Hal Buckner
Shadows
Galerie Terminus presents the impressing work of an unusual American artist: Hal Buckner, famous due to his sensual metal sculptures combining baroque elements of Rubens and muscular modernism of Rodin.
Hal Buckner (born 1938, Whidbey Island, WA) is an innovative and versatile artist who is trained in both sculpture and painting. His current studio work is rooted in line drawing fundamentals and the female figure. The influence of water in the artist’s life and culture is reflected in a good deal of his work. It is most evident in the sensual “hammock” and “beach” series characterized by sun loving nudes in tranquil repose.
The sculptured silhouettes combine elements of contour and outline with the final product (cut from a single light weight aluminium sheet) emerging as a minimally rendered silhouette that implies solidity of form. Life-sized in scale, the surfaces of the sculptures are often burnished to create luminescence in order to emphasize shape or detail. Other surfaces remain matte and are painted flat black to provide contrast and to stress the drawn line element. The work is free standing, suspended from overhead or wall mounted in such a way as to allow light to cast dramatic shadows on walls and opposing surfaces. Light also plays an important part in maximizing the effects of the burnished metal surfaces.
