Sculptor Sam Spiczka

Helios Rising At New Home

Sam — Sat, 18 May 2013 17:21:06 +0000

During my recent trip to North Carolina, I installed Helios Rising at its new permanent home with a wonderful collector of mine. The sculpture is nestled beautifully in a forested landscape just in front of the house… really, the image doesn’t do it justice.

Helios Rising installed.

The rain (mostly) held off, giving us time to fine-tune the location and orientation of the sculpture. The openings in the sculpture frame the landscape beautifully, creating small ephemeral windows which highlight the trees, bushes and plants all around it. I couldn’t be happier.

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Sculptor Matthew Gray Palmer

Sam — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 00:32:36 +0000

I’m still under the weather here, but in the meantime check out the great work by Matthew Gray Palmer. I met Matthew years ago when we were doing a show together and was immediately impressed by the quality and spontaneity in his work. Those two things don’t usually work well together for most people. In fact, it is so rare that some mistakenly believe it’s not possible for them to coexist in the same artist/work – thus they excuse shoddy work as “edgy” and anything displaying craft as “boring.” But those people are wrong. Matthew does indeed exist. Check him out.

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Sculptor Kris Kuksi

Sam — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 14:27:27 +0000

If you’ve never seen the work of Kris Kuksi, you really need to pay his site a visit. Though he does some 2D as well, I think of him primarily as a sculptor. His detail-rich sculptures are worlds unto themselves. Like Nature itself, you can just fall into them and explore. Though thematically there is a definite feeling of decadent pessimism running though them, their sensuous execution and refined edge give one hope.

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Artifacts Sculpture Gallery is Here

Sam — Sat, 09 Mar 2013 17:24:16 +0000

As promised, I just added an Artifacts Gallery to my site complete with some brand-spanking-new images. Check it out here.

There are two more new pieces as well, Artifact VIII and Artifact IX. I think these pictures do a much better job of conveying the fine detail of these sculptures.

Special thanks to my little girl for helping me photograph these – it was her job to operate the shutter release. Who says 4 is too young for work?

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Artifact I

Sam — Sat, 09 Mar 2013 01:02:55 +0000

Fabricated steel, paint and wax
h13.5″ x w5″ x d4″
$350

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Artifact III

Sam — Sat, 09 Mar 2013 01:21:18 +0000

Fabricated steel, paint and wax
h13.5″ x w6″ x d3″
$425

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Artifact IV

Sam — Sat, 09 Mar 2013 01:30:19 +0000

Fabricated steel, paint and wax
h14″ x w4″ x d3″
Private Collection

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Artifact V

Sam — Sat, 09 Mar 2013 01:49:46 +0000

Fabricated steel, paint and wax
h13″ x w8″ x d4.5″
$575

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