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About Juliette

Baltimore County

My work explores the duality of destruction and beauty through the imagery of mushroom clouds and flowers. The mushroom clouds represent the devastating power of nuclear weapons and the destructive nature of humanity, while the flowers symbolize the resilience and growth that can emerge from even the darkest of circumstances. The sky and moon serve as a reminder of the vastness and majesty of the natural world, and the delicate balance between humanity and the environment. Through these… more

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Machined Objects

In contrast to many of his contemporaries, Chris Bathgate?s use of metal is neither structural nor illusionistic. It does not refuse to transform the medium, and it does not play on the medium?s opposites, e.g. lightness from metal?s weight, or organic forms from its rigidity.
Bathgate?s process most closely resembles that of a machine builder or engineer. In the last two years, he has become increasingly involved in using mathematical techniques. This has allowed him to achieve the high degree of precision necessary for assembling such intricate works (these sculptures are not cast). The result is indeed a transformation-the pieces fit together in such a way that they cease to appear man-made, and yet in spite of this lack of bumpiness or personal touch emanate a presence that is unmistakable and engaging.
Bathgate?s entities are like instances of a foreign intelligence. Being uninhibited by pretensions to flesh, these sculptures call a type of ?creature feeling? reflecting their intellectual (as opposed to emotional) humanism.
According to Bathgate, every sculpture is an experiment in response to an abstract opposed to pragmatic problem-it does not work towards a presumed result. From the point of view of the process, a finished work is not an end in itself but a place that one goes to.
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    Ln724423235515636
    Machined Steel, Aluminum, and Brass 8"x6.5"x6.5" These works are not assemblages or made from found objects. Instead, every element of these sculptures has been designed, engineered and machined from solid blocks of the various types of metal that I use as my color palette.
  • BW456636515253
    BW456636515253
    Machined Steel, Aluminum, and Brass 8"x8"x8" These works are not assemblages or made from found objects. Instead, every element of these sculptures has been designed, engineered and machined from solid blocks of the various types of metal that I use as my color palette.
  • VS655515215456
    VS655515215456
    Machined Steel, Copper, Stainless Steel 7"x7"x7" These works are not assemblages or made from found objects. Instead, every element of these sculptures has been designed, engineered and machined from solid blocks of the various types of metal that I use as my color palette.
  • B212455355
    B212455355
    Machined Aluminum and Brass 5''x8''x6'' These works are not assemblages or made from found objects. Instead, every element of these sculptures has been designed, engineered and machined from solid blocks of the various types of metal that I use as my color palette.
  • R115336
    R115336
    Machined Steel, Aluminum, Brass, Stainless steel 3.5''x4''x4'' These works are not assemblages or made from found objects. Instead, every element of these sculptures has been designed, engineered and machined from solid blocks of the various types of metal that I use as my color palette.
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    PC714455512215355831
    Machined Steel, Aluminum, Brass 8''x9''x9'' These works are not assemblages or made from found objects. Instead, every element of these sculptures has been designed, engineered and machined from solid blocks of the various types of metal that I use as my color palette.
  • M331251
    M331251
    Machined Steel, Aluminum, Stainless, Brass, Copper 11''x7''x7'' These works are not assemblages or made from found objects. Instead, every element of these sculptures has been designed, engineered and machined from solid blocks of the various types of metal that I use as my color palette.
  • Gd312235541
    Gd312235541
    Machined Aluminum and Brass 9''x12''x6'' These works are not assemblages or made from found objects. Instead, every element of these sculptures has been designed, engineered and machined from solid blocks of the various types of metal that I use as my color palette.
  • D213341
    D213341
    Machined Steel, Aluminum, Brass D213341 These works are not assemblages or made from found objects. Instead, every element of these sculptures has been designed, engineered and machined from solid blocks of the various types of metal that I use as my color palette.
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    FL633322251552
    Machined Steel,Aluminum, Copper, Brass 5''x5''x5'' These works are not assemblages or made from found objects. Instead, every element of these sculptures has been designed, engineered and machined from solid blocks of the various types of metal that I use as my color palette.
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