Graham Krenz "Water Palace"
Wood, Oil, Acrylic, Soap/ 30”x22”x31”/ $3300/ 2020
Artist Statement
This series of sculptures are addressing the shared experience of growing up in the suburbs that form a ring around the core of every city. It seems like an impossible commonality- so many of us specifically reject these places, we move at the first opportunity. People flee these supposed cultural dead-zones, describing them as uniform, uninteresting, or worse. This seems unfair, the cultures exist. These are diverse places, with nuanced lives being led, in independent and semi-permeable bubbles. It’s a culture based on space and private moments These sculptures are meant to be gentle, soft, and sincere. These were gentle, soft, and sincere places, repeating patterns of park, yard, daycares, and libraries. They can also be reminders of dark and lonely moments, because these can also be dark and lonely places.
Artist Bio
Graham Krenz is a mixed media artist from the city of Calgary, Alberta, where he received his BFA from the Alberta University of the Arts. He is the recipient of the Alberta Foundation for the Arts projects grant, ACAD Innovative projects and Community service awards, and has been featured in major publications including the Toronto Star. After working for years outside Fine Arts, he has returned to sculpture with his latest series “Clap Clap Clap”. Krenz has shown throughout Canada, including solo shows and projects with Truck Contemporary and The Gladstone Hotel, and currently works and lives in Montréal in the St. Henri Borough.
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Price does NOT include tax & shipping. Contact robert@collarworks.org for shipping options and estimate.
Wood, Oil, Acrylic, Soap/ 30”x22”x31”/ $3300/ 2020
Artist Statement
This series of sculptures are addressing the shared experience of growing up in the suburbs that form a ring around the core of every city. It seems like an impossible commonality- so many of us specifically reject these places, we move at the first opportunity. People flee these supposed cultural dead-zones, describing them as uniform, uninteresting, or worse. This seems unfair, the cultures exist. These are diverse places, with nuanced lives being led, in independent and semi-permeable bubbles. It’s a culture based on space and private moments These sculptures are meant to be gentle, soft, and sincere. These were gentle, soft, and sincere places, repeating patterns of park, yard, daycares, and libraries. They can also be reminders of dark and lonely moments, because these can also be dark and lonely places.
Artist Bio
Graham Krenz is a mixed media artist from the city of Calgary, Alberta, where he received his BFA from the Alberta University of the Arts. He is the recipient of the Alberta Foundation for the Arts projects grant, ACAD Innovative projects and Community service awards, and has been featured in major publications including the Toronto Star. After working for years outside Fine Arts, he has returned to sculpture with his latest series “Clap Clap Clap”. Krenz has shown throughout Canada, including solo shows and projects with Truck Contemporary and The Gladstone Hotel, and currently works and lives in Montréal in the St. Henri Borough.
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Price does NOT include tax & shipping. Contact robert@collarworks.org for shipping options and estimate.
Wood, Oil, Acrylic, Soap/ 30”x22”x31”/ $3300/ 2020
Artist Statement
This series of sculptures are addressing the shared experience of growing up in the suburbs that form a ring around the core of every city. It seems like an impossible commonality- so many of us specifically reject these places, we move at the first opportunity. People flee these supposed cultural dead-zones, describing them as uniform, uninteresting, or worse. This seems unfair, the cultures exist. These are diverse places, with nuanced lives being led, in independent and semi-permeable bubbles. It’s a culture based on space and private moments These sculptures are meant to be gentle, soft, and sincere. These were gentle, soft, and sincere places, repeating patterns of park, yard, daycares, and libraries. They can also be reminders of dark and lonely moments, because these can also be dark and lonely places.
Artist Bio
Graham Krenz is a mixed media artist from the city of Calgary, Alberta, where he received his BFA from the Alberta University of the Arts. He is the recipient of the Alberta Foundation for the Arts projects grant, ACAD Innovative projects and Community service awards, and has been featured in major publications including the Toronto Star. After working for years outside Fine Arts, he has returned to sculpture with his latest series “Clap Clap Clap”. Krenz has shown throughout Canada, including solo shows and projects with Truck Contemporary and The Gladstone Hotel, and currently works and lives in Montréal in the St. Henri Borough.
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