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Steve Tobin Art

American, b. 1957
Steve Tobin is an American sculptor best known for his beyond monumental sculptures of Roots in steel or cast bronze. Trained in mathematics, Tobin has always pushed the physical boundaries of the sculptural materials he chose to work with: he made blown glass pieces too tall to stand (but they finally stood); he created 40’ tall glass waterfalls; he made his huge clay sculptures explode, revealing geode-like brightly colored glass inside. And again and again, he went back to nature for inspiration, to take molds of giant termite hills in Ghana, cast into bronze sculptures as high as 20’, or of the forest floors to make his Earth Bronzes. Tobin's monumental Steelroots, using large industrial steel pipes with painstakingly welded joints, explore the archetypal relationship between humans and nature. More recently, Tobin has created a series of highly reflective stainless steel clouds, bringing the sky down to earth, and a series of bird nests in many sizes, from miniature to monumental, in cast bronze twigs or welded steel, that hold precious eggs in stainless steel or bronze: the beginning of life.
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Artist: Steve Tobin
Small White Modernist Tree Root Sculpture in Welded Steel, Abstract Art
Small White Modernist Tree Root Sculpture in Welded Steel, Abstract Art

Small White Modernist Tree Root Sculpture in Welded Steel, Abstract Art

By Steve Tobin

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Steve Tobin 3 Part White Roots, 2024 Forged and welded steel, multicoat acrylic paint 20 x 22 x 20 inches STo002 Steve Tobin (b. 1957, Philadelphia) is a conceptual artist whose aca...

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Small Black Modernist Tree Root Sculpture in Welded Steel, Abstract Art
Small Black Modernist Tree Root Sculpture in Welded Steel, Abstract Art

Small Black Modernist Tree Root Sculpture in Welded Steel, Abstract Art

By Steve Tobin

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Steve Tobin Black Steelroot #2, 2024 Forged and welded steel, multicoat acrylic paint 23.5 x 31 x 31 inches STo005 Steve Tobin (b. 1957, Philadelphia) is a conceptual artist whose a...

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2010s Abstract Geometric Steve Tobin Art

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Steel

Small Red Modernist Tree Root Sculpture in Welded Steel, Abstract Art
Small Red Modernist Tree Root Sculpture in Welded Steel, Abstract Art

Small Red Modernist Tree Root Sculpture in Welded Steel, Abstract Art

By Steve Tobin

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Steve Tobin Red Dancing Root, 2024 Forged and welded steel, multicoat acrylic paint 17 x 16 x 16 inches STo003 Steve Tobin (b. 1957, Philadelphia) is a conceptual artist whose acade...

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2010s Abstract Geometric Steve Tobin Art

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Steel

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