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an '80's overview...

Brick installation pieces continued into the 80's. But early in this decade I was afforded the possibility of expanding the size and range of materials when my proposal for the 1st Bank Atrium at the Pillsbury Center in Minneapolis was accepted. The resulting piece was made of 12,000 pounds of black granite suspended on cable from a ceiling 83' above the floor. This lead to analogous opportunities in Baltimore (GSA), Chicago and elswhere. These were corporate and government commissions which, while unrecognized by a high-minded critical community which disdains projects tainted by commerce, gives the artist the chance to assay spaces, materials and technologies normally fiscally out of reach. ... images may take a moment to load...

Some Sculptures: (roll pointer over title) Floating Cross, 1980 Floating Cross, 1980 First Bank Piece, 1981 First Bank Piece, 1981 Floating Ring, 1981 Floating Ring, 1981 Self-Portrait, 1981 Suspended Sentence, 1981 Suspended Sentence, 1981 Brookhollow, 1984 Chevy Chase, 1984 Chevy Chase, 1984 Depart maquette, 1984 glulam model, 1984 Northrop maquette, 1984 Horton Plaza, 1985 Horton Plaza, 1985 For Next, 1986 For Next, 1986 Schering, 1986 Schering, 1986 Self Portrait, 1986 Bronze Arch, 1988 Bronze Arch, 1988 While, 1989