One of the first things a person notices when they encounter a large scale sculpture in a public art arena or a large contemporary sculpture in front of an office building is the massiveness of the piece itself (and just because a sculpture is big doesn’t guarantee it’s a great sculpture!). The materials in the sculpture itself have all the 5 basic elements but it is the mass of the materials that initially draws a person into a contemporary sculpture. From there, the principle of space comes into play. Space
Can you imagine stepping back and looking at a monumental stainless steel sculpture and thinking “oops, that element should have been turned around?” Visualization! And planning, planning, planning. Kevin Robb has completed numerous large scale sculptures for both public art projects as well as for developers utilizing metal sculpture for the finishing touches to their projects.
Don’t ever believe that stainless steel sculptures are “just silver colored”. The grind marks on the contemporary scultpures along with the assemblage of the various elements creates a dynamic visage. And nothing is more enlightening than to see stainless steel sculptures shining bright after a spring rain! This time of year everything seems more intense with all the colors appearing deeper and brighter. The joy of having garden sculptures is to witness how they change during the seasons. Hard, cold metal comes alive in the form of sculpture andwhen the light changes with the changing of the seasons, the sculptures change along with the seasons. What a joy to be able to witness this!
In creating large scale sculptures, or any sculpture for that matter, it all starts with a dream; the dream of turning metal into something unique, transforming a flat sheet of stainless steel into a living object. The art of creating scultpure in a smaller sized version allows the artist to feel it, change it, look at it from 360 degrees and make any necessary changes that it requires to create that dream that is dancing within the sculptor’s head. In building large scale sculpture, this freedom is lost. The logisitics of building monumenntal sculptures removes the freedom of literally picking up the material and “feeling” what needs to happen. Any changes, even the slightest variations, requires incredicble changes throughtout the whole process, much less any engineering that has already been approved and stamped.
Kevin’s Story and Sculpture Featured at Denver International Airport (April – June, 2017)
The Art Gallery at DIA features Kevin’s monumental sculptures through large photographic, wall murals along with his smaller more intimate works throughout the gallery. The exhibit also includes Kevin’s personal story about his life-altering stroke and his remarkable artistic journey since then. Please see the blog post for further details.
