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photograph by Bob Linder Man of Steel Although soft-spoken and not known to leap tall buildings in a single bound, sculptor Russ RuBert is by many measures a Man of Steel. Those who demand proof for such super-hero claims need only look at RuBert’s artwork, the multi-talented person behind the work, and his commitment to […]
Read moreCurvaceous Kiss
Curvaceous Kiss Cary, North Carolina SIZE: 24 feet tall MATERIALS: Stainless Steel and kinetics Sears Farm Road Park is a community park serving a suburb of the technology-based Triangle of North Carolina. This sculpture was commissioned for the community, and the park was designed around the sculpture. The design process involved approval by five neighborhood […]
Read more3d Neonscapes at Spiva Center for the Arts
Brave New Art – Light, Pixels, Motion July 17 – September 4, 2009 opening reception Friday, July 17 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. at Spiva Center for the Arts 222 W 3rd St., Joplin, MO 65801 417.623.0183 Suspended by wire in hand-shaped aluminum frameworks, colorful neon tubes of glass sputter and click as people move through […]
Read moreArtist hopes Eternal Flame warms hopes of patients
From Springfield News-Leader — article by Chris Bentley Russ RuBert’s newest sculpture has a specific purpose. It’s designed to give hope to cancer patients. But it’s also the largest piece of public art in Springfield, and it gives RuBert, who designed an earlier sculpture on the Southwest Missouri State Campus, hope that more such pieces […]
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