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Richard Maurer
Delta, Ohio
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Grand Rapids, MI 49503
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Richard Maurer
Artist bio: Richard Maurer was born in Alpena, Michigan in 1974 and currently operates a studio in Delta, Ohio where he resides with his wife and two children. Richard graduated from Siena Heights University in Adrian, Michigan in 2004 with a BFA in sculpture and metal-smithing and focusing primarily on metal sculpture, furnishings, and architectural details. He has done a great many private commissions and has set his sites on larger public works and commercial commissions.
Artist statement: The process of sculpture is the finite desire to capture a state of grace born from the subconscious. Within this process I utilize the skills I have mastered as a metal smith and designer to express my version of beauty. This is an expression of the caffeinated soul dancing through time in hopes to share a voracious love for life. I believe it is the purpose of the creative existence to emulate our desires for beauty, passion, and lightness. My work stands static in space but invokes a potential energy from all directions and serves as a paradigm to the crazy momentum of our spirits.
About the work:
Title: Theatre of the mind

Art form: 3-D

Medium: Wrought Steel

Year created: Work not created yet

Description of work: This work is currently under way and will be approximately 9' wide x 4' tall x 20" deep. It will be a free standing wrought steel sculpture, e-coated, and painted. It is a culmination of techniques developed over the last three years and should prove to be a very dynamic and energetic piece.

Work statement: This work will be a culmination of techniques developed over the last three years and should prove to be a very dynamic and energetic piece. It expresses the ever expanding mind. If the mind cultivated to a still place we can experience the moment of great realization about ourselves and the world around us. The paradigm shift that occurs when you finally realize that all matter is organic and this is projected by the use of one of man hardest materials that has been wrought into flowing beauty.
Technical details:
Work width: 108 inches
Work height: 48 inches
Work depth: 20 inches
Required venue ceiling: 48 inches
Required venue door height: 48 inches
Required venue door width: 30 inches
Required wall linear footage: 108 ft.
Required venue square footage: 24 sq. ft.
Additional considerations:
Audio/video needed: No
Electrical needed: No
Lighting needed: Yes
Internet access needed: No
Ground floor access needed: Yes
Indoor space needed: No
Outdoor space needed: Yes

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