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Description:
This 12-foot high
bronze sculpture was created for UTAZ Developers as the central
focus of the entry at Warner Century Plaza complex. It was installed
in 2003 and fabricated from fusion welded bronze plate at Art in
Metal USA in Tempe. It took more than 600 hours to complete.
Funding:
This project was funded by the individual developer as a requirement
of Tempe's Art in Private Development Ordinance.
Artist
biography:
Lyle
London studied with sculptor Varujan Boghosian and numerous visiting
artists (Larry Zox, Dimitri Hadzi, Robert Indiana, Jack Zajac and
others) at Dartmouth College in the late 1960’s. Zajac’s style of
biomorphic abstraction has had a lasting influence on his work.
After several years of carving stone and practical experience in the
art bronze foundry, he began working primarily in metal. The
intimate scale and pronounced formalism of earlier cast bronze
pieces have given way to an increasing body of large scale
commissioned works mostly in copper and stainless steel. Another
important change in London’s work has come from incorporating a
greater sense of spontaneity and fluidity through the use of
high-tech fabrication techniques. Sculptures integrating water
features and kinetic motion have appeared since 1985.
Artist’s
process: This
sculpture illustrates the complex dynamics of a breaking wave. The
piece is typical of the artist's style of organic abstraction. |
