John Udvardy is a prolific modernist sculptor whose assembled structures are based in Cubist sensibilities surrounding painting and collage. The varied, elegant work weaves poetic tales of labor and leisure in stunning masses of materials including wood, stone, fired clay, nails, paint stirrers and canvas.
Iron sculptures include Fandango and Night Poem. Such dynamic pairings highlight the artist's expert formal manipulations. The metal dips and bends connecting the disparate pieces into curving lines which frame brilliant negative spaces. Beyond their formal beauty lies the signifiers of these useful-turned-obsolete objects. Repurposing is at the heart of Udvardy's work, as he uses the elements of his collections to create a dialogue between the labor of the worker and the labor of the artist.