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Sculpture and artwork fill and almost overflow the small gallery upstairs. Many of Robert Kuhn’s welded steel sculptures are, at first glance, simple glimpses of ordinary American life in the mid-1900s.
But the intimate look at everyday happenings, captured in unpretentious lines in base metal, memorializes the mundane. A small girl holds a pan to help her mother prepare an omelet—or perhaps a cake—in “The Egg Beater (Mother and Child).” (1964). A woman labors over the ironing board in “Woman with Hot-Iron” (1964).
Other works reflect the sculptor’s whimsy and humor. A dozen rowers paddle for freedom in “Mutiny of the Galley Slaves” (1961). Adorning the walls are numerous paintings, many of them created as guides or templates for later sculptures.
Toyy’s sculptures are more lighthearted than his father’s. Children of all ages will enjoy “(my) ColoringBox,” a wooden and paper rendition with giant Crayolas and genuine crayon scribbles (some inside the lines, some not.) “(my YellowPencil (thing)” sprawls along much of the gallery floor. And his works can be huge, too big to be exhibited here: the seven-foot-high yellow “Clothespin,” adorns the lawn of the Fine Art and Artists Gallery in Washington, D.C.
Nathan Kuhn was born in 1945 in Grand Rapids, Mich. He moved to Stanley, Va., in 2000 from Shelter Island, N.Y. where he still maintains a small gallery. He is also a jazz musician, playing the chromatic harmonica in concert several times a year. He lives full time in Stanley with his wife, Iluminada. The couple has six adult children.
Except for some family mementos, most works in the gallery are for sale, including some reproductions. Prices for most pieces range upward from $10,000.' The current exhibit runs through Nov. 15, but Nathan expects few changes immediately. The gallery is open Thursday through Monday.
As part of the rediscovery of his father’s life works, the renowned Frederik Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park in Grand Rapids, Mich., is planning a major exhibit of Robert E. Kuhn’s work. Opening next spring, it will feature some 30 sculptures and artwork of its nati ve son and will be the firsr major exhibit in more tijian 25 years of his work.
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