Gunnar Theel

RIGHT ANGLES. A SERIES (1999- ):

THREE L-shaped units, each composed of two steel plates joined at right angles, lean against and into each other, and create an assemblage of angled planes and spaces articulated by light and shadow, and put in motion by the viewer drawn around the sculptures.

RIGHT ANGLES #23, #36 and #52 are fabricated from 1 1/4" (3cm) thick steel plates, oxidized or painted. Right Angles #53A is fabricated from stainless steel. The sculptures are 9' to 12' high (280 to 380cm) and weigh up to 7 tons.

THE NEREID sculptures are part of the Right Angles series. They are inspired by the marble Nereid caryatids and their "wind swept drapery" at The British Museum, London. The painted steel sculptures open towards natural light which, reflected from the sculptures' angled planes, diffuses the borders between the sculptures' exterior and interior surfaces.

MY ART is influenced by architecture, and minimalism, like Haiku poetry. The right angle in the physical world, and its inherent sensations of equilibrium and quiet are my reference points as I work towards the finished sculpture by "simplification of design and refinement of proportions"
(Mies van der Rohe).