My friend Josh Garber has a show opening this Friday, September 8th at Zolla/Lieberman Gallery in Chicago.
Having watched Josh develop a unique and personal vocabulary over the past 15 years I've found his work to be increasingly interesting. His ability to manipulate steel and aluminum rod in a manner which is both fluid and honest is really something. The works are organic and flowing in form, yet they are not fussy, as they still show the unpredictable marking of the welding process.
While it's fair to say that the primary visual thrust of this work deals with formal concerns, it's also clear that there's a deep (if obscure) psychological territory being navigated here.
For fans of Henry Moore, Alexander Calder, David Smith, Richard Serra, James Surls, Mark di Suvero and Martin Puryear.
Shown above: Collective 2005, Aluminum bar, 16 x 15 x 15 inches