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A monumental bronze sculpture commissioned by SAS Inc. was recently completed and installed by John Medwedeff and the staff of his studio, Medwedeff Forge & Design of Murphysboro, IL. SAS Inc. is a privately held software development company in Cary, NC. The commission was awarded to Medwedeff after a national search.
The sculpture is titled “Voyage.” In the SAS Internal Newsletter, reporter Kate Moye wrote:
In 2009, Medwedeff was chosen to create an interior sculpture for the conference center in part because of his use of organic shapes and superior design elements in his metal work. Art and Scenic Operations Manager Bill Rodgers and Artists in Residence, Holly Jones and Juliana Novozhilova, were part of the design team that commissioned Medwedeff to create the piece.
“It was decided the elegance of Medwedeff’s designs made his work ideal for the focal interior piece in the main lobby,” said Novozhilova. “It’s wonderful when an artist can take a seemingly rigid material like steel or bronze and create a work that flows and breathes. The curves and upward motion of his composition result in a constant rising and sweeping movement of the eye. It’s uplifting, literally.”
Medwedeff created the sculpture at his Murphysboro, IL, studio, Medwedeff Forge & Design, which specializes in the design and production of large-scale sculpture, architectural ironwork and interior furnishings.
He credits to his assistants, Megan Robin-Abbott, Jed Wallace, Dan Crabtree, and Andrew Riekenberg, who helped him create and construct the preliminary models and the final piece. They followed the project through to completion, traveling with Medwedeff from Illinois to Cary for the installation.
John Medwedeff’s work is represented in numerous private and public collections, including the John Deere Collection, the Metal Museum, the Illinois State Museum, the University School of Nashville, and the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. Maquettes of his recent sculpture (Wellspring and Willow) are featured in the Iron 2010: A Juried Exhibition of Contemporary Blacksmithing exhibition which began at the Metal Museum in Memphis and is now traveling to several venues through 2012. His art has been featured in Ironwork Today 2 by Jeffrey Snyder (2008); Metall Design 2006, produced by the German metal arts journal Hephaistos; Direct Metal Sculpture by Dona Meilach; and the journals Sculpture, Art & Antiques, Architectural Digest, and Metalsmith. He has also written the forward for and has work included in "From Fire to Form,
Sculpture from the Modern Blacksmith and Metalsmith" published in 2009. WTTW Chicago featured John in an Arts Across Illinois in-depth public television program about his life and work. He lives with his wife and son in Southern Illinois.
For more information about artist John Medwedeff, please visit johnmedwedeff.com.
A monumental bronze sculpture commissioned by SAS Inc. was recently completed and installed by John Medwedeff and the staff of his studio, Medwedeff Forge & Design of Murphysboro, IL. SAS Inc. is a privately held software development company in Cary, NC. The commission was awarded to Medwedeff after a national search.
The sculpture is titled “Voyage.” In the SAS Internal Newsletter, reporter Kate Moye wrote:
In 2009, Medwedeff was chosen to create an interior sculpture for the conference center in part because of his use of organic shapes and superior design elements in his metal work. Art and Scenic Operations Manager Bill Rodgers and Artists in Residence, Holly Jones and Juliana Novozhilova, were part of the design team that commissioned Medwedeff to create the piece.
“It was decided the elegance of Medwedeff’s designs made his work ideal for the focal interior piece in the main lobby,” said Novozhilova. “It’s wonderful when an artist can take a seemingly rigid material like steel or bronze and create a work that flows and breathes. The curves and upward motion of his composition result in a constant rising and sweeping movement of the eye. It’s uplifting, literally.”
Medwedeff created the sculpture at his Murphysboro, IL, studio, Medwedeff Forge & Design, which specializes in the design and production of large-scale sculpture, architectural ironwork and interior furnishings.
He credits to his assistants, Megan Robin-Abbott, Jed Wallace, Dan Crabtree, and Andrew Riekenberg, who helped him create and construct the preliminary models and the final piece. They followed the project through to completion, traveling with Medwedeff from Illinois to Cary for the installation.
John Medwedeff’s work is represented in numerous private and public collections, including the John Deere Collection, the Metal Museum, the Illinois State Museum, the University School of Nashville, and the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. Maquettes of his recent sculpture (Wellspring and Willow) are featured in the Iron 2010: A Juried Exhibition of Contemporary Blacksmithing exhibition which began at the Metal Museum in Memphis and is now traveling to several venues through 2012. His art has been featured in Ironwork Today 2 by Jeffrey Snyder (2008); Metall Design 2006, produced by the German metal arts journal Hephaistos; Direct Metal Sculpture by Dona Meilach; and the journals Sculpture, Art & Antiques, Architectural Digest, and Metalsmith. He has also written the forward for and has work included in "From Fire to Form,
Sculpture from the Modern Blacksmith and Metalsmith" published in 2009. WTTW Chicago featured John in an Arts Across Illinois in-depth public television program about his life and work. He lives with his wife and son in Southern Illinois.
For more information about artist John Medwedeff, please visit johnmedwedeff.com.
