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“The Hermit Playing the Violin” Max Regar

Steel, weathered patina, powder-coated note

84″ x 30″ x 2″

Straight, lesbian, gay, confused, bi, trans, queer. Differences? Surely. Of consequence? Less than imagined.

A host of contemporary artists using various mediums are intent to make sculptures that reflect something fundamental –even hidden– about life as we know it.  Their method is to declutter. Some tag the effort minimalism.  The effort accents black and white, use other colors sparingly, and transform the simplest of forms to create incredibly stunning art.  The movement has influenced contemporary couture, painting, design, sculpture, poetry and even architecture.  Think of the popularity of high-end “soft contemporary” homes with their white walls, high ceilings, extended glass, and striking furniture.

I have tried to reflect this tradition to find beauty in simplicity by combining the fundamental elements of point, line, and volume to form two similar yet subtly different forms. I like it.  My hope is that the piece find its way into a contemporary home or office.

 

Uniform white squares are meticulously arranged as a path around a blackened cube of steel. On each side a red square appears misplaced…perhaps alone.  In the words of Michelle Obama, it is a challenge to square “who you are with where you come from and where you want to go.” B

Embedded within his extraordinarily intricate and complex masterpiece Appalachian Spring, Aaron Copeland sensitively inserted the melody of the Shaker hymn, Tis the Gift to be Simple. The effect is striking.

Here, five rusted steel box-like contemporary structures form a nest from which rise notes that ascend as if unencumbered to the heavens.  For me, a reminder to remain focused both in work and life.

“Tis the Gift to be Simple”