Description:
The San Francisco Bay Area was heralded as the "epicenter"
of an artist-foundry movement that swept the U.S. during the early
1960s. At San Jose State, a group of graduate students became the
first in that area to build their own cooperative/communal studio-foundries
and master the process of casting in bronze and other metals. Pouring
molten metal became another element of creative expression under the
artists’ control. Holt Murray, Daryle Webb, Peter Teneau, Richard
Mills, Stephen Daly and Thomas Lynn made everything from jewelry and
furniture to large-scale figurative sculpture and architectural elements
over the course of an historic decade. They contributed to a nationwide
reinterpretation of art casting and the distinction between art and
craft in general. Pouring Metal in the South Bay (Art Investigations
Vol 2, by Dave Hampton of ObjectsUSA) shares their story for the first
time with amazing period photographs. 80 pages.
