Organic Beauty

Aynsley Wille with her favorite piece

Another Place

Recent work by Aynsley Wille

Aynsley Willie a graduating senior this spring from California State University, Sacramento, just finished her first exhibition of metal sculptures. There were both free standing sculptures and sculptures displayed on the walls of the R.W. Witt Gallery located in Kadema Hall, February 1-5, 2016.

On the February 4, 2016 Wille held a reception for her work between 5-8 p.m. Because I arrived early to the event; I was able to ask her why she likes working with metal. Wille responded by saying she feels free when working on a piece, unrestricted from any set rules in her designs. She also commented that she enjoys working with recyclable metal especially when the material becomes rusty. There were a total of nine pieces of artwork displayed.

All of the pieces of artwork were displayed on or near solid white textured walls. This allowed the viewer an unambiguous view of all the artwork. The lightning was not professionally done however; this did not hinder the effect the artworks had where they each were precisely positioned by Wille.

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In looking at these organic abstract sculptures the spatial identity of each of the artworks became apparent when one interacted with each piece. The visual effects of the artwork when a viewer changed his or her position revealed different sensations of depth and space. 

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As light swam in, through, and around each artwork from the lightning, another dimension was added to the artwork. The way the light enhanced the use of negative space in the sculptures is illustrated in the above images when looking at these three dimensional sculptures. As the sun was setting that day, the negative space created by the artist in these works, allowed the light to cast reflections on the wall of the four sculptures shown here, which in turn permitted the silhouettes created on the wall to dance and come to life.     

Samantha Hughston admiring an untitled artwork.

Totally captivated by the energy of these two pieces of artwork, the patina of the metal brought another element to the artworks and gave this author a further understanding of the artists’ inner soul and her appreciation of creating art out of recyclable material. Like leaves of an autumn day blowing in the wind, I felt its presence. When Wille and I walked around the gallery, looking at the sculptures she had created, she stated that she used materials cut out from one sculpture and recycled them into creating a new sculpture. By the artist doing just that she created a cohesive theme for her exhibition. 

Professor Turrill Lupi and a student discussing a piece of artwork by Wille.

The image above is a piece of artwork which helps to define the push and pull of rusty metal and bright shiny metal along with the tension the artist was able to create as she manipulated the metal into an organic wall sculpture. 

Aynsley Wille talking with guests.

The exhibition had a cohesive theme to the artwork and the careful placement of each piece by the artist made the exhibition a success.