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Chakaia Booker Renegade, 2007
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Rubber tire 96 x 60 x 60 inches Courtesy of the Artist
Verina Baxter Big Red Tumkin, 2007 Painted aluminum & stainless steel 158 x 74 x 120 inches Courtesy of the Artist
MARC Building
Bret Price Oh’d, 2005
Galvanized steel 84 x 40 x 55 inches Courtesy of the Artist
Peter Lundberg Mercury, 2007
Copper and colored concrete 56 x 27 x 12 inches Courtesy of the Artist
John Clement
Venus, 2007
Squirt, 2007-2008 Painted steel 90 x 77 x 92 inches
Copper and colored concrete 104 x 24 x 18 inches Courtesy of the Artist
Courtesy of the Artist
Mars, 2007
Copper and colored concrete 91 x 32 x 16 inches Courtesy of the Artist
Frost Art Museum
Albert Paley Portal, 2005
Corten steel 140 x 39 x 52 inches Paley Studios Archive
F. Douglass Schatz Crown, 2003
Painted steel 156 x 108 x 108 inches
Courtesy of the Artist
Isaac Duncan III
Tux, 2006 Stainless steel 192 x 64 x 60 inches Courtesy of the Artist
John Henry
I Lean, 2012 Steel painted red 312 x 204 x 120 inches Courtesy of the Artist The Patricia and Phillip Frost Art Museum at FIU and The Sculpture Park at Modesto A. Maidique Campus are proud to welcome 10 monumental sculptures for an unprecedented outdoor exhibition for the fall-winter season: American Sculpture in the Tropics. Made from a variety of materials including steel, aluminum, cast fiberglass, copper, concrete, wood, and rubber tires, each work represents the best of contemporary sculpture through some of its most recognized artists and the diversity of styles, themes and technical approaches that characterize our times. We are honored to have the opportunity to exhibit such a collection of great sculptures from such a renowned group of artists. Our particular thanks to one of the artists, and longtime friend of the Frost Art Museum and FIU, John Henry. John brought this exhibition to my attention two years ago and was an invaluable help in securing and installing it
Terrence Karpowicz Untitled, n.d.
his generous support that made this exhibition possible.
Granite, steel, wood 117 x 21 x 22 inches
Carol Damian
Courtesy of the Artist
Director
here for all of us to enjoy. Speacial thanks also to another longtime friend, R. Kirk Landon, for
The Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum
About the Sculptors…. Verina Baxter: Her Tumkin series is a group of sculptures…always on wheels…with one or several cut-out plates either suspended or hanging inside the structure. After working exclusively in stone for several years, Verina began incorporating painted aluminum and, more recently, stainless steel, into her artworks. Her artworks are exhibited internationally and included in numerous private and corporate collections.
Terrence Karpowicz: While an art student in the 1970s, he was influenced by the theories and practices of Minimalism and Conceptualism, which dominated the art world at that moment. “My aesthetic is rooted in craftsmanship, while being informed by the sublime nature of minimal forms and the layering of history and ideas. My work is defined by the tension at the point of contact, or joint, and the act of creating this tension.”
Chakaia Booker: Began working with rubber tires in the early 1990s and presently continues to work in this medium. The various tread patterns, colors, and widths which the tires possess create a palette for Booker similar to the palette of a painter. The rubber and tires are transformed into fluid materials, giving them a new life and energy. The tires represent metaphors which satisfy aesthetic, political, and economic concerns.
Peter Lundberg: “I think of my sculptures as a view into my unconscious mind, a landscape of very primitive things, rudimentary elements of life, nature, science, spirituality and passion. The labor, pain and love of my efforts not only give me meaning, but also make me feel alive. Art brings this journey into focus; the sculpture marks its destination.”
John Clement: In the early stages of his career, he mentored under two of America’s most important sculptors, Mark di Suvero and John Henry. The sculptures he creates are large-scale, painted steel forms with open and inviting negative spaces. The sculptures’ open, curvilinear forms and movement of the line create varying perspectives of space. They serve as locations for quiet reflection, landmarks and social meeting places, and opportunities for spatial investigation. Isaac Duncan III: Employed by John Henry Sculptor, Inc. for three years, where he was the crew supervisor, heavy equipment operator and assistant to internationally renowned sculptor John Henry. As of mid-2008, Duncan has opened his own studio, where he creates his large-scale sculptures and fabrication projects. “I like to work with the illusion of movement. By placing certain forms at different angles, I challenge weight and gravity.” John Henry: Known worldwide for his large-scale public works of art, which grace numerous museum, corporate, public and private collections. His works are prominently exhibited in many American cities and states, as well as throughout Europe and Asia. He has shown his work extensively since the early 1960s, and exhibits a definitive trademark style that is recognized internationally. His works range in scale from small tabletop pieces to some of the largest contemporary metal sculptures in the world.
Albert Paley: An active artist for over 40 years, he is the first metal sculptor to receive the coveted Institute Honors awarded by the American Institute of Architects, the AIA’s highest award to a non-architect. Paley has completed more than 50 site-specific works. Pieces can be found in the permanent collections of many major museums, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. Paley will be the featured sculptor at this year’s Breakfast in the Park, at the Frost Art Museum, on Sunday, December 9, 2012. Bret Price: Since 1979, Price has been building heating chambers around large pieces of steel, applying concentrated, intense heat, then manipulating the material to create a sense of softness. “This method of making art offers a number of creative options for me as a sculptor. The variables of heat intensity, size and shape of the raw material produce a wide range of results, from the quiet simplicity of a single pipe bend to the rhythmic complexity that emerges from folding a section of structural steel.” F. Douglass Schatz: Known for his fabricated steel forms, cast bronze figures, and pyrotechnical sculpture performances. He has exhibited his sculptures in numerous shows both nationally and internationally, and is active in the arts community as an organizer of numerous arts festivals, in addition to his position on the Board of Trustees of the International Sculpture Center. American Sculpture in the Tropics is presented with the generous support of R. Kirk Landon. Smithsonian Institution
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