North Carolina artist Hoss Haley to bring machine sculpture exhibit ‘YIELD’ to Visual Arts Center this Friday

by | Sep 3, 2015 | ART

Hoss Haley, a longtime artist based in Asheville, North Carolina, will bring his three-dimensional art to the Visual Art C

Hoss Haley, a longtime artist based in Asheville, North Carolina, will bring his three-dimensional art to the Visual Art Center of Richmond on Friday.

Haley sculpts two and three dimensional works in steel, concrete, bronze and often builds the machines and tools used to produce his art.

The artist’s exhibit, “YIELD”, which will be on display in the True F. Luck Gallery from tomorrow through October 31 will feature “The White Series,” a body of sculptures Haley created from old washing machines.

It will also include “Drawing Machine,” an interactive sculpture he crafted “as an effort to create a mechanical device that had a built-in random element, so that when set in motion the ultimate results would be unpredictable. To this end, four linear actuators were employed to affect the path of the stylus. These actuators could be controlled by sensors or simply by random computer commands,” according to his website.

Check out a video below of his work and Haley explaining his craft.

HOSS HALEY : YIELD from Visual Arts Center of Richmond on Vimeo.

YIELD opens this Friday, Sept. 4, and will be on view in the True F. Luck Gallery through October 31. Haley will give an artist talk on Thursday, October 29 at 7 pm.

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