January's Exhibition and Featured Artist at ArtWorks Gallery is "Heavy Metals" - Bronze Sculptures by Kenneth Ryden. There will be an opening artist reception from 5 to 8pm during First Thursday, January 8. The exhibit will run through January 31.
Born in Chicago, artist-sculpture Ken Ryden is one of the Midwest's most accomplished sculptors. Working primarily in bronze, his works range from compelling abstractions to heartfelt renderings of man's deepest aspirations and most ethereal visions.
Ken Ryden is equally proficient in mixed media and often combines steel, bronze and stone to animate his forms with the complexity of the human soul. His specialty is site-specific sculpture created for the public or private environments.
"I endeavor to create work that promotes a thought provoking response while remaining accessible to the viewer. I value historical and archetypical foundations for contemporary statements. The use of the figurative form provides me with a vehicle for communicating content that is otherwise abstract and intangible."
Ken has been working with a series of sculptures he calls Giants, Harbingers and Prophets. Ken states, "I have been developing broad themes that have the ability to converge into specific focuses. God given human potential brought to fruition has enriched past and present cultures."
Kenneth Ryden's career as Sculptor, Professor and Artist in Residence has spanned several decades and tenures at several major universities in the mid-west. He is currently artist-in-residence at Anderson University and director of Ryden Arts.
Some of Ken's sculptures maybe seen locally include The Three Graces fountain, Carl Eskine, Martin Luther King Jr. in Anderson; Samuel Morris for Taylor University in Upland; and his 10 ft. Threshold of Knowledge at the Edmund Ball Center in Muncie.
For additional information contact: Ken Ryden Studi,
Yorktown, IN 47396 - 765 759 0163
www. Rydenarts.com, email: kgryden@earthlink.com
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