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Dusty Folwarczny
"Bration"
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I have always loved the wind, which I felt that gusty day in May, 2008, at PNC. When I moved away from home freshman year of college, I missed the sound of our wind chimes on the back porch. Bration evokes those wind chimes in large-scale sculpture.
I also focused on the themes of opportunity and energy. When sculpting, I like to play with the tension that gravity creates within the piece. I have included wind energy in Bration which creates sound energy. These are combined to help engage the viewer. |
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Dusty Folwarczny
"Cutoff"
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The Wikipedia definition of cutoff in theoretical physics is the maximal or minimal value of energy, momentum or length, so that the objects with even larger or smaller values than these physical quantities are ignored. The title of this piece, Cutoff, is a play on this definition.
I have chosen four unique pieces of recycled steel plate. Part of the beauty of this piece is the evidence that the steel plate was molten liquid at one time. Just as a person's stories can interest you, so does a piece of steel for me. I am intrigued by the purpose or lack of purpose the scrap metal has had. I picture these pieces within my sculpture exchanging stories. |
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Terrence Karpowicz
"Heraldic Taunt" |
It is composed of a steel structure and a granite wheel that has begun to metaphorically erode. There is a complimentary ring of black "Mexican" river rocks within the footprint of the base. When I did this particular sculpture President Clinton was pushing hard to have NAFTA become an economic reality. This sculpture is about that period of time, and metaphorically speaks about the "breakdown" of our industrial base here in the US , and the "fallout" realized by our geographic neighbors. |
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Terrence Karpowicz
"Prairie Needle" |
Totemic (think totem pole) in nature, the sculpture is "like a spire on the landscape”. Traditional works by Karpowicz can be read from a single plane. In this piece he attempts to widen the visual playing field.
The sculpture depicts negative space as much as positive space. The holes bored through the stone visually connect the curved metal industrial support tubes. The base has negative space as well. Tubes support the granite on a truncated pyramid base that has a footprint of 30” x 30”. An application of ferric nitrate gave the steel patina, speeding up the process of oxidation. Varnish was used to arrest the rust, and preserve the patina. |
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Richard Kiebdaj
"ho-MA-ge" |
The piece is one of several that Mr. Kiebdaj calls his "cello series.” “Who could be more fitting to be included in this group than Yo-Yo Ma, the renowned cellist?” said this sculptor. The piece is an homage to him. Picture a large yo-yo about five feet in diameter with clusters of cello forms on either side and one cello form actually morphing into a real cello and cascading off of the yo-yo. This yo-yo is held up on a base that is a four feet square in the footprint and gradually bends into approximately one square foot where it is attached to the yo-yo.
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S. Thomas Scarff
"Drive-By" |
This piece explores the visual phenomena of moiré patterns; a ghosting; a waving. These patterns occur when driving by a lighted, static object. The natural daylight effect and then the night effect are completely different. |
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Fisher Stolz
"Seduction" |
The sphere in Seduction represents the enticement or bait within a trap. Humans, as opposed to other animals, often understand the danger and yet enter anyway. Participants are lured into the middle of the sculpture to feel the scale and power of the form surrounding them. |
George Sugarman
"A Green Field"
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This is a unique multi-colored work composed of two separate sections of cutouts that are abstract representations of the outdoors.
The left section is an imperfect multi-colored rectangle of thin metal, cut in a floral-type pattern. The right section, which appears to be two separate pieces, has the same floral type cut-out metal in green/blue but has superimposed several solid pieces of aluminum in yellow, orange and light green. A Green Field is a wall piece inside the Library-Student-Faculty Building , second floor library. |
George Sugarman
"Earth Bird" |
Green and red piece evoking a flying creature emerging from the earth.
Only two elements of design are used, one resembling a feather and the other a sleek bird.
Earth Bird, along with dozens of George Sugarman 2-D pieces, is currently on long term loan to the offices of the Visiting Nurse Association of Porter County. |
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George Sugarman
"Two Blues and a Red" |
While less intricate and smaller than the two previous works, this sculpture evokes power instead of delicacy. The shorter section is cube-like, painted red, with various cut-outs including a large circle. The other section appears to be two sheets, cut the same shape, mirroring each other and meeting at the base. It is taller, painted blue, and arches away from the red section in a graceful fashion. Two Blues and a Red can be seen in the first floor lobby of Schwarz Hall. |
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George Sugarman
"Two Part Folding Screen" |
While the widths vary, both the height and depth of the two parts are completely related.
The work consists of two vertical pieces, created from various-colored thin aluminum sheets, cut out in a floral-like pattern. One part is largely orange and the other is multi-colored, with forms pointing upward. Two Part Folding Screen is exhibited inside the Library-Student-Faculty Building , second floor library. |
