Presently (6/11/20) reading two books, “Art & Science”, by Eliane Strosberg, and “Colliding Worlds”, by Arthur Miller. Both are excellent histories of Art & Science and Art & Technology movements. Some highlights from Strosberg follow: “Scientists search for convergence from an inclination to create coherent models to explain the world. The artist tries to stir …
Working on my public art commission with the help of a family-owned machine shop, I witnessed a young father teaching his 5 or 6-year-old daughter how to Tungsten-electrode, Inert Gas (TIG) weld steel. It is not easy to handle “the magic wand” of a TIG torch. The TIG uses a high frequency electric arc, glowing …
Oilbar on linen board. A color diversion back to my beginnings of growing up in Minnesota. Check out my earlier work in my “Paintings” section.
My new public art installation opened August 4, 2017 at the Los Alamos County Community Building on the golf course. The work titled “Carry the Light” was created with Plexiglas and Dichroic Film in panels that are suspended from the ceiling with stainless steel aircraft cable. When sunlight hits the Dichroic Plexiglas panels, they reflect …
Los Alamos Monitor Online By Tris DeRoma; Friday, August 4, 2017 ‘Carry the Light’ opens at golf course Color and light have always been the tools of the artist, and at least with some sciences, the scientist also. Artist Doug Czor’s Plexiglas and dichroic film sculpture is now on display at the Los Alamos Golf Course. …
2015, opening a new chapter in public art sculpture. Imagine combining art with mathematics and science by using architectural Dichroic panels. The Dichroic effect is a color changing phenomenon found in specially prepared transparent films that are adhered to glass or plastics. As the angle of viewing changes, so does the color. Presently making and …
The Bernalillo County (New Mexico) Seal The History That Constitutes Its Creation and Design by Doug Czor, Artist and Sculptor, July, 2013 In March of 1999, I received the commission to create two, 6-foot-in-diameter, cast bronze, Bernalillo County emblems. I realized that the large size of the various design elements would allow me to create …
By Doug Czor, Images from Doug Czor’s Art Notebook #1 During the early 1970s, Historical Geology classes in the School of Geology, University of Minnesota, forever changed my perspective on hope for the survival of humanity. The study of Geology is like reading the great history book of planet Earth. Each layer of sediment or …
Evolution of an Idea: “Reaching For the Stars”
Thanks for visiting my blog. Visit from time to time or sign up for my feed. There will be articles about Post Conceptual art, how to survive a public art project, Art & Science philosophy, Art & Technology philosophy, and exploration into how art can save humanity. Since my background is in science, my sculptures …