John Adduci
From Chicago, Illinois
Title: My Pi Medium: Aluminum $ 40,000.00 |
About the Artist
John Adduci is a lifelong Chicago artist with public sculpture as his professional forte for over thirty years. His sculptures display bold gestures, a playful sensibility, and clever interpretations of arches, obelisks, and in our case, the pi symbol. An internationally recognized artist and craftsman, Adduci’s skills extend to custom fabrication, conservation, and restoration. Clients include private collectors, government agencies, public sculpture gardens and collections, city and state organizations, and educational institutions including the Lincoln Park Zoo, Chicago Children’s Museum, and Universities of Illinois at Chicago and Urbana-Champaign. Sculpture Statement It has always been my philosophy that sculpture needs to both compliment and contrast its surroundings. Just like a streetlight, bench, or even a building, public art is an essential part of the environment. As part of its settings, My Pi considers the viewer’s experience at every angle. You’ll notice this as you view the slant of the pi’s upper triangle and the placement of the symbol’s “legs”. Even the sculpture’s finish is important. You may have noticed that My Pi has an abstract, “swirly” finish to its metal. This is intended to match the lighthearted essence of the sculpture while also considering the sun’s rays – illuminating the artwork’s exterior. My Pi is an especially popular sculpture with viewers. It’s always a pleasure to see new visitors examine the sculpture carefully then, in a “eureka” moment, realize they’re looking at a pi symbol. The delight in their discovery is one of the best parts of being a public artist. Of course, the surprise of finding a classic mathematical symbol within a seemingly abstract sculpture adds an element of the unexpected and I’m proud to create sculpture that keeps viewers guessing. It’s not every day that a mathematical symbol adopts physicality by taking bold “steps” with its metal “legs”. Pi is meant to engage and entertain through a surprise depiction of “math on the move”! Artist Statement Sculpture is an on-the-street experience with art. It excites intuition to explore and, with power and audacity, challenges our right to take up space. By proximity, outdoor sculpture confronts, creates dialogue, and educates. |
Andrew Arvanetes
From Kankakee, Illinois
Title: When a Man's An Empty Kettle Medium: Painted Aluminum $ 12,900.00 |
Sculpture Statement
The sculpture's title is taken from a line in the Harold Arlen song from the film The Wizard of Oz. I have been fascinated with the film since childhood and this is the second sculpture, I have created that pays tribute to this experience. When a Man’s an Empty Kettle measures 90” high, 72” wide and 48” deep and weighs 200 lbs. It is fabricated of 10-gauge sheet aluminum and painted with a direct to metal acrylic primer and topcoat. Artist Statement My sculptures have always been object-oriented and narrative in nature. The interpretation of my work may not be the same as the intended narrative. More importantly, the viewer should be able to feel a connection based on their own individual experiences. I attempt to achieve this connection with my audience by utilizing universal visual details. The mechanical and architectural details utilized in my work have evolved into a personal language. These details and symbols combine with the overall form to create the visual aesthetic. Because of my combination of physical scale, personal references and visual details often results in a whimsical and absurd reality. |
John E. Bannon
From Chicago, Illinois
Title: Drop Medium: Painted Steel, Cast urethane $ 18,000.00 |
About the Artist
John E. Bannon is a multimedia artist working out of Sedgwick Studios in Chicago. His work can be seen in public and private collections across the country and abroad. He holds a BFA from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and an MFA from the School of Art Institute of Chicago. Sculpture Statement Drop is an award-winning sculpture utilizing height, reflection, and a familiar experience of watching drops of dew or water from a blade of nature. The sculpture is 12 feet tall giving the viewer a unique perspective of the clear drop created from cast urethane. Artist Statement The subject matter of my work often consists of common shapes, objects, or scenes drawn from nature and presented in a positive way. I incorporate the use of perspective, principles of Gestalt psychology, colored light, reflections, shadows, and illusions of depth to create an environment for an aesthetic experience. I want the viewer to stop and wonder about their own reaction and experience what is before them; to make a connection between the art and their own understanding and see something that may look familiar but see it in a new way. When this happens, I believe new paths are opened in the viewer's mind, creating a new way of thinking and the capacity to see things in a fresh way. Allowing for inspiration applicable to their own life experience. |
