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  • Sam Stewart

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Anonyme Skulpturen

, 2024

Details

Materials vary by work

Exhibition features 28 works

Exhibitions

KDR 305, Anonyme Skulpturen, Miami, FL

Water Tower i: 10" x 19.875" x 9.15" - Water Tower ii: 8" x 13" - Water Tower iii: 8.75" x 8.66"

Gravel Plant: 14" x 18" x 5" - Water Tower iv: 4.75" x 16.50" - Water Tower v: 5.50" x 15.50"

In "Anonyme Skulpturen," Stewart embarks on an introspective odyssey, drawing inspiration from the influential German couple Bernd and Hilla Becher. The Becher's work, which documented structures often overlooked and in decline during the Information Age, serves as a rich historical backdrop for Stewart's exploration.

Water Tower vi: 6.25" x 15.75" - Water Tower vii: 3.75" x 16" - Lime Kiln i: 6.75" x 22.50" each

Lime Kiln ii: 7.25" x 13.50" x 7.25" each - Water Tower viii: 9.75" x 15.25" x 9.75" - Passau Building: 9.125" x 18.75" x 7" - Gas Tank: 10.375" x 12"

The Becher’s focused on documenting industrial structures and German half-timbered and masonry homes. Stewart reimagines their "Anonymous Sculptures," offering an admiring yet innovative approach to transforming vintage photographs into wooden lathed forms and large-scale rubber stamp sculptures made as tools to make prints. Stewart leads us on a pure art historical journey of woodturning, molding, and casting these once one-dimensional images into three-dimensional objects.

Framework House Stamp i: 3" x 3.5" x 7.173" - Framework House Stamp ii: 7.5" x 3.5" x 6.425" - Framework House Stamp iii: 5" x 3.5" x 6.845"

Framework House Stamp iv: 5.3" x 3.5" x 6.9" - Framework House Stamp v: 4.870" x 3.5" x 5.863" - Framework House Stamp vi: 6.419" x 3.5" x 6.169"

Stewart seeks to honor the legacy of the Becher’s while taking some creative liberties and offering fresh interpretations of these buildings. He hopes to spark viewers with the same sense of wonder and recognition he experienced when he first encountered their photographs that emphasize the formal and beautiful similarities of buildings constructed for the same function and in turn contribute to a deeper understanding and appreciation of these often-overlooked aspects of our world.

Framework House Stamp vii: 4.679" x 3.5" x 6.3" - Framework House Stamp viii: 4.8" x 3.5" x 6.6" - Framework House Stamp ix: 6.1" x 3.5" x 6.84" - Framework House Stamp x: 22.15" x 3.5" x 2.75"