Steven Sachs, Dad's World, mixed materials
Photograph courtesy of the artist
Steven Sachs’ odd and strange bits of ephemera - a squished
paint can, an old ruler, nuts and bolts --make up the quirky combinations of
mixed materials that produce his sometimes insightfully serious, often
whimsical and playful art. His art supply store is the parking lot, hardware
store or heaps of rubble in a vacant lot where he collects objects that are
combined into intricate abstractions or witty commentaries on current events. A
recent piece, "Kitchen Sculpture,” evokes “The Store,” a sculpture from
the 60’s by Claes Oldenburg, however in his piece, Steve has created an
assemblage of disparate objects into a whole while Oldenburg’s painted sculpture is more about
the image than the process.