Mark Chatterly
From Williamston, Michigan
Title: Blue Dogs Medium: Clay Large Dogs $ 8,000.00 Small Dog $ 6,000.00 |
About the Artist
Mark Chatterley, of Williamston Michigan has an MFA from Michigan State University and is a nationally and internationally recognized artist. His figurative work is distinguished by his use of clay as an outdoor sculpture medium. His high-fire technique creates a hard metal-like surface that can withstand harsh outdoor weather conditions. The artist built a kiln big enough to handle his larger-than-life figurative works. In addition to the kiln capacity, he developed his own glaze he calls crater glaze that can withstand the high-fire process. His sculptures can be found in museums, outdoor exhibits, and galleries throughout the country and in permanent collections both nationally and internationally. Sculpture Statement Several years ago, I had a studio dog named Snoopy, I used her as a model. After she passed away, the sculptural dogs started getting larger. They are a stylized version of what my dog looked like. The large dogs are the maximum size my kiln can hold. They are made from high- fired clay with a crater glaze. Each one was hand built; no molds were used. |
M. L. Duffy
From Washington D.C.
Title: Low-Poly Open Heart (R.I.D.E) Medium: Welded Laser-Cut Aluminum Diamond plate, Enamel $ 25,000 |
About the Artist
After taking a steel sculpture class at the University of Maryland, he left Architecture school and concentrated on art full time. He received his M.F.A. from Goldsmiths College, University of London in 2010, returning to the U.S. to marry his wife, Elizabeth. During the day, Duffy teaches art at Conzaga College High School in Washington. After school he makes public sculptures for exhibitions across the country. Sculpture Statement My art practice is project-based. As new ideas and interests come to the fore, I can focus, explore, and refine without having to be tied down to an artistic movement, aesthetic, or theme. This offers a lot of intellectual and artistic freedom. I was able to utilize this freedom for the development of the Low-Poly Heart series: I was messing around with some new computer programs that use advanced algorithms to manipulate three-dimensional models. One of the algorithms takes a 3-D object and reconstructs it using triangular planes. This low-polygon form was something I was already exploring in drawing and painting, so I was quite interested in converting the aesthetic to sculpture. At the time of these explorations my wife was on a museum trip to Japan. Missing her while she was gone led me to a common heart shape form. Following numerous versions using a variety of materials and troubleshooting many challenges from complete collapse to volume modifications I came through the process and was able to add another aspect of interest with use of the industrial material, aluminum diamond plate which was both durable and had texture. I am now experimenting with the aluminum diamond plate form of the Low-Poly Hearts, which I call “Open Hearts”. Color schemes, variation and texture is my direction of focus now that the aesthetic/structural form is solidified. Artist Statement I often combine site-specifics with the semiotics of archetypes; universally understood objects and symbols and their related ideas, concepts, and meanings. To achieve this paradoxical balance, I use cutting-edge technology like laser cutting 3-D and CAD modeling with traditional aesthetics and methods of sculpture making. |
Carrie Fischer
From Crystal Lake Illinois
Title: King of Hearts Material: Concrete & Steel $25,000 |
About the Artist
Carrie became fascinated with sculpting through ceramics at an early age. Her passion for building objects flourished after she and her husband, Tom, started an architectural concrete business called Fishstone Studio in 2006. Over the past 15 years Carrie found making functional art fulfilling and began her study of sculpting with concrete as a medium. Through concrete and her action-oriented mentality, she found a calling to make sculptures that depicted the social issues of the world. She is now focused full-time on sculpting and developing new techniques to use high performance concrete in public art. Sculpture Statement The inspiration for this large sculpture came to me during the Black Lives Matters movement. I felt a personal calling to research and design a piece that personifies the beauty of black American men and women. The original concept began with a black female nude figure in a contemporary form. I created both a male and a female form with a focus on the simple heart shape made by our arms coming together in a casual way when our hands are clasped together in front. This sculpture was designed without movement or energy to represent a quiet and calm shape. The base of the sculpture is shaped like the Adinkra (African) symbol representing peacemaking. |
