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The Crucible Collection Benefit Art Auction

Artworks

Bruce Beasley's interests in natural science and technology inspire him to construct dynamic sculptures that simultaneously expand into and envelop space. He achieves this through the repetitive use of planar crystalline forms acting as building blocks for the complex structures. His conceptions and designs are aided by a sophisticated, three-dimensional computer program that enables him to experiment with variations of an idea before actually building the components.

Bruce Beasley Off Sprint II, bronze
$2,000 (starting bid)

Bella Feldman's deeply philosophical work challenges the viewer to shift their affiliations with familiar objects and icons. In her biological and mechanical works there is a persistent message of interconnectedness and a fierce yet formal beauty that is testament to the artist's passion and skill. Feldman has participated in over fifty solo exhibitions including showings at The Oakland Museum of California, San Jose Museum of Art, the Fresno Art Museum and the Downey Museum and group shows in all parts of the US and in Switzerland.

Bella Feldman Genetic Mod I, aluminum, steel, and glass
$6,000 (starting bid)

For more than 30 years, Michael Hayden, has explored light as a medium, and it remains the most important and unifying component in his "Lumetric" sculptures. His work includes architectonic sculptures for public spaces, including "The Sky's the Limit", a monumental illuminated neon installation in the United Airlines Terminal at O'Hare Airport in Chicago, IL. Hayden collaborates with architects, designers, engineers, landscape architects, technicians, composers, poets, and other artists to create works that are large in scale and massive in scope, often measuring hundreds of feet and weighing multiple tons.

Michael Hayden Signal, acrylic with diffraction grading and steel
$1,200 (starting bid)

Distinguished artist and educator, Preston Jackson, uses representational imagery to symbolize and reflect current social and political policies. His sculptures often incorporate as themes issues concerning war, racism and our culture's forgotten histories. Images on the surface of Jackson's works often appear and disappear in a maze of textures and submerged objects that blend or contrast with the surrounding emotionally charged background. His commissioned works are represented in numerous public and private collections, including Purdue University, Illinois State Museum, Champaign Public Library, Champaign, IL, the Cahokia Mounds Museum, Cahokia Mounds, IL and the University of Illinois.

Preston Jackson Woman at Window, bronze
$5,000 (starting bid)

John Lewis founded his studio in 1969. He was one of the first artists to open a hot glass studio in the Bay Area where, for 10 years, his focus was blowing glass. After receiving an NEA grant in 1980, he started experimenting with the possibilities of cast glass as a sculptural medium. He built a furnace specifically for casting, which melted and poured glass, and began exploring the various forms possible with different types of molds. The studio has completed a number of commissions for private and corporate clients.

John Lewis Crucible Vessel, cast glass
$1,700 (starting bid)

The public is invited to preview The Crucible Collection in person at A New Leaf Gallery / Sculpturesite in Berkeley through April 2, 2004 (scuplturesite.com). Silent Auction bids will be accepted during previews, although bidders are encouraged to attend the reception to ensure success. For further information please contact Stephanie Everett at 510-525-7621 or email stephanie@sculpturesite.com

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