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Link Gallery . 519 East Fifth Street . Oregon Arts District
Dayton . Ohio . 45402
937.684.3505
linkgallery@gmail.com |
Terry Welker
Making mobiles comes from my passion for architecture, poetic space, and meaningful places. Building on the tradition of Alexander Calder, I work to understand and extend the language of mobiles by animating form, space and surfaced with time and motion.
Working with abstractions, without the restraints of literal interpretation, many of my forms come from my memory of a shape rather than a direct adaptation. I also see the process of creation as an intentional act of ‘making’ that comes from experimentation, trial and error, letting form come from the nature of materials and tools. Seeking simplicity and elegant strength in every composition, I use curves, arcs, and lines as a continuous sub-theme as if to draw three dimensionally in space.
The unique character of mobiles reveals the inherent challenge of gravity and the mystery of delicate balance, seeking to push the limits of the art form with these forces, I work to orchestrate ‘near misses’ and enable ‘soft collisions’ by playing with time and motion. The unpredictable and accidental nature of these movements allows the observer to move beyond simple viewing and become unconsciously engaged in the enjoyable act of ‘watching’ and ‘staring’.
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