- Looking In:
Exploration and Analysis
"There is no history of artistic endeavor in my family. In fact, I cannot trace my
interest in sculpture to any sort of awareness of visual art at home as a child. It was
important, however, that mechanical skills in woodworking and auto mechanics were held in
high esteem. While still a little boy, I had accumulated an impressive collection of
tools--which I knew how to use. Skill with tools is still very important to me, and that
importance is always born out in my sculpture."
"By the time I had
reached graduate school, I began my obsession with the idea of two simultaneous careers:
one in which I would make visual art; and one in which I would apply my training in
biomedical science and design engineering." |
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- "Isamu Noguchi has been
a constant spiritual guide for me; I admire his obstinate choice of difficult materials
and processes. I was inspired by the depth of his spiritual involvement in making his
objects."
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- "It is important to me to spend time in the
vastness of the Sierra Nevada wilderness. I think the essential feature of the beauty that
I enjoy in the mountains is the randomness of all the elements that fill the scene. I look
at an alpine setting of grasses, stones, flowers, water, and snow, and I try to
incorporate the rhythms, contrasts, and randomness of these elements in the compositions
of my pieces."
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Western Euro-American Gallery
Amit May Fine Arts