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Gary Justis Born in Maize, KS, 1953 Education: School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, MFA, 1979 Wichita State University, Wichita, KS, BFA, 1977 Lives in Bloomington, IL Gary Justis’s sculptures are inspired by his life-long immersion in the cause-and-effect operations of machinery. Employing a vocabulary of naked mechanical fabrication — aluminum, steel, plastic, wood, wire — and eccentric kinetic rhythms — motors, sound, video — he finds metaphors for the complexity and imperfection of human actions. Movement, even when only implied, remains the cornerstone to works which reveal the beauty in repetitive gestures that mirror life’s irresolute choreography.
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Community Machine Gun, 2007, aluminum, fabric, wood, superstructure, image projection unit, 51 H x 84 L x 68 W (inches) Animation projection view, front view and detail view. $25,000
Splash 2006, fabric, wood, aluminum, 5.5 ft x 12 ft. x 3 ft, $16,000
The Nader 2006, masonite, paper, wood, steel (front, back and detail view), 12 ft x 9 ft x 4 ft, $12,000
Untitled (botanica #1) 2007, cast aluminum, 1.5 x 6 inches, $800
Untitled (machina #1) 2007, cast aluminum (two views), 2.5 x 5 inches, $800
Untitled (machina #2) 2007, cast aluminum (two views), 2.5 x 6 inches, $800
World Engine 2005, polyurethane, high tech metallic coating, aluminum frame
Panorama, viewing area approx. 8 ft h x 80 ft w x 24 ft d
Commissioned by the Illinois State University, College of Business, Bloomington, IL
World Engine 2005, polyurethane, high tech metallic coating, aluminum frame
components in upper grouping each piece approx. 80 inches long
World Engine 2005, polyurethane, high tech metallic coating, aluminum frame
Looking NE, viewing area approx. 60 ft hx 80 ft w x 24 ft d