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Red Light Green Light Construct Sculpture

Michael Pfleghaar

United States

Sculpture, Lights on Wood

Size: 18 W x 18 H x 10 D in

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ABOUT THE ARTWORK

This mixed media wall sculpture is from my MFA studies around the theme of objecthood. The concept is to break out of the traditional painting into a hybrid which I call constructs. Playing with color and light literally by piercing the wood surface with a red light and aqua green retro beehive lamp. Red and green spray paint exaggerates the light cast on the box interior. Wood and artificial wood grain are also juxtaposed through the use of faux wood vinyl shelf paper. Vintage brown cords provide the electrical source for the light. Object hangs on the wall and needs access to a power source below for the lamp. I have a few more in this series that I will also be listing. Signed, titled, and dated on the back. Interpreting a utilitarian three-dimensional form onto a flat plane creating a new physical object is the ideology behind my current body of work. My paintings have found their place somewhere between representation and abstraction through deletion, isolation, and exaggeration of inanimate design items.

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Sculpture:

Lights on Wood

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18 W x 18 H x 10 D in

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Michael Pfleghaar is an artist residing and working in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He earned his MFA in visual arts from Lesley University College of Art and Design in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 2011. Pfleghaar often portrays botanicals and still lifes, infusing them with abstract elements and flattened space to generate new perspectives. His compositions reflect influences from mid-century modern design, evident in the clean lines, balance, and use of organic materials. In 2023, Pfleghaar was chosen as one of four artists to have their work permanently installed as terrazzo floor designs at the Gerald R Ford International Airport. He also received The Best of Show in the 2021 Festival of the Arts and the West Michigan Area Show at the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts in Kalamazoo in 2020. Pfleghaar's artwork has been featured in Architectural Digest, Arcadia Magazine, Studio Visit, Metropolitan Home, Solace, and American Craft. Organizations such as the Gilmore Piano Festival 2024, Apple, HBO, CBS, ForeSee, Hayworth, and Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts have utilized his artwork as illustrations. In 2016, Pfleghaar attended the Spread Art Artists Residency in Detroit, MI, and in 2013, he was honored with the Joan Mitchell Foundation’s Ox-Bow School and Artists Residency in Saugatuck, MI. His work was part of the 2012 LGBTQ exhibition ReMix: Revisiting Appropriation, curated by Jonathan Katz in San Francisco, CA. Pfleghaar's original artworks are included in permanent collections, such as the Grand Rapids Art Museum, Frederik Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park, Steelcase Inc., Herman Miller, the State of Michigan, and Grand Valley State University.

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Handpicked to show at The Other Art Fair presented by Saatchi Art in Chicago, Chicago, Los Angeles, Chicago

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