Matthew Duffy
2018. Washington, D.C.
Welded laser-cut stainless steel and enamel
5′ x 8′ x 1.5′
Sunrise/Sunset (Sawblade)
“Sunrise/Sunset (Sawblade)” is an exercise in abstraction of form and heuristics. An archetype of our sun is reduced to simple geometries, duplicated, flipped, and connected. The resulting aggressive, mechanistic aesthetic resembles a saw blade and alludes to the high-capacity industrial power of solar energy. The peach color of sunrise is contrasted with the bold red of sunset, with sky blue in-between. This arrangement is based on the old saying “Red sky at night, a sailor’s delight.“
Charlie Brouwer
2017. Willis, VA.
Locust wood, preservation stain, screws
11′ x 4′ x 3′
Caroline Street at the Train Station
At Home with Higher Thoughts
“This is one of several “Homebody” sculptures I’ve made. We use the phrase “at home with” to mean “to be comfortable with” but sometimes higher thoughts (intellectual, spiritual, aesthetic, etc.) can make us feel uncomfortable. This homebody is comfortable -– even uplifted by higher thoughts.“
Hanna Jurban
2022. Grimesland, NC.
Steel, paint
9′ x 3′ x 3″
Atomic Structure
“Atomic Structure represents Atoms that are extremely small particles, the basic building blocks of ordinary matter”
“This sculpture reflects great strides and a new momentum in my own development and research, inspired by the cosmos from the micro to the macro. It derives from natural formations, natural combinations of geometric and organic forms and shapes, alluding to science biology, math, and the physical world. The imaginative abstraction and the knowledge we comprehend through seeing and feeling both allows knowing to happen and gives meaning to our humanity.”
“My sculpture is based on my own creative imagination, I hope my sculpture will, in turn, inspire people in the arts and sciences. “The Mission of art is to bring out the unfamiliar from the most familiar” (Gibran Khalil Gibran).”
Permanent Works
David Boyajian
2013
Oxidized Steel
10′ x 5′ x 5′
Canal Street at Prince Edward Street
Dancing Milkweed IV
“The steel sculptures in the Dancing Milkweed series embody a poetic narrative of the diaspora of seed forms in nature. Seeds are designed to travel and regenerate, and people travel and act in similar ways: during times of great conflict, natural disaster, or personal timing, new options become available and things move. The Dancing Milkweed series meditates on timing, release, holding on, and letting go.”
Jim Gallucci
2015
Powder-coated Steel
4′ x 6′ x 3′
Riverside Drive at Wellford Street
Morning Glory Bench
“This bench takes morning glory flowers as inspiration. My benches are playful objects that invite interaction with the passer-by. Though they function as seating, there is an impracticality of form that lures people to explore each bench. My benches are practical yet also tell the visitor a story by creating a sense of place and often inviting interaction with the bench itself.
This “whisper bench” has great views of the Rappahannock River, along the Heritage Trail. Whisper into one blossom and your seatmate can clearly hear you at the other!”
Michael Bednar
2014
Painted Steel Plate
90″ x 54″ x 36″
Wolfe/Kenmore/Prince Edward Street Triangle
Three Musketeers
“This work represents the three historic figures in an 1844 French novel by Alexandre Dumas. The three musketeers of King Louis XIII (Athos, Porthos and Aramis) were swashbuckling swordsmen, inseparable friends who lived by the motto, “all for one, one for all.” They wore large floppy hats and high boots with colorful cloaks. This piece of three connected abstract figures, made of steel plate in different shades of red, abstractly represents them as characters in larger than life scale.”
This work was generously donated to the City of Fredericksburg by the artist.