Jim
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About the Artist
Jim Gallucci of Greensboro, North Carolina earned both his BFA and MFA in Sculpture from Syracuse University. He is known for his artful large-scale arches and gates as well as whimsical benches. His work can be seen throughout the tri-state region through the Midwest Sculpture Initiative sculpture exhibits. Most of his work is commission work for public, corporate, and residential spaces around the country. In addition to his commissions and exhibits the artist was an exhibit designer for the North Carolina Zoological Park in Asheboro, North Carolina. Sculpture Statement As a child I was fascinated by the transmission of sound using 2 tin cans, a string and 2 buttons. Later in college, visiting the Science and Industry Museum in Chicago, I saw a copper tube transmit sound from one room to the other. This was the beginning of “Whisper Bench” ideas. They have become fun interactive artworks that make people giggle, while whispering good thoughts to each other. Artist Statement Art is the physical manifestation of an idea or event that calls forth an emotional response from the viewer. It speaks to us and evokes a chord deep within us. Good art challenges us, can make us feel righteous, move us, soothe us, heal us and bring us peace. Sculpture Statement Oak Leaf Arch II is a beautiful composition of steel cut oak leaves welded together into the form of an arch. The arch is prominently located on the walking path to be considered the gateway into the Perrysburg Sculpture Walk. As with all of Jim Gallucci’s sculptures they are as creatively functional as they are beautiful. |
Robert
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About the Artist
Robert Garcia, of Whitehouse Ohio earned his MFA from Ohio State University. Mr. Garcia retired after 40 years of teaching art in the Toledo Public School System. Throughout his teaching career his paintings, murals, ceramic work, and sculptures have been exhibited in local and national exhibits including over 35 locations in the tri-state area through the Midwest Sculpture Initiative. His artwork has been recognized with numerous prestigious awards and recognitions and can be found in the permanent collection of the Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo Botanical Gardens, Schedel Gardens, The University of Toledo, three commissions for the Toledo Zoo and many other landmark locations in the local area and region as well as Spain. Sculpture Statement The space between the two parts of the sculpture represents a passage through a life experience. As knowledge grows from experience, certain questions arise. Some questions are answered while others are unanswered. The knowledge gathered from our questions and answers is central to who we are. The inspiration for my sculpture comes from my desire to convey a feeling for human contemplation of the powerful forces of nature. To create an abstract interactive sculpture that may arouse curiosity, surprise, and encourage various interpretations by each viewer. The process for creating this sculpture started with a mild steel plate rolled to approximately 6 feet diameter, shapes and piercings hand cut with a plasma cutting torch. Anchoring feet were welded on and the piece was primed, and brush painted with Nova Color acrylic, mural paint, and sealer. Viewers are encouraged to enter the space between the two parts and consider the idea of it being a passage through a life experience. Artist Statement Conveying an artistic idea may lead me to sculpture or to painting. It may often be a combination of the two. My idea may be expressed in either abstract or representational imagery. The patina or treatment of the surface of a sculpture is important and the purpose for me is to enhance the form to engage the viewer as much as possible to relate to it in positive and meaningful ways. |
James
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About the Artist
James Havens attended high school in India, while his father worked on the Bhakra Dam project. For him, Woodstock School in the Himalayas was a formative influence and a source of strong friendships. After returning to Warsaw, Illinois, a Mississippi River town where the Havens family has had a farm since 1916, Jim served in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1958-1962, with a 2-year stint in the Marine Corps Honor Guard in Washington, D.C., where he met Karen Sandberg. They married in 1965 and had 2 children, Amy and Beau. Havens had a 30-year career with Toledo Ironworkers Local 55; on retirement, he threw himself into making steel sculptures. In 2000 Owens Community College recruited him to introduce a new course, Artistic Welding; it flourished with great popularity from 2000-2015, and former students such as Pamela Reithmeier, Todd Kime, and Beth Scheffert are now competing with their