Ron Baron

Education: University of California, Davis, M.F.A. University of Wisconsin, Madison, B.A.

Selected Exhibitions: "Domestic Transformations", Brooklyn Museum, NY "The End", Exit Art, New York City, NY Solo show, Anna Kusters Gallery, New York City, NY

Selected Collections: Este Lauder, Ronald Lauder, New York City, NY Prudential Insurance, New York City, NY Museum Het Kruithaus, S Hertogenbosch, Netherlands

Selected Awards: Yadoo, Artist Colony, George Rickey Endowed Residency New York Foundation of the Arts, Sculpture Fellowship National Endowment for the Arts, Mid-Atlantic Sculpture Fellowship

Ron Baron
"UFO(Unidentifiable Found Objects)"
26'x2'6"x2'5"
Collected Objects
1998

Artist Statement:
When Brancusi proclaimed in the 1920's "It is not birds I sculpt, it is the essence of flight." He was referring to his ongoing series of Birds in Space that dealt with his desire for "personal transcendence." In the 20's and 30's flight was thought to be the ultimate act of freedom; ones paramount attempt to "rise heavenward." In my sculpture U.F.O. (unidentifiable found objects) I too was interested in producing a shape that dealt with the notion of transcendence. Not only by creating a projectile that appears ready for liftoff but, also by attempting to elevate the most mundane of everyday objects to the level of monument.