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Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2006
! “Iron and Steel” j* 1 '
Alexander Gallery hosts exhibit of sculpted metal
Jadon Triplett
A&E Editor
Adam J. Manley Clackamas Print
ABOVE: Curator and art instructor Rick True. BELOW: Kate
Simmons, with her mixed media piece “Shaving Grace.”
“[The piece is] an exploration of the material... creating this field
of texture.” Simmons said.
Adam J. Manley Clackamas Print
Through Feb. 23, Niemeyer’s
Alexander Gallery is hosting “Iron
and Steel,” a showcase of eight
regional metal sculptors’ work.
The sculptors/artists are Harold
Hoy, Lee Imonen, Carolyn Mills,
Mylan Rakich, Tamsie Ringler, Kate
Simmons, David Thompson and
Julian Voss-Andreae.
The work on display inchides cast
iron, forged iron and steel, mixed
media and found object assemblage,
among others.
Most of the sculptures have a
postmodem feel. It is likely that one
who isn’t into post-modernism will
view the sculptures and wonder what
it is exactly that they are looking at,
or even why it is considered art.
Despite the post-modernism and
“what-the-fuck” factor (or possibly
because of it), “Iron and Steel” is
worth checking out for the non-art
enthusiast. There are some sculp
tures that aren’t as abstract as the
crayon scribbles of an toddler, one
of them being metal shaped to look
like African masks, another being a
sculpture of horses.
However, these types of sculp
tures are definitely in the minority, so
expect to do some wild interpretation
of the meanings of most pieces.
For more in-depth coverage of
the art show, including interviews
with the artists, please jgo to www2.
clackamas.edu/theprint; the story will
be online Friday, Feb. 3.
Adam J. Manley, Courtney
O ’Byrne and Sam Krause contibuted
to this section.
ABOVE: “The Wife’s Dream” by Carolyn Mills. “The gun
intrudes into homes, lives ... you can see it is busted up a
broken up ... as was [Vietnam],” Mills said. BELOW: Mylar
Rackich with his piece, “Torso.” Rackich relates it “arch!
tecturally, to the human figure.”
Troy Willis The Clackamas News
LEFT: Foreground: “30
Year Horse.” Background:
“Shaving Grace” series by
Kate Simmons.
BOTTOM LEFT:
Foreground: “Revalation”
by Carolyn Mills.
Background, clockwise
from left: “Freedom 4,”
“Freedom 2,” “Freedom
3,” “Third World” and
“Freedom,” by David
Thompson.
BOTOM RIGHT: A model of
a collagen molecule called
“Unraveling Collagen,” by
Julian Voss-Andrae.
RIGHT: “Erector Set Mask
Seven,” by Harold Hoy.
Kim Schiewe Clackamas Print
Kim Schiewe Clackamas Print
Adam J. Manley