Artist: Patrick Camut
STAN , 2015
Steel, Coke, Ceramic Cup
84"x60”x312”STAN is a steel sculpture that balances 1 ton of Clairton Works coking coal and 1 cup of black coffee in a United Steel Workers Union ceramic cup. The inspiration for this piece comes from a story shared by my family about my grandfather Stan Kwasny. From 1965 – 1995 my grandfather drove to Clairton Works with a ceramic coffee cup in hand. His ceramic cup without a lid seemed to never spill a drop, despite how tired my pap really was. His strength and balance was a common trait of many blue-collar workers from our region. I respect the work his generation did to build the foundation of our city, and admire their work ethic, trade skills, and strength. The coffee my grandfather had on his commute helped him provide the large amounts of coke that Carrie Furnace needed to create steel. He was a part of an industry and a union of men and women that committed their lives to building the infrastructure we can continue to appreciate today.
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Artist Clement Valla explores the increasingly ambiguous divide between the boundaries of our physical and digital worlds.
Coopting the distorted images rendered from online digital navigation and mapping software, Google Maps, Valla subverts the two dimensional digital renderings and recreates them in three-dimensions. Their expression when installed in the art gallery, highlights the value of having access to these tools for navigation purposes but exposes the weakness of the tool in understanding the dimensionality of our physical world when it cannot differentiate bridges and overpasses as elevate elements.
In his most recent exhibition, Surface Proxy, at XPO Gallery, Valla replicates precious scuptures and digitally prints them on the surface of textiles to mimic the art objects. This rendering robs the object of its materiality and calls into question the value of these objects.
As our physical and digital realities become inextricably intertwined, will we be able to distinguish between these two worlds and is there reason to be concerned?
- Saint Barbara, 2015, Sculpture, digital on linen, 3d printing — 28 cm × 18 cm × 90 cm
- Wrapped Terracotta neck-amphora (storage jar), Attributed to the New York Nettos Painter, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Period: Proto-Attic, Date: second quarter of the 7th century B.C., Culture: Greek, AtticMedium: Terracotta, Dimensions: H. 42 ¾ in. (108.6 cm); diameter 22 in. (55.9 cm), Classification: Vases, Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1911, Accession Number: 11.210.12014, Inkjet on linen, foam H. 42 ¾ in. (108.6 cm); diameter 22 in. (55.9 cm), 2015
- Saint Firmin holding his head, 2015
- Tomb Effigy of a Lady, 2015
- from the installation, The Universal Texture, 2012, Inkjet on Canvas, 44 inches x 92 inches each
- from the installation, The Universal Texture, 2012, Inkjet on Canvas, 44 inches x 92 inches each
- from the installation, The Universal Texture, 2012, Inkjet on Canvas, 44 inches x 92 inches each
- from the series, Postcards from Google Earth, 2010, Website and Postcards
- from the series, Postcards from Google Earth, 2010, Website and Postcards
- from the series, Postcards from Google Earth, 2010, Website and Postcards, posted with permission of the artist.
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It’s official: dogs love di Suvero! We’ve been watching in awe as itsadogsworld posts photos of the amazing dogs she trains, known on Instagram as the “#doodlemafia”, enjoying Mark di Suvero at Crissy Field. :)
If you take your dog to visit the sculptures at Crissy Field, make sure to snap a photo and tag it #diSuveroSF so that we can see it!
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unicorn-meat-is-too-mainstream:
Bang: Ai Weiwei’s Latest Installation Made from 886 Antique Stools
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Kevin Francis Gray
Face-off (detail), 2007, bronze, automotive, paint, wood plinth
Goth Girl, 2008, fiberglass resin, glass beads, automotive paint, wood
Temporal Sitter bust, 2012, marble
Temporal Sitter, 2012, patinad bronze, bardigilio marble
Hold Tight (detail), 2006, fiberglass resin, glass beads
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