Exhibition Dates: January 3 – 28, 2023

Opening Reception: Thursday, January 5, 2023, 5pm – 8pm

Artist Talk: January 14, 4pm – 5pm at Bowery Gallery

These recent wood constructions further Mr. Braczyk’s exploration of form in space. In them he considers the efflorescent forces of tree growth and the structures they produce. Like their inspiration, the pieces have both internal and external space and are emphatically three dimensional. They are meant to be viewed from varying distances, with two eyes, in real time. There are no unconsidered views.

Mr. Braczyk reconfigures tree branches through insights gained from a lifetime studying nature and the human figure. In these sculptures he balances his foundational experiences growing up in rural Massachusetts in a family of wood workers and a lifetime in the art world with the opinions that the tree elements themselves present. Not surprisingly, then, each is a true dialogue with nature.

Though not a part of their original concept, there is inevitably an element of environmentalism.  Without being didactic, the artist feels that this body of work is part of a rising awareness of the importance of the natural world and, in particular, trees.

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