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Fine Art presented an exhibit of Brewitz Kinetic
Sculpture in Oklahoma City. Over 700,000 attended the
annual event. Four large outdoor works dazzled the
audience with their soft motion and highly polished
elements against the background of the park-like
setting and cityscape. The Daily Oklahoman
interviewed and photographed Brewitz as a feature
article by Staff Writer, David Zizzo.
An
Art Movement
'Windscape'
works beckon
appreciation
By
David Zizzo
Staff Writer
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under photo)
Tom Brewitz of Stillwater, Minn., discusses one of
his sculptures Friday with a group of second-graders
from Edgemore Elementary School in Oklahoma City.
Artists say the great weather during the Arts
Festival has made for sunny sales. The festival ends
Sunday.
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Something catches the eye and the brain follows.
All it takes
is a breeze and the dance begins: geometric pendulums
of stainless steel rock . . . The creatrions even
change as the time of day, with sunset bouncing its
own illusions off the figures.
It's what
lures people up the grassy hill from the main part of
Oklahoma City's Festival of the Arts to the
"Windsape" display area, where art doesn't
sit still, waiting to be appreciated. "It's
definitely the motion of the pieces that draws
them," said Lisa Voegeli, volunteer co-chair of
Windscape.
From kids in
strollers drawn by electric colors of cloth figures
to adults hypnotized by counter-rotating hoops,
everyone seems to connect with this kinetic
collection.
"They're
fun to watch and fun to mesmerized by," Tom
Brewitz said. "This is fun sculpture. This is
entertainment."
It's
entertaining to make, too, said Brewitz, who runs a
graphic arts and design business in Minnesota
"to support my art habit." His habit
involves turning thick pieces of stainless steel into
delicately balanced geometric sculpture that rock
with the wind.
