Water Trap
Sponge, match, golf tee, straw and other images that attract water.
Fish present unique opportunities for metaphor. Their prehistoric character and mysterious environment speak to issues of the unconscious. Like the artist, they are vehicles of the transient: the sweep of fins, the bending of the rod, the graceful line.
EXHIBITIONS
> 1989–1990: Fish: An Exhibit, Hockaday Center for the Arts, Kalispell, Montana; nationally touring exhibition with venues including the Minnesota Museum of Art, Landmark Center, Saint Paul, Minnesota
> 1990: Fish Tales, Galeria Mesa, Mesa, Arizona
> 1990: Shatauporn Gulig & Robert Gehrke — Contemporary Jewelry & Cast Metal Sculpture, L. E. Phillips Memorial Public Library, Eau Claire, Wisconsin
> 2003: Time and Place, De Ricci Gallery, Edgewood College, Madison, Wisconsin
> 2013: Driftless, Abode Gallery, Stockholm, Wisconsin
Water Trap, 1989
bronze, cherry
13.25" x 9" x 5"
5 lbs.
Fish present unique opportunities for metaphor. Their prehistoric character and mysterious environment speak to issues of the unconscious. Like the artist, they are vehicles of the transient: the sweep of fins, the bending of the rod, the graceful line.
EXHIBITIONS
> 1989–1990: Fish: An Exhibit, Hockaday Center for the Arts, Kalispell, Montana; nationally touring exhibition with venues including the Minnesota Museum of Art, Landmark Center, Saint Paul, Minnesota
> 1990: Fish Tales, Galeria Mesa, Mesa, Arizona
> 1990: Shatauporn Gulig & Robert Gehrke — Contemporary Jewelry & Cast Metal Sculpture, L. E. Phillips Memorial Public Library, Eau Claire, Wisconsin
> 2003: Time and Place, De Ricci Gallery, Edgewood College, Madison, Wisconsin
> 2013: Driftless, Abode Gallery, Stockholm, Wisconsin
Water Trap, 1989
bronze, cherry
13.25" x 9" x 5"
5 lbs.