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<\/a>W.W. Hung with his sculptures (from left to right), Purge\/Octahedron Redux, polymer, steel, wood, nylon; Indy Grab, polymer, steel, wood, concrete and \u00a0Shards, polymer, stainless steel, concrete, nylon<\/p>\nDeborah S. Maurer\u2019s sculptures came together in a much more fluid, but equally appealing way. Her colourful vibrant figures are based on the artist\u2019s sketches of interesting people she passes by in her daily life. She spoke about her passion for working with clay as it allows her to work as loosely as she like. Works like \u201cSecond Thoughts\u201d are good-humored, light and enjoyable whilst still portraying a certain level of depth and dynamism.<\/p>\n
Like Maurer artist Angela Verlaeckt-Clark prefers to let her pieces develop as she works toward – rather than begin with – a carefully plotted end point. She spoke on how the energies of the stones she works with call out to her and tell her what to do with them. The words that come to her are written down throughout the process and collected into a poem, which accompanies each individual work. \u201cPerchance to See\u201d comes from her sense of a Native chief \u201cseeing into the future and reflecting on past memories\u201d.<\/p>\n Philippe Pallafray has some of the largest and most imposing pieces in the exhibition. His works are inspired by the sculptures of antiquity, but as he reworked them he added some futuristic elements to make them more contemporary. The life size figures are made from steel and include motherboards to show how technology has changed the way we look at our body’s functions. The unfinished nature of pieces, like \u201cAdam\u201d, suggest that although technology has improved our life, it has also taken away the purity we used to see the human body.<\/p>\n Mary Cartmel, J.A. Fligel and Sergey Ragozin were all unable to attend the opening reception due to prior commitments. Despite the fact that they were not present to speak on their pieces themselves all of their works were still capable of capturing the viewers attention.\u00a0Sergey Ragozin electric and technologically driven abstract\u00a0sculptures raise questions about how technology makes its way into our daily lives.<\/p>\n J. A. Fligel\u2019s work show a classical education, certain technical capabilities and knowledge of art history. His busts displays an intricate understanding of the human form and the emotions that can be portrayed in a face, even one that is frozen in sculptural form.<\/p>\n Similarly to Verlaeckt-Clark, Cartmel works with stones and allows them to guide her artistic process rather than begin with preliminary sketches. The stones are shaped into abstract bird figures, that allow the viewer to understand how the intense nature of them could merge with the easy motion of the birds.<\/p>\n<\/a>Deborah S. Maurer with her ceramics,\u00a0Second Thoughts and Her Dream<\/p>\n<\/a>Angela Verlaeckt-Clark is talking about her work, (from left to right) Perchance to See, cornwall stone, Night Wanderer, basalt and Folds of Life, African wonderstone<\/p>\n<\/a>Philippe Pallafray with his sculpture,\u00a0Adam, steel<\/p>\n<\/a>Sergey Ragozin,\u00a0Between Worlds, mixed-media, LED<\/p>\n<\/a>New member, W.W. Hung (in the middle) and guests with J.A. Figel,\u00a0Smile Through Tears, bronze (right top)<\/p>\n