ArtInPlace Public Art Competition, Charlottesville, Virginia: Rob Lorenson Artist Statement

Open Apex by Rob Lorenson
stainless steel
14.5' x 11' x 8'

Location: 250 Bypass at the Fire Station

Philip Smith Sculpture

Value: $30,000

Artist Statement

The methodology behind my work is to create a compositionally rich interplay of modernist elements that are exceptionally crafted to remove the hand of the artist. The purpose of this is to further emphasize the compositional qualities of the work. I also intend to make the work look manufactured, as though it was itself an industrial product, like the industrial forms that originally influenced it.

Artist Biography
Rob Lorenson received his BFA from the University of Northern Iowa in Cedar Falls and an MFA from Northern Illinois University in DeKalb. Since 1999 he has lived and worked in southeastern Massachusetts. His works have been included in a number of Exhibitions including Pierwalk in Chicago, The Sarasota Season Of Sculpture and the Convergence International Arts Festival in Providence, RI. His work is included in numerous public and private collections from small Table top pieces to 16' large scale sculptures.

Rob Lorenson
7 Coombs Street
Middleboro, MA 02346
828-749-1402
rlorenson@bridgew.edu
www.roblorenson.com