John Raymond Henry

John Raymond Henry ( * 1943 in Lexington ( Kentucky), USA) is an American visual artist, known for his monumental steel sculptures constructivist.

Life

Henry studied at the University of Kentucky ( 1961-65 ), at the Art Institute of Chicago ( 1966-69 ) and at the University of Chicago ( 1968-69 ).

He taught sculpture at the University of Iowa ( 1969), Wisconsin ( 1970), Chicago (1971 ) and at the Art Institute of Chicago ( 1979-80 ).

Henry was - organized across a founding member and Chairman of the Board 1978-1980 Construct, an artist 's gallery for large-scale steel sculptures exhibitions throughout the United States - Mark di Suvero addition, Kenneth Snelson, Lyman Kipp and Charles Ginn Ever.

In 1991 he was a board member of the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts, repeatedly, he led the program committee. Him an honorary doctorate of arts was awarded from the University of Kentucky in 1996. From 1996 to 2008 Henry was also a board member of the International Sculpture Center. Henry curated exhibitions in the United States and in Europe. At Chattanooga State College, Tennessee, he received in 2001 a professor of arts. In addition, he curated there, the Outdoor Museum of Art Henry lives and works in Chattanooga (Tennessee). The list of his works in public collections and in public space includes over 40 works alone in the United States.

Work

Henry began his artistic career as a painter in the 1970s. Later, he created the largest steel sculptures (up to 30m high) of the United States. All his sculptures, designed and he made ​​in his studios in Chattanooga. He welded it straight steel beams in such a way that the viewer has the impression that they were weightless. Sometimes, such as in the work Symphony in Red (2000) in Hanover or Fulcrum (2001) in Eschborn, steel beams, Mikado rods appear the same, frozen in the moment of their case.