“Delicate” Steel Sculptures by Cal Lane
Installation of "Sweet Crude" at the Samuel Freeman Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Cal Lane is a sculptor currently focused on creating intricate, delicate looking pieces from found industrial objects. Lane’s sculptures transform shovels, wheelbarrows, oil cans, oil drums, and other steel objects into complex, lace like, compositions.
She is intent-full in her execution as she combines two contrasting themes in each piece.
The metaphor of lace further intrigued me by its associations of hiding and exposing at the same time; like a veil to cover, or lingerie to reveal. It also introduces a kind of humor through the form of unexpected relationships. Like a Wrestler in a tutu, the absurdity of having opposing extremist stances is there for reaction and not rational understanding; the rational discussion arises in the search for how one thing defines the other by its proximity.
I have included a few examples below, but make sure that you checkout Cal Lane’s portfolio for more.
Cal Lane
Pug's Proposition, plasma-cut steel oil cans
Installation Plasma and Oxy-acetylene cut steel, Dirt, Tomato Paste, Rust
5 Shovels, Plasma cut steel shovels
Oil Drum Tapestries - 3 Plasma cut oil drums
Drama Dane - Plasma cut steel oil can
artist & website: Cal Lane – callane.com
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Tags: found objects, installation, sculpture, steel
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