Facility features 12 foot garage doors, a kiln room with a 31 «W x 42 «L x27 «D Bailey electric kiln, a clay mixing room, 176 square footventilated room,
welding facilities and 6,000 square feet of openspace
If you can, have a look at the
welded metal
sculptures by David Smith in the Abstract Expressionism exhibition.
Equally drawn to the history of figurative
sculpture as to a wide range of craft and artisan traditions around the world — from ceramic techniques to glass blowing, enameling to
welding — Upritchard pushes these practices in new directions, bringing them together to create a striking and original visual language of her own.
Mac Whitney:
Sculptures and Paintings presents the Ovilla, Texas - based sculptor's steel sculptures, most featuring interlocking, geometric shapes that he links together horizontally before welding them into his elegant painted s
Sculptures and Paintings presents the Ovilla, Texas - based sculptor's steel
sculptures, most featuring interlocking, geometric shapes that he links together horizontally before welding them into his elegant painted s
sculptures, most featuring interlocking, geometric shapes that he links together horizontally before
welding them into his elegant painted structures.
Blue Lace for Sister Sarah (1991) by the late African American sculptor John T. Scott is a stunning example of painted
sculptures in
welded metal that earned the artist a MacArthur «Genius Grant» in 1992.
In this bronze
sculpture the artist (unknown) has
welded together a group of figures into a unified piece.
Encouraged by a friend to try
welding, he began to make
sculpture in 1954 in Chicago, inspired by David Smith's Agricola series, linear
welded pieces made from discarded farming tools.
The artist's first
sculptures resembled the monochromatic bent and
welded metal constructions of David Smith.
Melvin Edwards is known for his
welded steel
sculptures that combine familiar tools, weapons, and shapes into new formations, which allow him to physically interact with his medium and explore how these works can convey human and political realities.
Often crumpled in an industrial crusher and spray - painted in bright colours before being
welded together into their final shape, his abstract
sculptures are now being placed within the gallery and gardens of Inverleith House, the outdoor location drawing out an unexpected organic quality in the artist's heavy metal works.
Using a masterful
welding technique to work on all of his
sculptures himself, di Suvero integrates found objects and cast - off industrial materials into bold, expressive compositions.