teacher in showing and selling their work. Toledo Area Sculptors Guild meets at the Havens Studio and Rose Foundry in Gibsonburg, Ohio, site of his annual Sculpture in the Village Show since 2005. Havens works primarily in steel but has cast several life-sized bronze figures, including a Mahatma Gandhi. His greatest project culminated in Gibsonburg on September 11, 2016, with the dedication of the Public Safety Service Memorial, which Havens designed. Featuring a 36-ft. long piece of the antenna from the North Tower leaning on a stainless-steel scaled replica of the new World Trade Center, the Memorial is a pentagon-shaped enclosure. On its walls black granite plaques tell the story of 9/11/2001. Sculpture Statement This sculpture pays tribute to Mahatma Gandhi and calls attention to the historic salt march he led in 1930 when Gandhi began to peacefully rid India of British control. Marching 241 miles to the Arabian Sea salt marshes, he and his followers collected salt, defying laws that forced Indians to obtain their necessary but highly taxed salt only from the British monopoly. The beginning of many non-violent protests that eventually led to Indian Independence and later inspired Martin Luther King. |
Ray Katz
From Pontiac, Michigan
Title: Around the Gate Medium: Steel $ 18,000.00 |
About the Artist
Ray Katz holds an M.F.A. from Wayne State University (Sculpture), a Bachelor of Science in fine arts from Eastern Michigan University (drawing, ceramics, sculpture) and attended the Detroit Society of Arts and Crafts (drawing, painting) He retired from teaching after 42 years as a professor of art at Auburn Hills, campus of Oakland Community College. The artist has maintained a prolific art career from his Pontiac studio since the mid-70’s. His work has been exhibited throughout the country as well as Japan and France and can be found in private, corporate, and institutional collections. He was recently featured in the documentary, Ray Katz, American Sculptor on Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/422524347 Artist Statement My sculpture is abstract, geometric, and organic shapes. I use the abstract manipulation of form in space to create visual balance, using rhythm, action, and movement to combine and create compositions that convey the implied energy found in my work. The sculptures allude to an evolutionary process that we all share in our human experience. I associate this evolutionary process with the evolution of life experiences that we all commonly share. These ideas and concepts are what separate my work from the historical and industrial influences from which I draw my connections. The active forms that are brought together represent the flux of life, and embrace transformative concepts such as evolution, metamorphosis and transcendence. |
Jack Howard-Potter
From Long Island City,
New York Title: Going Green Medium: Steel $ 20,000.00 |
Sculpture Statement
Going Green was made as a response to the destruction of our world. Humans have a terrible track record of ravaging the environment. I wanted to make a figure that acted as a counter to that fact. Making a figure large enough to actually hug the globe stands as a metaphor for the responsibility, we have to care for our home and protect it and the people there. Artist Statement I work to capture movement in a medium that does not move. Using steel, which is an inherently rigid material, I work to convey a sense of fluid action in space. My work explores the wide range of movements of the human figure informed through my study of drawing human anatomy. My sculptures seek to convey the motion of the body in extremely stressful and beautiful positions; the moment that a dancer is at the peak of a jump, the weightless split second before a body succumbs to gravity. I am describing an ephemeral action in steel to convey this moment for eternity. I want the viewer to visualize the actions that led up to a given pose and the actions that will follow it. Using the brightly colored surfaces separates the figures from the landscape, making them stand out in much the same way people do when they wear clothes. The brilliant colors serve as protection for the steel from the corrosive outdoor environment as well as adding excitement to the steel to aid in the sense of movement. The work explores the range of possibilities and flexibility of the material as well as the subject matter. |
Pam Reithmeier
From Monclova, Ohio
Title: Fleur a Pois Medium: Painted Steel $ 4,000.00 |
About the Artist
