Infinity Awakening

TITLE: Infinity Awakening
ARTIST: Ray Katz
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TYPE: Sculpture
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ABOUT: ​ My sculptures allude to an evolutionary process that we all commonly share in the human experience. The active forms that are brought together represent the flux of life, and embrace transformative concepts such as evolution, metamorphosis and transcendence. These ideas and concepts are what separate my work from the historical and industrial influences from which I draw my connections I have worked in many mediums, but metal has remained my passion and best suited for my work because of its strength, malleability, and inherent artistic beauty. My sculptures vary in scale from small pedestal work to life size or larger interactive compositions. My sculptures created over the last fifteen years are conducive for outdoor Installations and Public Sites. They often have open, transparent areas, in contrast to solid forms. They are poly formed as opposed to monolithic. I have developed the physical resources to construct my sculptures in my own studio. My creative process requires organizing separate parts into a whole. Initially much of this activity is spontaneous, both in large and small scale work. The elements are all fabricated individually then assembled by welding and bolting. The act of assembly and disassembly contribute to the ease of construction and installation and add to the aura of complexity in the work and is a part of my creative process.  I have successfully installed large scale sculpture temporarily and permanently in public spaces. I have exhibited sculpture publicly and privately throughout the Mid-West, Mid-South and overseas in Paris, France and Tokyo, Japan. I have worked with Departments of Public Works, Engineers, Architects, Advisory Committee’s, and other forms of infrastructure to develop and install large-scale public sculpture in Art Parks, Communities, Universities and Colleges throughout the Mid-West, South. and West.  I believe that Public Art transforms the way people look at visual phenomena in their environment. Whatever its form, Public Art attracts attention and effects people’s attitude toward their surroundings and often stimulates an exchange of ideas that can be enriching emotionally, intellectually and aesthetically.

​LOCATION: Downtown Saginaw, Morley Plaza, 133 N Washington Ave, Saginaw, MI 48607