JULY 28 - AUGUST 28, 2017
Reception with the Artists, Friday, July 28, 5-7 PM
Does the sculpture bend or is it the mind that curves to meet it? With their brilliant colors, lively geometries, and insistent physicality, the metal sculptures included in Heavy Metal challenge perception, engross, and invigorate. Aquamarine, fuchsia, lime, neon yellow, fire-engine red, popsicle orange - the colors themselves take center stage as one first enters the gallery space. But quickly these sculptures (both floor pieces and wall works), shaped and bent, perforated and twisted, quickly engage space as well as color.
Each of the artists whose work is included in Heavy Metal is a master of metal - whether aluminum or steel. Pard Morrison's aluminum cubes and cut-out wall pieces intrigue with their visually illusive use of color. Elliot Norqust brings is playful yet elegant steel wall pieces that perfectly balance color and form. And finally Jeremy Thomas' inflated steel never ceases to enthrall viewers with its subtle shapes and stunning color.
Balancing the weight and materiality of the metal with eye-popping color and intricate forms, Pard Morrison, Elliot Norquist, and Jeremy Thomas manage to merge stimulating and serious art with playful provocativeness.
Jeremy Thomas
Yellow Bellied, 6-2017
cold rolled steel and urethane
22 x 44 x 20 in.
JT391
Elliot Norquist
Four Solutions, 2017
powder coated and painted steel
40 x 14 x 2 in.
EN0131
Jeremy Thomas
Cyber Yellow, 4-2017
cold rolled steel and urethane
11 x 19 1/2 x 10 in.
JT392
Pard Morrison
Rusty Spurs, 2017
fired pigment on aluminum
24 x 44 x 1 3/4 in.
PMOR030
Pard Morrison
Compass, 2017
fired pigment on aluminum
29 x 78 x 2 1/4 in.
PMOR023
Jeremy Thomas
Digital Peach, 7-2017
cold rolled steel and urethane
17 1/2 x 19 1/2 x 16 in.
JT396
Elliot Norquist
Confessional, 2017
painted and powder coated steel
55 1/2 x 19 1/2 x 8 in.
EN0132
Jeremy Thomas
Retroreflective Orange, 6-2017
cold rolled steel, urethane and V98
20 1/2 x 37 x 21 in.
JT394
Pard Morrison
Orchard, 2017
fired pigment on aluminum
96 x 13 1/2 x 13 1/2 in.
PMOR026
Pard Morrison
Nimbus, 2017
fired pigment on aluminum
96 x 13 1/2 x 13 1/2 in.
PMOR025
Pard Morrison
Powerplant, 2017
fired pigment on aluminum
24 x 13 x 1 1/4 in.
PMOR028
Jeremy Thomas
Retroreflective Red, 6-2017
cold rolled steel, urethane and V98
24 3/4 x 37 x 28 in.
JT393
Elliot Norquist
Envelope Section, 2017
painted steel
20 1/2 x 19 x 2 in.
EN0128
Elliot Norquist
Buck Stitch, 2017
powder coated and painted steel
38 x 3 3/4 x 2 in.
EN0129
Jeremy Thomas
Penny Cu, 7-2017
cold rolled steel and urethane
17 1/2 x 20 x 20 in.
JT397
Elliot Norquist
4080 Black Dots, 2017
powder coated and painted steel
30 x 30 x 2 in.
EN0126
Pard Morrison
Petrichor, 2017
fired pigment on aluminum
24 x 13 x 1 1/4 in.
PMOR027
Elliot Norquist
Cloud Bank, 2017
powder coated and painted steel
44 x 19 x 2 in.
EN0130
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