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 Artist Paul Varga
with his sculptures at Saper Galleries
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Paul
Varga, retired art teacher from northern Michigan is a master
sculptor . Enjoy the pedestal size and large scale bronzes on
display now at Saper Galleries. For more about the artist, click
here. Varga is featured as one of the 10 Michigan artists in the exhibition "The Saper Galleries Michigan Collection: Artists From the Great Lakes State". His abstract bronzes are based on representational forms with a nod to Brancusi, Moore, Arp, and Archipenko. But Michigan designed and foundry cast. Enjoy the solid and emotive bronzes of one of today's leading sculptors, Michigan's Paul Varga. |
 Back Arch Cast bronze sculpture Signed and numbered 3/9 6" tall plus base $3,100 |
 Tenacity Cast bronze sculpture Signed and numbered 3/9 9" tall plus base $3,800 |
 Cast bronze sculpture Signed and numbered 4/9 4 1/2" tall plus base $2,100 |
 Caesura Cast bronze sculpture Signed and numbered 1/9 12" tall plus base $4,200 |
 Seated Figure Cast bronze sculpture Signed and numbered 4/9 8 3/4" tall plus base $4,200 |
 Venus Arising Cast bronze sculpture Signed and numbered 5/9 16 3/8" tall plus base $4,300 |
 Kneeling Cast bronze sculpture Signed and numbered 1/9 24" tall plus base $9,000 |
 Standing Form Cast bronze sculpture Signed and numbered from edition of 9 48" tall plus base $14,000 |
 Arching Form Cast bronze sculpture Signed and numbered from the edition of 9 6 1/4" tall plus 1" granite base and separate 1 5/8" oak base $4,300 |
 Union Cast bronze sculpture Signed and numbered 15" tall plus base $5,000 |
 Dance Cast bronze sculpture Signed and numbered 12" tall plus base $4,300 |
 Standing Figure Cast bronze sculpture Signed and numbered from edition of 9 12" tall plus base $4,600 |
"As
a sculptor, I have always felt a connectedness and closeness to the
natural materials of the earth. Native to Michigan's northland
are materials like clay, ore, and hardwoods. They are intrinsic
media in my sculpture-making. Working relationships with these
materials has made moving from an urban setting to Michigan's north
country a natural transition. My home and studio are located
north of Petoskey near flowing streams in the foothills of Air
Mountain. This multi-sensory environment is complementary to my
work as a sculptor. When walking this landscape, nature's shapes
and forms constantly change as one changes vantage points."My sculptural process initiates from a series of figurative drawings, to the making of a maquette, and concluding in the form being cast in bronze or carved in wood. Within each sculpture I strive to create a sense of balance and harmony. Whether the individual piece is more abstract or more figurative, the observer should take time to view it from multiple vantage points to draw his own interpretations and conclusions. As with landscape, positive and negative space interplay, and shape and form change depending upon one's perspective." -- Paul Varga |
