February 19 - August 19, 2007

Gerberich’s Gadgetry: Art That Moves, which celebrates 25 years of innovative artist Steve Gerberich's work is on view.

Using thousands of found objects and gadgets, Gerberich creates contemporary, mechanical sculpture.

From a pack rat's treasure trove of machine bits, motors, fixtures, lampshades and a small army of collectibles,Gerberich spins his clanky contraptions together. This alchemist of odds and ends picks throughmaterials searching for possibilities, a crank for this, a gear for that and a plastic dinosaurfor this.

Buzz, whir, squeak, hum, whirl, clank, chug, flash and blink. Was that a flying Moose? He grabs the motions and notions and thingamabobs in an elaborate call and response dialogue of mechanical memories. He re-imagines discarded laborsaving devices into fantastical sculptures. You push a button, or spin a crank and these marvels come alive!

Gerberich cites Paul Klee, Cornell, Rauschenberg, Duchamp, Tinguely, Kienholz, and hislate brother, Tim Gerberich as his inspiration.

Meet the Artist

The public is invited to meet zany arist Steve Gerberich on Thursday, April 19 at 7 p.m. Learn how he creates his mechanical sculptures and discover what inspires his wild and wacky artwork. FREE! For more information, call 973.971.3720.