Artist Statement and Bio                 Stuart McKean  Briber

 

I've always been intrigued by the concepts of mass and balance, both in the physical world and in our inner worlds.  Forces we cannot see are constantly competing and a deeper nature can be perceived by observing the changing results.

 I regard the physical world and the actions in it as evidence of the divine realm from which this world emanates.

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 Born in the Midwest, I have taught physics in California for many years as well as conducting professional forensic analysis of physical evidence in accident and criminal cases here in the bay area.  Formally I have trained as a physicist, exploring the effects and sources of force and tension in the material world. Early in my career I was employed as an oiil field engineer.  I was intrigued by the manipulation and balance of huge forces in the operation of the oil drilling rigs.  We typically conducted operations suspended by cable  with tensions of tens of thousands of pounds.  My mobiles recreate a smaller version of balanced forces, a condition of delicate equilibrium, which allows subtle actions of air currents to be revealed in the motion of the various elements.   I hope you enjoy them and the continually changing perspectives they offer.

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At this time I am displaying smaller mobiles at the Kaleid Gallery on 4th St. in San Jose, and at the Sorensen Gallery on S. Van Ness in Fresno I also will consider commisions for public spaces.