American sculptor (born 1950)
Bret Price (born 1950)[ 1] is an American sculptor known for his large-scale work with steel .[ 2] [ 3] [ 4] [ 5] His work has been included in the permanent collections of the Smithsonian American Art Museum [ 1] and the Donald M. Kendall Sculpture Gardens , among others.[ 6]
Early life
Price was born in Palo Alto, California . His father, Harrison “Buzz” Price, worked with Walt Disney ,[ 7] and encouraged him to pursue his passions.[ 8] [ 9]
Price attended Pomona College in Claremont, California . He initially pursued pre-med but switched majors after taking a ceramics class and graduated in 1972.[ 10] [ 9] He then attended the Otis Art Institute for a year and earned a master of fine arts from the California Institute of the Arts in Santa Clarita in 1975.[ 10]
Career
From 1976 to 1987, Price was an assistant professor at Chapman University .[ 6]
Price's early works were in ceramics ,[ 11] but he turned to steel beginning in 1979.[ 1] His creations grew in scale over time, eventually reaching up to 35 feet (11 m) in height and weighing 7.5 short tons (6.8 t).[ 6] His artistic process consists of heating pieces of steel to high temperatures using propane gas and then bending, twisting, and rolling them using a forklift, giving them a supple and flexible appearance.[ 12]
Price's work has been included in the permanent collections of the Smithsonian American Art Museum ,[ 1] the Donald M. Kendall Sculpture Gardens ,[ 6] the Laguna Beach Museum of Art , the Long Beach Museum of Art , the Orange County Museum of Art , and the Dayton Art Institute , among others.[ 6] [ 13]
Personal life
Price splits his time between Orange, California , where he works at the studio Logan Creative, and New Bremen, Ohio .[ 10] [ 12] He made several sculptures for his backyard in Orange, including an 11-foot-long (3.4 m), 1,500-pound (680 kg) zipper .[ 14]
Price is married to Rae Lynn Price (née Olson ).[ 15] [ 7] He has a daughter, Erin, and a son, Greg, who is a glass artist.[ 8] [ 15]
References
^ a b c d "Bret Price" . Smithsonian American Art Museum . Retrieved April 15, 2022 .
^ McKig, Jean (June 3, 2001). "Sculptor steals scene with heated works" . The Desert Sun . p. 43. Retrieved April 15, 2022 .
^ "New Sculpture Garden at the Muckenthaler" . Fullerton Observer . May 11, 2020. Retrieved April 15, 2022 .
^ McCabe, Ginny (July 24, 2020). "Latest 12-foot sculpture comes to Pyramid Hill in Hamilton" . Journal-News . Retrieved April 15, 2022 .
^ Park, Jeong (May 11, 2020). "New sculpture garden offers open-air art experience at the Muckenthaler" . Orange County Register . Retrieved April 15, 2022 .
^ a b c d e "About" . Bret Price. Retrieved April 15, 2022 .
^ a b "Economist who put Disneyland in OC dies at 89" . Daily Breeze . August 16, 2010. Retrieved May 11, 2022 .
^ a b "Bret Price Bio" . JM Art Management. Retrieved April 16, 2022 .
^ a b Nguyen, Vicky (May 13, 2020). "Center Opens Sculpture Garden to Create Escape During Quarantine" . spectrumnews1.com . Retrieved April 15, 2022 .
^ a b c "2022 Blaisdell Distinguished Alumni Award Recipients Announced" . Pomona College . April 14, 2022. Retrieved April 16, 2022 .
^ Maxwell, Corey (July 14, 2021). "Sculptures installed in village" . The Evening Leader . Retrieved April 15, 2022 – via PressReader .
^ a b Dillon, Pamela (July 2, 2006). "Bend, twist & roll: A sculptor exhibiting at DAI gets big enjoyment from working with steel" . Dayton Daily News . p. 58. Retrieved April 15, 2022 .
^ Castenada, Vera (November 19, 2020). "Orange County artist's 'Happenstance' completes Muckenthaler sculpture garden" . Daily Pilot . Los Angeles Times . Retrieved April 15, 2022 .
^ Vida, Herbert J. (September 21, 1986). "Mention 'Fly' and This Man of Steel Shows Off His 11-Foot-Tall, 1,500-Pound Zipper" . Los Angeles Times . p. 80. Retrieved April 15, 2022 .
^ a b Price, Bret; Price, Rae Lynn. Bret Price | Art in the Middle . YouTube . Event occurs at 19:54. Retrieved May 11, 2022 .
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