Storybook
Storybook is about a mystery. It is about transformation and engaging the imagination. The dagger hilt is transformed into the wind. The book becomes melting ice, a river landscape, a night sky. Mundane images acquire symbolic meaning.
Cast bronze with bird in flight, dagger, open book, rivers, stones, stars, leaves, crayon, puzzle pieces, shells, walnut, key, seeds, and bones.
EXHIBITIONS
> 1988: Robert J. Gehrke — Cast Metals, L. E. Phillips Memorial Public Library, Eau Claire, Wisconsin
> 1989: Summer Group Exhibition, Groveland Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota
> 1991: Sixth Annual Greater Midwest International, Art Center Gallery, Central Missouri State University, Warrensburg, Missouri
> 2014: Near and Far, L. E. Phillips Memorial Public Library, Eau Claire, Wisconsin
> 2020: Robert J. Gehrke — A Retrospective, L. E. Phillips Memorial Public Library, Eau Claire, Wisconsin
Storybook, 1988
bronze, lacquer finish
16.5" x 16" x 21"
30 lbs.
private collection
Cast bronze with bird in flight, dagger, open book, rivers, stones, stars, leaves, crayon, puzzle pieces, shells, walnut, key, seeds, and bones.
EXHIBITIONS
> 1988: Robert J. Gehrke — Cast Metals, L. E. Phillips Memorial Public Library, Eau Claire, Wisconsin
> 1989: Summer Group Exhibition, Groveland Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota
> 1991: Sixth Annual Greater Midwest International, Art Center Gallery, Central Missouri State University, Warrensburg, Missouri
> 2014: Near and Far, L. E. Phillips Memorial Public Library, Eau Claire, Wisconsin
> 2020: Robert J. Gehrke — A Retrospective, L. E. Phillips Memorial Public Library, Eau Claire, Wisconsin
Storybook, 1988
bronze, lacquer finish
16.5" x 16" x 21"
30 lbs.
private collection