Solarus
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Scott TroxelSolarus2018
2018
About the Item
Artist Comments
Solarus is a mixed media wall sculpture made from solid mahogany wood. It is finished with acrylic pinlines and a semi-matte polycrylic clear coat for protection. Solarus is heavily influenced by design elements of the mid-century modern movement which allows the piece to be both organic and futuristic at once. Similar to sputnik style lighting and wall sculptures from the 1950's. Solarus is driven by form, line and composition rather than representation of an object.
About the Artist
Mixed media artist Scott Troxel has always been fascinated with modern art and design. He pursued filmmaking in college, and later went on to a career in industrial design and product development. He now works mostly with wood to create abstract wall sculptures. Scott’s process involves breaking down objects or emotions to their abstract forms. The hard-edged lines of his sculptures have a discernible visual connection to mid-century modern design. The architectural forms in each piece juxtapose materials and textures varying from raw and exposed to polished and finished. Scott’s work explores themes of old versus new, organic versus manmade, futuristic versus vintage. The inherent tension in the art is relieved by a harmonic sense of visual balance.
Solarus
Scott Troxel
Wood, acrylic, polycrylic on wood
Stained wood edges
Ready to hang
One-of-a-kind
Signed on back
2018
42 in. h x 44 in. w x 2 in. d
25 lbs. 0 oz.
- Creator:Scott Troxel (1971, American)
- Creation Year:2018
- Dimensions:Height: 44 in (111.76 cm)Width: 42 in (106.68 cm)Depth: 2 in (5.08 cm)
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- Condition:Solarus. Scott Troxel. Wood, acrylic, polycrylic on wood. Stained wood edges. Ready to hang. One-of-a-kind. Signed on back.
- Gallery Location:San Francisco, CA
- Reference Number:Seller: 617821stDibs: LU92213678182
Scott Troxel
Scott Troxel is an American abstract artist born in 1971 who lives and works in Marmora, New Jersey. From an early age, he became obsessed with modern art, color, and design. He is a painter, sculptor, and wall sculptor. Recently, the majority of his work has been in the form of wood mixed media wall sculpture because of his three-dimensional medium process. Troxel is always exploring materials and processes. Sometimes he uses repurposed and found materials and other times he purchases materials new.
Troxel predominantly works with wood as his base medium, due to its strength, dimension, and organic nature. The inherent texture of wood combined with paint and other man-made materials allows him to explore the concepts of old and young, worn versus new, organic versus man-made, and the past versus the present and future.
Troxel looks to capture a sense of time in his work and often combines the feeling of different eras within a single piece. He sees this as a direct parallel with human life, as we too grow older and interact with other generations, both younger and older. He is also particularly interested in items that were considered technologically or aesthetically advanced, only to be passed on by the consistency and tenacity of time — for example, an airplane boneyard where cutting-edge fighter jets from the 1960s sit in forgotten decay. These structures are still beautiful to look at from a design standpoint, even though they are no longer modern in the sense that time and technology have passed them by.
Troxel is particularly inspired by mid-century modernism, where wood and organic shapes were combined with other materials to suggest a type of futurism, though now they are considered vintage. Time has passed on but these pieces remain in the context of when they were designed. Troxel wants his works to feel this way, somewhat nostalgic, aged, and organic with the feeling that it could also be from a future time.
Troxel’s artworks belong to a number of corporate and hospitality collections, including the Shard Building, London; Westin Hotels; Wyndham Hotels; Embassy Suites Hotels and more.
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