What a history lesson for a sculptor! First off, all the slides, slides, and even more slides; then, the piles, piles and even more piles of negatives.
There is a reason that sculpture was destroyed!
An anthology of a person’s sculptural creations opens up a wide range of memories, trends and history. Was that one design 30 years ago really the seed of a large scale stainless steel sculpture today? I would tend to believe so.
What a glorious means of visualizing a monumental sculpture! A maquette can be made with the same material to be utilized in the large scale scultpure and the artist can tweak till his heart’s content!
This winter it seems as if there were numerous nights that the moon was particularly bright, or, were there just more nights that the clouds opened up for us to enjoy the delights of a brightly lit
“Capturing the Moon”, the latest contemporary sculpture created by Kevin, was inspired by just that feeling that is experienced when one is basking in those glorious moon rays
And Kevin, being a contemporary sculptor does not necessarily see the image in a representational way but in an ethereal way that captures the essence of the image. Thus, the creation of a large, monumental stainless steel sculpture!
Kevin Robb’s inspiration for his contemporary sculptures come from all of the above, plus everything else.
Public art is always fraught with complexities, but even more so in a small, tight knit community such as Wheat Ridge, CO where we live and work.
