Art Experience

I went and visited the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, there was one piece there that specifically caught my eye, it was called the "Water Piece: For Michael" by Lee Kelley. It was a pretty interesting piece, it was basically a kind of statue that was completely made of stainless steel and had different pieces all wrapped up to make a certain shape. To me, it looked like a a horse facing high up in the air like one of those classic western movies after the hero does something great and pulls his horse high into the air before riding off into the sunset. It looked like a pretty complex piece of work considering the materials that were used, it must have not been easy to shape pieces of steel like that.
After researching Lee Kelly, I found out that he is one of the Northwest's most famous sculptors, also that he mainly uses either stainless steel or Cor-ten steel for his work, so it should be of no surprise that the work of his that I saw was made of stainless steel as well. He is known for creating great obelisks, Japanese torrii gates and big tables. He also takes pride in having his work try and express some type of great warmth and sense of humor with his great steel structures. It was very intersting to learn about him and see this type of artwork rather than see more traditional pieces of works such as paintings or drawings.