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Bobby Zokaites

Bobby Zokaites

The Brady Brunch (A Tribute to My Friends in the Desert) 8’ 3” x 4’ 2” x 3’ 10” Cast iron, steel 2017 2017 Hot Metal Artist     Artist Statement I am a sculptor who engages my imagination through the creation of large-scale, colorful, interactive objects and...
Alix Anne Shaw

Alix Anne Shaw

Green Man 36” x 22” x 36” Cast iron 2017 2017 Hot Metal Artist     Artist Statement I think of my work as a process of weirding space in order to challenge our predominant modes of encounter. I am interested in our often-disastrous relationships with the...
Peter Leone

Peter Leone

Sukaiwamu 8’ x 3’ 6” x 1” Cast iron, repurposed steel 2017 2017 Hot Metal Artist     Artist Statement Franconia offered a platform to work large. With this generous and rare opportunity in mind I chose to create a piece I wouldn’t commonly have the chance to...
Matthew Mroz

Matthew Mroz

2017 Hot Metal Artist I Wasn’t there when she needed me. (I miss you Bosch) 9’ 7” x 1’ 6” x 2’ Cast iron, granite, steel 2017 Artist Statement I have been dealing with bi-polar/schizoaffective disorder my entire life. An absence of balance, anxiety, mania, depression,...
Erica Mendoza

Erica Mendoza

Commit You to Memory 3” x 29” x 19” Cast iron 2017 2017 Hot Metal Artist     Artist Statement I create evidence that serves as proof that events happened and what I felt was real. Works act as a bookmark in time and space, saving a place that I can come back...