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Click here to return to Tucson Airport homepage DATE OF DISTRIBUTION: October 6, 2009 FOR RELEASE UPON RECEIPT Work by Steven Derks
Lines.Space.Color, features the enamel paintings and sculpture of Tucson artist Steven Derks. The latest art exhibit at Tucson International Airport (TIA), in the TIA Center Gallery, center ticketing level will be on display through December 31. Steven Derks uses layers of enamel in primary colors on aluminum that are then dried in the sun resulting in a patina effect. In this exhibit, the artist has assembled 52 12”X12” abstract panels with a vibrant luminosity. “My work is best described as accidental beauty…” says the artist. The desert is the perfect place to make this work. While the painting is in the sun, cracking and crazing may happen.” Also on exhibit are two steel sculptures. Derks collects and reuses items from junkyard and scrap metal bins around town and creates appealing sculpture with simple universal forms. “Most of my sculptures are conceived right there in the scrap metals yards where I find both the vision and the ingredients for my work. I just see a piece of metal and immediately imagine the completed sculpture it suggests,” he explains. “I like the immediacy of welding; it is glue that sets up rapidly, in seconds. This makes metals become either plastic or rigid.” More information about Mr. Derks work can be found online at http://web.me.com/sgderks/Site/Welcome.html. T-A-A The temporary exhibits program at Tucson International Airport is open to artists living in the airport's trade area: Pima, Pinal, Cochise, Santa Cruz Counties in Arizona and Sonora, Mexico. Since the Authority initiated this community outreach program in 1991, it has hosted exhibits by hundreds of artists in the region. Details about the Tucson Airport Authority Arts & Culture Program can be found at www.tucsonairport.org.
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