Wednesday, January 2, 2019

Artist of the day, January 2 2019: Heath Satow, American sculptor

Heath Satow (1969) is an American artist who works primarily in fabricated metals. A particular work of note is his 9/11 Memorial sculpture in Rosemead, CA with "3,000... stainless-steel figures... welded together to create a pair of giant hands lifting a twisted steel beam from New York's World Trade Center."

While attending the School of Design at North Carolina State University he apprenticed at Clearscapes, an architecture/sculpture firm in Raleigh, NC. Upon graduation in 1991 he was put in charge of the sculpture studio at that firm.

In 1994, Satow left Clearscapes to start his own studio, currently located in Los Angeles, CA. He has since created permanent sculptures in locations around the world.

Satow's Ripple sculpture in Los Angeles was recognized as one of the "most compelling work[s]" of 2012 by Americans for the Arts Public Art Network

Heath Satow work primarily with mirror-polished stainless because of the visual variety it offers daily. As natural light changes, as the colors of the seasons change, even as people’s fashion changes, all these permutations are literally reflected in the work. The art is never quite the same from moment to moment. The curved facets of the sculptural surfaces pull apart visual surroundings, distort and re-order them in unexpected ways, creating a new interpretation of the world usually tune out and take for granted.

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Mr Heath Satow

The studio

9/11 Memorial

9/11 Memorial

9/11 Memorial

9/11 Memorial

9/11 Memorial

9/11 Memorial

Transition

Transition

Transition

Transition

Dream of Flight

Dream of Flight

Dream of Flight

Tumbling Weed

Tumbling Weed

Tumbling Weed

Tumbling Weed

Tumbling Weed

Elatus

Elatus

Elatus

Elatus

Pursuit

Pursuit





Muse

Muse

Inflorescence

Inflorescence

Inflorescence

YES

YES

Ripple

Ripple

Ripple

Ripple

Wish

Wish

Older work

Older work

Older work

Older work

Older work

Older work

Older work

Older work

Older work

Conceptual work

Conceptual work

Conceptual work

Conceptual work

Conceptual work

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