Content deleted Content added
→External links: Added category |
m Disambiguated: John Simms → John Simms (sculptor) (4) |
||
Line 10:
| other_language_2 =
| other_title_2 =
| artist = John Simms (sculptor)
| year = {{Start date|2000}}
| type = [[Aircraft_aluminum#Aerospace_alloys|Fabricated aircraft aluminum]]
Line 28:
==Description==
Number five in a series, ''Imploding Cube'' consists of a 1.5 meter cube made of [[aircraft aluminum]] mounted on one of it's [[apex (geometry)|apexs]]. Each face of the cube points inwards to create a [[cube]] shaped [[negative space]] at the center of itself. A [[Bearing (mechanical)|bearing]] sits underneath the apex, which stands on a pole, allowing the cube to revolve in the [[wind]].<ref name="Saatchi">{{cite web | author=John Simms (sculptor) | year=| title=Imploding Cube 5 | work=| publisher=Saatchi Online | url=http://www.saatchionline.com/art/view/artist/17124/art/826411 | accessdate= 4 April 2010}}</ref> The sculpture stands in a [[reflecting pool]].<ref name="ArtMetal">{{cite web | author= | year=2006 | title=Imploding Cube | work=| publisher=ArtMetal | url=http://www.artmetal.com/images/sculpture_gallery/simmsie/2006/11/imploding_cube | accessdate= 4 April 2010}}</ref>
==Acquisition==
This sculpture was acquired as a permanent addition to the Art Center's ARTSPARK. A gift of Bob and Pat Anker, ''Imploding Cube'' was purchased from [[Shidoni Gallery and Foundry]] in [[Tesuque, New Mexico]] in the winter of 2002.<ref name="ARTSPARKMAP"/><ref name="ARTSPARKhandout">{{cite web | author= | year=2009 | title=ARTSPARK | work=ARTSPARK | publisher=Indianapolis Art Center | url=http://www.indplsartcenter.org/userfiles/File/ARTSPARK_harndout_0209.pdf | accessdate= 4 April 2010}}</ref>
==About the artist==
Born in [[Rochester, New York]] and a self-taught artist, most of Simms' work involves the use of [[geometric]] forms such as [[circle|circles]], [[triangle|triangles]] and [[rectangle|rectangles]].<ref name="ARTSPARKhandout"/><ref name="SimmsStatement">{{cite web | author=John Simms (sculptor) | year=| title=Artist's Statement | work=Statement | publisher=John E. Simms | url=http://www.johnesimms.com/statement.html | accessdate= 4 April 2010}}</ref> Simms generally creates a [[maquette]] which can often weigh upwards of fifty pounds. Influenced by [[Euclidean geometry]], his larger works are created from aluminum or [[steel]], with smaller and medium sized works being created out of [[copper]], [[stainless steel]] or [[bronze]]. A finish is usually placed upon the sculptures to add texture and color.<ref name="SimmsStatement"/> Simms has exhibited work at the [[Grand Teton Music Festival]] and other regional [[Western United States|Western]] events and his artwork is also seen in permanent collections of the [[Science Museum Oklahoma]], the [[Bellevue Downtown Park]], [[Hudson Gardens]], among others. Simms lives and works in [[Jackson, Wyoming]].<ref name="CV">{{cite web | author=John Simms (sculptor) | year=| title=Curriculum Vitae | work=| publisher=John E. Simms | url=http://www.johnesimms.com/faq.html | accessdate= 4 April 2010}}</ref>
==References==
| |||