"Papillion", 50" x 32" x 10", Welded steel and paint
The Delaware Museum of Natural History is proud to present, ‘Steel Currents’, by Stan Smokler.
The exhibition will run from June 4 through July 18, 2010.
“Stan Smokler’s steel sculptures recall the visual wit and cunning assemblages of Picasso and Gonzalez, as well as the American voices of David Smith and Richard Stankiewicz. Out of these sources Stan has developed a unique palette, applying industrial cast-offs, “found objects” to create scuptures which deliberately deny their past history in order to serve a new formal purpose.”
Sculptor Stan Smokler exhibits metal works inspired by the sea are welded steel sculptures represent abstractions of a horseshoe crab, lobster, seaweed, nautilus and other marine life.
“Displaying these works within a museum of natural history emphasizes the reference to the natural world through form and texture,” Executive Director Halsey Spruance said. “This exhibition shows how art can be used to enrich and inspire our understanding of the natural world.”
Each piece is accompanied by the artist’s own interpretations and those of Elizabeth Shea, Ph.D., the Delaware Museum of Natural History’s Curator of Mollusks and specialist in the biodiversity of deep-sea cephalopods. Additional commentary is provided by Stephen Bruni, former Executive Director of the Delaware Art Museum.
Smokler maintains studios in New York City and Kennett Square, Penn., and teaches at the Delaware College of Art and Design while exhibiting regularly. He received his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the University of Pittsburgh and his Master of Fine Arts in sculpture from the Pratt Institute.
Prior exhibitions of Smokler’s work include “Spare Parts,” an exhibit at the Freedman Gallery at the Albright College Center for the Arts in Reading, Penn., and “Celestial Mapmaker” at the Kim Foster Gallery in New York, N.Y. Notable collections that include his work are the Dansko Shoe Company in Jennersville, Penn., and the Delaware Center for Horticulture in Wilmington, Del.
The Delaware Museum of Natural History
4840 Kennet Pike, Wilmington, DE 19807
Mon-Sat 9:30am – 4:30pm; Sun Noon-4:30pm
www.delmnh.org/special_exhibits_steelcurrents.php.php
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