Sculpture- Public Art

STAR
installation: Rotary Park Belleville, Illinois 1997
painted steel
Star evolved through a project to develop a Christmas tree topper. The steel configuration represents rays of energy, power, physics and stellar motion, Hope and Light.
The Star of Spirituality.

Make a Statement with Art
The Sculpture and Public Art on this page are samples of the pieces that I have produced over the last twenty years. As an architect, I have had the opportunity to integrate sculpture and other artwork in many of my projects, including municipalities, commercial and residential settings. They are attractive features in parks and landscapes, corporate lobbies, residential settings and museums. Art serves as an identity at its location, making an aesthetic statement appropriate for the setting and a conveyance of a message.
Inspiration starts with input from the client and the study of the proposed environment. With the information in hand, design ideas develop with thumbnail sketches, constructing a maquette (study model), and then preparing construction documents for the various components of the the sculpture. I have been privileged to team with several master fabricators to bring the pieces to completion.
Each piece is a one-of-a-kind original piece, requiring its own story or message appropriate for final destination. The work needs to convey emotion and touch the senses of the viewer.
Much of my work is planar, using flat or rolled plate metals.
Painted steel, stainless steel, aluminum and brass have been incorporated into my work.


This piece was commisioned by the Memoriall Hospital Auxilary to commemorate the fifty years of services to the hospital. It is an abstraction of the newly developed logo representing rays of success and hope.
The material is painted steel and brass and is located at the main entrance of the hospital.
Rays of Success
Installation: Memorial Hospital East, Belleville, Illinois, 2011
painted steel and brass

Birds and the Bees
private collection 2006
painted steel


The Grand Day
Installation: Ravenel Development,
Swansea, Illinois 1999
painted steel and stainless steel
Rooster
Installation: Ravenel Development 2013
painted steel



I Am the Way
Installation: Cenntenary United Methodist Church 2000
painted steel and stainless steel

Trinity-cemetery momument 2005
private collection
stainless steel

Maquette

Red Mailbox
private installation 1996
painted steel
Flos Fiore Collins 2014
Installation: City of Collinsville, Illinois
stainless steel and cast acrylic


Garden Trellis at residential entrance
Private Collection 2006
Birds
Private Collection 2011

Triptych Entrance Marker 1985
Conference Center, Belleville,Illinois alucobond panel-steel frame
The examples above are a small part of the work completed. New work will be posted on my blog and updated regularly.
The artwork depicted is one-of-a-kind, mind-generated original art. Prices for the original artwork range from $500 and above.
Contact Gary Karasek at gary@u-studios.net for information on comissions, availablitiy, prices and shipping.