VALDOSTA — On a dais, in the middle of a gallery, a viewer can appreciate the wire art of Donald Kolberg.
It is apparent that he has manipulated the thin wire into the human form. Torso, hips, the curves and grooves of muscle, sinew and flesh shaped into what was once a flat piece of wire mesh. They are sculpture but, instead of marble, Kolberg’s medium is wire. Of course, with mesh, Kolberg deals with either the frontal view or a posterior view of the human form.
His deft handling of the materials can be appreciated, but it can’t be fully appreciated until the work is exhibited in a fashion where lighting causes shadows to form on walls behind the sculpture. The play of light on the porous wire makes the shadows appear to be pencil drawings etched behind the sculpture. It is a dynamic effect.
“I actually found wire art by accident more than five years ago,” Kolberg says in an artistic statement. “I was working in my studio, or more accurately, waiting for the muse, when I found myself doodling with a piece of picture wire. I was fascinated with the way it lent itself to the kind of gesture painting of human form I was exploring. I quickly jumped to aluminum and steel screening to create more forms.”
Kolberg works with models and bends the wire sheet by hand to capture the model’s pose.
“My technique developed into hand working the forms into human landscapes that reflect the intricacies of muscle and attitude,” Kolberg notes. “From here, they are manipulated in light and shadow. This creates the completed sculpture that exists in the physical world of the surface and delineation of form with the shadow that reflects the sculpture and interacts with the form creating a combined new sculpture.”
• GALLERY
Artist Donald Kolberg’s art is on exhibit in Josette’s Gallery, along with the ‘Best of Spring Into Art,’ Sallie and
Harmon Boyette Gallery; artist Al Razza’s
paintings,
Price-Campbell
Foundation Gallery; works by youngsters at Moody Air Force Base, Roberta George
Children’s Gallery.
Where: The Annette Howell Turner Center for the Arts, 527 N.
Patterson St.
Run dates: Shows run through Aug. 6.
Gallery hours: 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Tuesdays through Thursdays; 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Fridays and
Saturdays; closed
Sundays and Mondays.
Admission: Free.
More information: Call 247-2787.
Local News
Related Photos
-
Art by Donald Kolberg.
-
Art by Donald Kolberg.
-
Art by Donald Kolberg.
Discussion
Art gets wired
Artist creates the human form from wire, light and shadow
- Local News
-
-
Weekend preview with Brittany McClure
Find out what's going on this weekend with Brittany McClure.
-
Popular vendor taken out of the ballparks
With a wagon-load of fresh cakes, hot boiled peanuts and ice-cold bottled water she has witnessed generations of children, or as she refers to them, her angels, grow into adults with children of their own.
-
Three candidates file for election
Qualifications for Lowndes County general primaries continue with the addition of a couple new candidates interested in running for elected office.
-
City, county tax discussions stalled
Local Option Sales Tax “negotiations” between city and county officials have descended from open meetings to a stalemate, with no clear agreement on how the estimated $210 million in tax revenue should be split.
-
Valdosta High principal to retire
After one year as Valdosta High School principal, Rufus McDuffie has announced his retirement.
-
South Georgia’s Ace
High above war-torn Germany, World War II fighter ace Donald S. “Bush” Bryan led his flight toward an estimated 50 enemy aircraft.
-
Arraignment set for Quitman 11
The “Quitman Eleven” are scheduled to have an arraignment on May 29, Brooks County Courthouse, according to their attorney, Roy Copeland.
-
Qualifying opens
Qualifications for Lowndes County general primaries kicked off Wednesday and plenty of folks tossed their proverbial hats in the ring on opening day.
-
Fire on Ridgeway Drive
No injuries were reported after a fire broke out Tuesday morning at an 800 block Ridgeway Drive house.
-
Lowndes High grad part of ABC’s ‘Duets’
VALDOSTA — A Lowndes High School graduate is expected to be a part of the debut episode of the new ABC talent-search show “Duets” premiering this week. - More Local News Headlines
-
