For Immediate Release
HOMEIRA GOLDSTEIN and TIME4ART
to PRESENT
Simon Ouwerkerk "Form and Movement"
October 16, 2020 - December 3, 2021
Manhattan Beach, CA, Sept 30, 2020–Homeira Goldstein and TIME4ART with support of the Manhattan Beach Art Center are thrilled to present “Form and Movement” an exhibition featuring a collection of sculptural work by South Bay renowned sculptor and installation artist, Simon Ouwerkerk.
Born in South Bay with studios in Hermosa Beach and Manhattan Beach, Simon’s work is an ongoing dialog between form and movement playing with shapes, materials, volumes and textures. His work also delivers a visionary and elevated senses of strength and serenity.
Notably though his commissioned installations are massive, conveying and creating experiences which examine emotional process of grandness, spirituality and achievement, carrying the audience within their own deep and rich potentials of reaching out for higher planes.
Ouwerkerk states: Most of my work is process based. I like to construct my sculptures by the obsessive accumulation of material, such as paint, toys, found objects, but mostly metal cut into pieces and hammered into curved shapes and welded together to form mostly abstract organic forms that may resemble something natural or unnatural. Most of my work starts spontaneously becoming more controlled as the work progresses until I achieve a shape I’m satisfied with. Sometimes I will stamp words into the metal that pop into my mind while making the sculpture. The words may or may not relate to a title or theme of the sculpture. My commissioned work is often planned out through many free hand drawings until one drawing is settled upon. This one drawing is then converted into a scaled or architectural drawing which guides the construction of the sculpture. The result is a finished work that is more refined and less spontaneous.
Envisioned by Homeira Goldstein, Form and Movement features the artist’s recent abstract organic sculptures, largely suited for outdoor inspired by his perpetual fascination for process and anticipation of somewhat unknown final form. The exhibition invites you to view his world through ever expanding and seemingly limitless exploration and expression of shape, form and movement.
This exhibition is presented by TIME4ART, a non-profit art educational organization in Manhattan Beach, California with the mission of enhancing cultural art awareness in the South Bay and Greater Los Angeles.
“Our heartfelt thanks to
Manhattan Beach Art Center
for their spirit of comradery and community.”
Homeira Goldstein
TIME4ART (310) 379-5800 www.TIME4ART.us
FORM and MOVEMENT, October 16, 2020 - January 3, 2021
Online Video Presentation, Friday, October 16, 2020 6PM
www.citymb.info/formandmovement
and
www.TIME4ART.us
Manhattan Beach Art Center, 1560 Manhattan Beach Blvd
Manhattan Beach, CA 90266
Gallery Hours: Closed Due to COVID-19
Online Video Presentation, Friday, October 16, 2020 6PM
Manhattan Beach, CA 90266