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Eric H. Steele
My work references the vocabulary of natural disaster and the liminal
space between devastation and hope. The human spirit endures and
perseveres; man survives and rebuilds.
Man shapes and alters and is shaped and altered by the physical
structures he has created. Fluid, conscious, idiosyncratic, organic life
mingles with the inflexible, systematic, organized built environment.
The human spirit interacts with those structures which in turn affect
the expression of his spirit. Our urban totems reflect our dreams and
environment of cities and machines just as ancient totems reflected
beliefs, forests and wildlife.
Steel is a basic material of the engineered built environment. When
heated steel melts and flows, it takes on a variety of surfaces,
textures and shapes. Heat is one force of life and emotion; it
devastates; it can be harnessed; it transforms; it can infuse hard
reality with hope.
Eric H. Steele
2011
My work references the vocabulary of natural disaster and the liminal
space between devastation and hope. The human spirit endures and
perseveres; man survives and rebuilds.
Man shapes and alters and is shaped and altered by the physical
structures he has created. Fluid, conscious, idiosyncratic, organic life
mingles with the inflexible, systematic, organized built environment.
The human spirit interacts with those structures which in turn affect
the expression of his spirit. Our urban totems reflect our dreams and
environment of cities and machines just as ancient totems reflected
beliefs, forests and wildlife.
Steel is a basic material of the engineered built environment. When
heated steel melts and flows, it takes on a variety of surfaces,
textures and shapes. Heat is one force of life and emotion; it
devastates; it can be harnessed; it transforms; it can infuse hard
reality with hope.
Eric H. Steele
2011
Artist's Statement