Pamela Reithmeier of Monclova Ohio was born and raised in Toledo Ohio. She has a Master's Degree in Special Education from The University of Toledo and has retired after teaching for 34 years. She started sculpting in 2002 and has been recognized with numerous awards and commissions for her artwork. Her sculptures have been on display in galleries, juried shows, and private collections throughout Ohio, Michigan, Tennessee, Indiana, Illinois, and Florida. She is currently president of the Toledo Area Sculptures Guild and teaches an Art Welding class at Owens Community College. Sculpture Statement Fleur a Pois translated from French means “polka dot flower”. The artist’s inspiration for this and other whimsical flowers she has created are from Dr. Seuss books and other illustrators in books she read to her class during her 34-year career in special education. Ms. Reithmeier strives to make art that is fun and uplifting. Fleur a Pois, her whimsical purple polka dot flower is both. The flower is cut from steel, welded together and hand painted by the artist. Artist Statement I have found that I am drawn to making sculptures inspired by nature. I particularly enjoy the physical and mental challenges. |
Mike
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About the Artist
Mike Sohikian, of Genoa Ohio is a retired ironworker. His distinguished 34-year career as a structural iron worker earned him the nickname “Iron Mike” for his legendary capabilities in the field. As a full-time sculptor, he still approaches his artwork as an ironworker but advances with the artful eye of a fine artist. Both skill sets intersect when he uses the tools of his trade to bend, cut and shape steel by hand, and creating one-of- a-kind expressive figurative work. His paintings and sculptures have been published in feature articles and numerous art publications. Most noteworthy is inclusion in The Sculpture Reference (illustrated) by Arthur Williams and four Schiffer Publishing Collectors Editions. He has been recognized with numerous awards, featured in magazine articles and on area news reports. His paintings and sculptures can be found in over 500 art collections nationwide and in juried sculpture exhibits across the tri-state region. Sculpture Statement Flamenco Cactus is a kinetic sculpture designed to turn through wind power. The feminine figure is composed of hand (flame) cut and manipulated steel cactus leaves artfully arranged and welded into a composition of a flamenco dance in progress. The figure is adorned with handmade roses that serve as both blooms on the cactus and embellishments on the figure’s costume. The artist is well known for reworking salvaged steel to new heights with his skill and artful ability to use his flame cutter the way a painter uses a paint brush to create effective allusions of softness and gracefulness in cold hard steel. Sculpture Statement Metamorphosis displays a metaphorical feminine figure transforming during the act of metamorphosis. It serves as a visual metaphor for our desire to transform and emerge into our true selves. The sculpture kinetic and will turn in the wind adding to the narrative of the sculpture morphing It is composed of individually flame (hand) cut steel butterflies welded together into the form of a female figure. The single butterfly wing was cut from stainless steel. The kinetic feature is a result of the artist reworking and adapting a salvaged conveyor system from the old jeep plant. A single arm and stainless-steel wing symbolize the transition. Artist Statement: My adventure into the arts has been exactly that, an adventure! I create art that simply put is visually appealing to me. Along with that aspect, the physical demand, and challenges necessary to achieve my goals make it a truly satisfying accomplishment. |
Ken Thompson
From Adrian, Michigan
Title: Inverted Negative Arch Medium: Fabricated Steel $ 4,500.00 |
About the Artist
Ken Thompson of Adrian Michigan holds an Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts from Siena Heights University, a Master of Liberal Studies in Sculpture from the University of Toledo and a Bachelor of Fine Arts in painting and printmaking from Siena Heights College (University), Adrian, Michigan. The major focus of his work has been on large-scale public sculpture with a long list of public works in the Toledo area. He has completed well over 70 large-scale public sculptures as well as 29 solo exhibits with many awards to his credit. Mr. Thompson founded the Midwest Sculpture Initiative in 2003 and has been responsible for over 150 outdoor sculpture exhibits in the Midwest. The impact of his initiative has advanced the arts for hundreds of sculptors and communities beyond calculation. Artist Statement: I have always had a fascination with buildings and bridges, as well as the columns, posts, beams, and arches that support them. I come to this world from a tradition of craftsmanship. I prefer to use materials that convey strength. I have always felt that good art should be well made and that there is no excuse for poor craftsmanship. I see each sculpture as a 'clean sheet of paper' that presents new opportunities to discover solutions. Beyond content and suitability, my sculpture concentrates on the fundamental issues of form and how negative space defines it, as well as the techniques employed to create it. |
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