Jack Rosenfarb

The Key to the Heavens 2020

assemblage, 33 x 19 x 19 cm

This work represents another vision of the transition from earthly matters to the heavens above. Eight “keys” rotate in an orderly manner upward until they reach the top. It’s a fanciful concept whereby each key unlocks the doors leading up a winding staircase. This piece is made with many dissimilar materials including painted wooden balls and cubes, acrylic rods, a hollow stainless-steel ball and a 3D-printed plastic base.

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About Jack Rosenfarb

The artist was born in Brussels Belgium and emigrated to the United States in 1952. He is a retired geotechnical engineer and university professor who had over 30 years of experience with major infrastructure and building projects in the United States. His professional life allowed him to work with many architectural and structural engineering firms. Of particular interest to the art world, he was on the design teams for new exhibition buildings for both the world-famous Pierpont Morgan Library in 2005, and The Whitney Museum of American Art in New York in 2015. Upon his retirement in 2013, he developed a keen interest in technologies including electronics and 3D-printing. Although having no formal art training, the artworks in this exhibit are an outgrowth of his interests and knowledge of materials, 3D printing, and assembly techniques.

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