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Warren Holzman
In my work I search to create a child-like feeling of whimsy and wonderment; a familiar playfulness that suggests an emotive connection to the inanimate. By offering the viewer an abstract yet oddly intimate perspective on an object I seek to initiate a moment of levity within my audience. Through the use and distortion of scale and proportion I give the viewer a new way in which to see a familiar object; to breathe new life into old apparitions of childhood.
The shapes and imagery I reference in my work repeatedly hearken back to a more mechanized time. The vast amount of metalwork from the age of machines that lies rusting on the edges of our urban landscapes has become embedded in my subconscious. I feel that these decaying monsters communicate an evidence of past economies, priorities and lives that embody the drama of ascension and decline that we experience today. By working in processes similar to the ones used to build these ancient beasts, I have forged a connection with them and their method of communication visual ideas. I use this vocabulary of visual communication along with the urge to create to both entertain and inform myself and my viewers.
Warren Holzman
Charlie Tango Foxtrot, 2008
steel, paint
6.5” 4” x 4.5”
Warren Holzman
The Admiral
steel
5.5” x 5.75” x 2.5”
Warren Holzman
Jr.
steel, paint
5.5” 3.75” x 3.25”
Warren Holzman
Buster
steel
3.75” x 5.25” x 3.5”
Warren Holzman
bay marie
steel
7” x 2.25” x 3.25”
Warren Holzman
Slider
steel
6.25” x 2.25” x 5”
Warren Holzman
Operational Mobility
steel, paint
7” x 5.5” x 4.75”
Warren Holzman
The End
steel
7.5” x 2” x 3.25”
Warren Holzman
Sounder
steel
5.75” x 4” x 4”