Vitality

Vitality

Outdoor Sculpture

 314 S. Park Street, Kalamazoo, MI, 49007

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Size: 6’x5’x3’
Made in 1993
Installed in 1999
Location: Kalamazoo Institute of Arts
About the artist: “I began to fabricate in metals when I was a graduate student at Berkeley. I enjoyed working in large scale and I needed to work in a medium that was more durable than clay and wood. Several of my earlier, larger sculptures were fallen apart when I tried to move them. I could not afford to cast bronze and bronze casting didn’t allow me enough freedom to be innovative during the process. I wanted the freedom to revise my concepts whenever the notion arrived. Many artists from the bay area who were fabricating by using geometric and found steel shapes had similar flavors. I quickly realized that I would need more personal forms to speak in my own voice. I soon discovered that once I had developed the basic welding skills, any shape could be built. This was an epiphany, and the beginning of my vocabulary.” — LeVergne
Information was retrieved by the artist’s personal website: http://allavergne.com/bio/background.htm
Photograph & slideshow images by Jade Wethy, 2013

Location Info

314 S. Park Street

314 S. Park Street, Kalamazoo, MI, 49007