R.M. FISCHER
Polyluminators
12 OCTOBER - 9 NOVEMBER 2002
1. Moondog, 2002
Polyethylene, brass, acrylic, chromed steel,
steel, wood, electric lights
70 x 48 x 24 inches
2. Heli, 2002
Polyethylene, brass, glass, acrylic, chromed
steel, wood, electric lights
81 x 42 x 36 inches
3. Hydrog, 2001
Polyethylene, brass, glass, acrylic, steel, wood,
stainless steel, electric lights
81 x 44 x 30 inches
4. Carbo, 2001
Polyethylene, brass, acrylic, glass, steel, wood,
stainless steel, electric lights
84 x 46 x 31 inches
5. Nitrog, 2001
Polyethylene, brass, acrylic, glass, steel, wood,
stainless steel, electric lights
85 x 54 x 24 inches
installation view
Sandra Gering Gallery is pleased to present Polyluminators, an exhibition of new work by
R.M. Fischer, from 12 October - 9 November 2002.
With his most recent illuminated hybrid sculptures, Fischer continues his investigation of artworks that defy easy classification. Physically, Polyluminators hover totem-like close to the floor; figuratively, they hover somewhere between the worlds of art, design, architecture, and technology. Made from an assembled collection of "off the shelf" polyethylene globes, chrome and wood balls, and metal lighting components, the artworks combine a handmade improvisational baroque aspect with the formal aesthetics of functional design. The work seems simultaneously primal and futuristic. Its sources range from Cycladic figures, through Milton Berle, Fantastic Voyage, and the Osaka Expo of 1970.
Fischer's sculptures are in the permanent collections of numerous major museums and his acclaimed public artworks function as iconographic timepieces in cities across the nation and in Japan. Concurrent with the New York exhibition, his Union Square Colonnade, consisting of four custom street light sculptures, will be permanently installed in Union Square Park in downtown San Francisco. In the spring of 2003, a major public work, commissioned by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, will be installed at the new Jamaica Station in Queens.
