Penland Gallery & Visitors Center | 2020 Sculptures
HOSS HALEY | New Growth
Fabricated corten steel
25 x 12 x 12 feet
Price on request
Sculptor Hoss Haley creates two and three dimensional works in steel, concrete, and bronze. He favors industrial materials and fabrication methods, often building or adapting the machines and tools he uses to produce his work. Hoss has completed public art projects for the Pack Square Conservancy (Asheville, NC), Charlotte Area Transit System and Mecklenburg County (NC) as well as several privately commissioned large-scale steel sculptures. Hoss’s work has been shown at several museums and galleries nationwide, and he has been a resident artist at Penland School of Crafts (NC) and at the John Michael Kohler Arts Center (WI).
New Growth was part of the evolution of the artist’s recent monumental work, Old Growth, created for the Charlotte Douglas International Airport, NC. Old Growth’s towering 40’ x 40’ scale is evocative of the trunk and canopy of mature trees, yet references Charlotte’s modern, industrial energy.
Location: South Lawn Sculpture Pad
DANIEL BECK | Caged Volumes: Ring Torus
Fabricated steel
8 x 8 x 2 ft. 10 in.
2016
Price on request
Daniel T. Beck earned a B.A. in Studio Art/Art History from the University of Georgia, where he focused on metalsmithing and medieval Christian architecture. He is currently the Iron Studio Coordinator at Penland School of Crafts in the mountains of western North Carolina. Daniel has a diverse background/interest in materials, having worked as a jeweler, carpenter, blacksmith, community mural artist, sculpture conservator, machinist, and as adjunct professor at Appalachian State University in Boone, NC. His exhibition history includes the Asheville Arts Council (Asheville, NC), Rebus Works (Raleigh, NC), Crimson Laurel (Bakersville, NC), the Penland Gallery, and the Cameron Art Museum (Wilmington, NC). Daniel is also a contributing author/illustrator for the Artist Blacksmith Association of North America (ABANA).
“Steel responds well to my need for control over a material. The tools, machinery, and patience it requires to shape steel keeps me always looking for small ways to perfect the efficacy of a particular process. I am drawn in by smooth and gentle lines, compelled to make forms that are solid and quiet. Currently, I am investigating how our built concrete environment is failing from the deterioration of the steel skeletons within. How is corrosion affecting and destroying our concrete buildings, roads, and bridges?”
Location: Penland Gallery & Visitors Center Sculpture Courtyard