Alternative Narratives Sculpture Exhibit

A temporary sculpture exhibit of artwork loaned to Snohomish County by regional artists.  Presented by the Snohomish County Arts Commission

	Memorializing Memory Artist: Joseph Kinnebrew     Fabricated Steel, 1999 Available for purchase from the artist ($31,000) www.josephkinnebrew.com

Joseph Kinnebrew is an internationally recognized sculptor and painter. He began his career in the mid-1960s when he started welding found objects and then large steel minimalist pieces that he continues to produce today.
In the minimalist work, he articulates an ongoing careful meditation on line and form, space and mass. “Many of the tenets central to minimalism are manifested here—every planar or curved surface is in strict relation to the whole.”  This sculpture, Memorializing Memory, commemorates the work of Amnesty  International.

	Spirit of Amelia Artist: Alexi Kazantsev     Concrete, 2008 Available for purchase from the artist ($4,500) www.aksculptstudios.com

Alexei Kazantsev is a Russian born, internationally known artist now residing on Whidbey Island. For the past 28 years, he has sculpted primarily in stone, but occasionally uses bronze, clay, wood and concrete. 
The Spirit of Amelia is a tribute to the memory of the adventurous woman pilot and explorer, Amelia Earhart. “I wanted to represent the strong will and conviction that enabled her to overcome the challenging technical problems, gender bias and financial obstacles she endured. She exemplified the best of the modern woman fighting for her destiny—in that effort to establish her place in a contemporary world.”

	I’m So Hungry, I Could Eat a Cowboy Artist: Josh Cote     Aluminum and Copper Wire, 2008 Available for purchase from the artist ($4,500) www.cotesculpture.blogspot.com

I'm So Hungry, I Could Eat A Cowboy is an experiment in three dimensional wire form, almost a hologram in nature with its see-through quality. 
“Often artists can take their art and themselves too seriously. Much of my art is intended to be humorous. Even though it was actually inspired by the recent news of an individual who starved some horses to death, this sculptural interpretation of those events is really a eulogy for those horses who died. Our relationship to animals, the environment and the world is the most important issue at hand.”

	Red Sun Artist: Reg Akright     Galvanized Steel and Red Granite, 2003 Available for purchase from the artist ($6,500) www.regakright.com

“Sculpture is a lens through which I view and interpret the world. I can’t really describe my creative process as a thought process—in fact, at times it almost involves turning off active thought. My sculpture doesn’t fit a specific definition. 
It is minimal without being truly Minimalist—maybe Minimal-constructivist-industrial-abstract would describe the work. I love stone, especially granite river boulders and basalt columns. I love industrial steel and rebar. I think my work is somewhat an homage to the years I spent as a bridge ironworker,  underground miner and heavy construction laborer.”

	Up The Mountain Artist: William Robinson     Granite and Basalt, 2008 Available for purchase from the artist ($16,000) www.snocoarts.org

“My work has always originated from a personal need to create, to bring a vision from the ephemeral to the physical. I have always favored stone as a primary medium with its enduring solidity and resistance to the ravages of time. My inspiration is drawn from the sum of my life experiences, amplified or muted to fit my emotional state at that moment when I am actually creating, designing and working. I have an appreciation for the irregular over the straight line, the natural over the manufactured. Ultimately I hope that my work could evoke some emotion in people, some undefined pleasure gleaned from my vision.”

	Save the Children Artist: Richard Warrington     Stainless Steel, 2008 Available for purchase from the artist ($34,000) www.rwarrington.com

A diverse impressionistic sculptor, Richard Warrington designs and builds two- and three-dimensional hollow form and silhouette sculptures. As an artist, his work is an expression of his spiritual, emotional and aesthetic response to experiences. 
It is an intuitive and subjective reaction to his environment.  His designs are simple, bold and rhythmical. The use of color, buffed finishes and extreme attention to detail highlight his work. Aluminum is his preferred medium because of its workability and weight—but he also works in corten steel, stainless steel and bronze.