2010 Exhibiting Artists & Works
1. Denkmal
James Kitchen, Chesterfield, MA
The title Denkmal comes from the German word for sculpture: Denk
means to think and mal means time or a moment. When I found out
what denkmal meant, I realized, that’s what every artist wants to have the viewer do. Think a moment. That’s what I wanted to create, a denkmal. This sculpture looks like something that came out of Tesla’s factory with lightning bolts about to start crackling around it. The endless gears reflect the countless connections in my life between people and things and the magic I see in this. This sculpture is made entirely from recycled objects found in my local community.
2. Mancala
Linda Hoffman & Blase Provitola, Harvard, MA
Mancala is one of the oldest games in the world. It is a game of ‘sowing’ and ‘capturing’. Small seeds or stones are moved into and through a series of pockets. It’s a lovely game that even a very young child can play with a few stones and a few holes dug into
the earth. The sculpture is an oversized Mancala board that several
people or a family can play together. Holding the small Mexican river
stones and plunking them into successive pockets is a satisfying tactile and aural experience.
3. Portal
Gary Orlinksy, Leverett, MA
Portal (made of wood lathe, fluted glass, and porcelain doorknobs) is a somewhat more complex piece that implies the passage from one space to another. By imposing an architectural motif into a natural setting, it also speaks to a transition between the built and the organic, the urban surroundings and the pastoral setting of the park.
4. Shark Bites
Cory Clinton, Providence, RI
The goal of creating large or life-sized animals is to create something in real space that is accessible no matter who looks at it. The link
between animals and human emotion is one of the strongest. By
creating something beautiful with my hands from a common material
often overlooked for its expressive properties, I seek to inspire emotion and ignite passion in the viewer.
5. Slate Gateway
Gary Orlinksy, Leverett, MA
Slate Gateway is a work that is made of cedar, slate, river rock and
reeds. A tall and narrow piece that mimics a slender tree, it nonetheless has a subtle geometry that implies the structure of the human made. The juxtaposition of the reaching reeds and the stacked slate is a particularly provocative one.
6. Melt/Water
Kathryn Lipke, Belvidere, VT
I/we just enjoying another day at the beach or watching the polar ice melt. photos from the Barents Sea off the north coast of Norway.
7. LeafBomb
Lu Heintz, Summit, RI
Imagine a seed turned inside out, a landscape compressed inward.
These are the spaces I live with in my mind, the passages between
the miniscule and the gigantic. Forms of the natural world can multiply into a surface, an atmosphere, or enclose a chamber. I engage with metal by forging the world I want to see. I take this linear, hard, heavy, functional material and hammer it into something bulbous, delicate, and elegant. During the transformation the respective strengths of my body and the material are challenged. Ultimately the piece visually defies its inherent gravity.
8.Totem with Flame
Antoinette Prien Schultze, Eliot, ME
I use shape and color symbolism to represent gender and passion in an expression of my reverence for life, my relationship with nature and my love for the materials that I use to create. "Totem With Flame" is a vertical - masculine form that has feminine curves carved into rose-pink granite. The red glass flame represents that eternal attraction of male to female evolving into a union of love and passion that is able to create life.This sculpture can be felt or interpreted in many different ways...all are genuine.
9. Water
Ken Reker, Swampscott, MA
WATER examines the resource of water in aspects of consumption and use. This work was fabricated for the Outdoor Sculpture at Maudslay Park exhibit in 2009.
10. Evolution
Peter Dellert, Holyoke, MA
My sculpture work concerns itself with the
information both inherent and hidden in the iconic forms and the
materials of our natural world. The sculpture pieces mimic or derive from recognizable (usually) biomorphic forms, often enlarged or altered and often developed into more minimal statements. While the forms remain unthreatening and familiar, certain details, seams, edges, openings or surfaces speak of additional information unrevealed, requiring the viewer to further examine and question origin, intent and purpose.
11. Distractions
John Weidman, Brookline, NH In searching for my reality, I produce artwork to express my feelings. My sculptural process is an endeavor to create forms that touch the
human spirit: encouraging others to find their own truth. In this way I am inviting the viewer to become a participant in absorbing personal interpretations. I believe that individuals view objects through their experiences. The opportunity to relate to one’s memories, and perhaps feel an experience in another perspective, is important for creating new observations in relation to the technical aspects of art. I contend that technology and creativity balance.
12. Enigmatic Dream
John Weidman, Brookline, NH
In searching for my reality, I produce artwork to express my feelings. My sculptural process is an endeavor to create forms that touch the
human spirit: encouraging others to find their own truth. In this way I am inviting the viewer to become a participant in absorbing personal interpretations. I believe that individuals view objects through their experiences. The opportunity to relate to one’s memories, and perhaps feel an experience in another perspective, is important for creating new observations in relation to the technical aspects of art. I contend that technology and creativity balance.
13. Water Rings
Lisa Barthelson, Rutland, MA
‘Water Rings’ are oversized amplified light reflecting versions of water rings and bubbles that naturally occur in bodies of water. The rings and bubbles offer a visual surprise and a request to pause and really look at the pond’s surface and motion.
14. Jelly Fish
Fernando DeOlivera, Boston, MA
“Jelly Fish” is a group of sculptures that allude to the idea of protection and balance through organic imagery. Examples would be use of a circus umbrella to steady a tightrope walker’s balance, and the useof an umbrella for protection from the wind and rain. I hope this piece inspires people to think about the need of balance and protection in their interactions with nature. Using recycled materials and organic shapes, my installation aims to make people realize that if we must take care of nature, or these will be the only kind of “animals” we will see in the future. “Jelly Fish” is a response to what the environment is enduring in our time.
15. Tube-A-Phone
Susu Wing, Arlington, MA
The idea for this piece comes directly out of my experience with last
year’s Art in the Park exhibit, where I witnessed so many people
enthusiastically interacting with the sculptures. This Tube-A-Phone is a musical instrument designed to be played by covering or beating the holes of the pipes with hands, flip-flops, or voice. The resonant tones which are emitted from the pipe holes vary from low and deep, to high and shallow. I envision this sculpture as community art and encourage viewers to explore its musical potential.
16. Releaf 100
Marcella A. Stasa, Upton, MA
100 pieces made of stitched and laminated rhododendron leaves
(collected at Elm Park) with magnets adhered to them so that the pieces may be attached to accepting metal surfaces. The pieces will be distributed throughout the park and discreetly displayed so as not to be obvious. The public is meant to discover them while engaging
in regular park activities.
Artists may offer their works for sale. Sales are not
subject to commission, but organizers ask for a
tax-deductible 10% contribution to Art in the Park. Email
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