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The amazing sculptures of Sayaka Ganz will be shown at the Sternberg Museum of Natural History from now through Dec. 30.
Ganz used reclaimed plastic objects such as discarded utensils, like brush strokes, which appear visibly unified at a distance though separated at close proximity.
She describes her style as “3D impressionism.” Sculptures in the exhibition include recent installations of animals in motion, which are rich in color and energy and create an illusion of form.
The amazing sculptures of Ganz have been displayed at the Hermann Geiger Foundation in Cecina, Italy, and the Isle Gallery, Isle of Man.
Commissions of work by Ganz include a series of four marine life sculptures at the Monterey Bay Aquarium in California and an underwater scene with right whale and various schools of fish in the atrium of the Exploration Tower in Port Canaveral, Fla.
Ganz was born in Yokohama, Japan, and grew up living in Japan, Brazil, and Hong Kong.
She received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Indiana University, Bloomington and a Master of Fine Arts degree in sculpture from Bowling Green State University in Ohio.
She has lectured widely and taught design and drawing courses at Indiana University – Purdue University Fort Wayne between 2002 and 2012. She was the subject of a video titled SAYAKA GANZ: Danz Della Natura produced by the Hermann Geiger Foundation which is available on-line at: https://player.vimeo.com/video/62684324.
About her work, the artist says, “My work is about perceiving harmony, even in situations that appear chaotic from the inside. When observing my sculptures up close, one might see gaps, holes and items being held on only by small points.
"Step away, however, and the sculptures reveal the harmony created when the objects are aligned to the same general (but not identical) direction. Similarly, it is important to gain perspective by stepping back from current problems and look at the larger picture. Then one can perceive the beauty and patterns that exist.”