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ANNE MARTIN
ST. LOUIS, MO
“At first I went to state fairs to do small drawings and
little gestural sculptures of animals. Eventually I
bought some chickens for models, but soon realized
it was no longer just the animal forms in which I was
interested. It was the breeders, farmers, judges,
record keepers, exhibitors and the worlds that
crossed and connected in a strange context. The fair
glorifies extremes in size, movement, color, form,
and thought. It celebrates assumptions surrounding
male supremacy with measures of potency,
production, stamina, and speed. It is from this context, this microcosm, that I seek a form that has a
greater presence than that of the tangible objects
and a potency that belies its intimacy.” |
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JEFFREY ZACHMANN
FERGUS FALLS, MN
I have always been interested in machines and motion. My work in Kinetic Sculpture
(Moving Sculpture) started when I was a child. I would go out to a large pile of dirt that
was near my house and make tunnels and trails for marbles. When I was going to the
University for a degree in ceramics, an instructor gave me an assignment to make
something non-functional. I remembered the marble trails in my youth, and started to
make them out of clay. This didn't work very well, I would have to make 10 to get 1 that
worked, because clay shrinks, warps and cracks as it dries. One day it just popped into
my mind to try metal instead. It worked wonderfully! I've been working with metal now
about 15 years and still having the fun I had when I was 7 or 8.
Not Touring
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