Marilyn Kuksht

Creating sculpture is like capturing the energy released from collisions of form and space. It is the sense of emerging, converging, containment and transitioning of energy through three dimensions that creates feeling and reaction in the viewer; it is through control of balance, flow, tension, negative space and implied movement that a different energy within each sculpture is cultivated. My work incessantly explores the interaction of spaces and forms on one another and the changing energies and emotional impacts that result.

To me it is a kind of magic that pieces of heavy metal can be shaped and fused, literally trans-formed, by the simple cutting torch and electric welding arc; that they don’t fall apart; that they can defy gravity; that they can appear to be light or in flight.  By heating, cutting, pounding, and bending, individual pieces of metal become like notes of music that can be intellectually orchestrated or intuitively improvised to communicate directly with our imagination and emotions. It is through this earthy, direct manipulation and transformation of metal that I explore the language of three dimensional form.

Master of Arts, University of Washington
Northern California Public Art Academy

Over 60 solo and 2-3 person significant exhibitions in the US and Europe. Many more group shows. Details available on website at kuksht.com

Julio Gonzalez, Picasso, Giacometti, Jacques Terzian

sculpture, metal sculpture, abstract sculpture, wall sculpture, outdoor sculpture