The Bottom of Reality | Michael Marras
Betty and Howard Taylor Main Gallery
This exhibition continues narratives that run through Michael Marras’ sculptural artworks, including “Voyages of the Drum Heller,”, a tale about a vessel of records that catalogs and collects items, journeying across space and time. The ship represents the artist’s process of storytelling through sculpture composed of collected objects from Akron’s decaying industrial giants. The works are created from reclaimed steel juxtaposed with computer-generated laser-cut parts, combining old and new technologies.
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Most of the artwork on display at Summit Artspace is for sale.
Click on the artwork images for pricing and more information about each piece.
If you would like to purchase any art, please visit a staff member or volunteer at the front desk, or email natalie@summitartspace.org.
Prints Available!
Donald, color set #1 – x100 | $15 each
Risograph Print
1. From the mini-verse | $15 each
Steel
2” x 2” x 7”
2. Roly Poly; daddy’s little fatty’s | $300
Steel with gold cadmium plating
24” x 18” x 9”
3. Shatters from the bottom | $450 each
Blasted clear matte steel
8” x 8” x 14”
4. Back to the Pitts of Woodruff | $300 each
Steel with nickel plate and faux gator
11” x 2” x 32”
5. Snek; King Funzbo’s sigil | $225
Steel and paint with clear coat
37” x 14” x 1.5”
6. Motus; the moon king’s helm | $825
Steel with gold cadmium plating and polished stainless
4.5 x 6.5” x 8”
7. Motus; the moon king’s sword | $1,100
Steel with white cadmium and gold cadmium plating
6” x 12” x 42”
8. The Lizard Kings severed arm; again | $450
Steel
24” x 4”
9. Schrödingers gator; Knights of the gator cube | $950
Stainless steel and Kevin Durant’s couch
19” x 19” x19”
10. Roly Poly; daddy’s little fatty’s | $300
Steel with gold cadmium plating
24” x 18” x 9”
11. Keys to happiness | $75 each
Steel
3 ¼” x 3 ¼” x ¼”
12. The great knee race | $750
Old school desk, steel, teeth, and tears
13. Roly Poly; daddy’s little fatty’s | $300
Steel with gold cadmium plating
24” x 18” x 9”
14. A salvageable future; decommissioned autonomous logging robot | $12,500
Steel, children’s drawings and Ilene Shapiro’s signature
29” x 58” x 56”
15. Roly Poly; daddy’s little fatty’s | $300
Steel with gold cadmium plating
24” x 18” x 9”
16. Welcome to Earth | $400
Steel
10” x 10” x 34.5”
17. Terra Forma; The last voyage of the Drum Heller | $300
Steel and steel globe
12” x 10” x 24 ¼”
18. The last funcrusher | $350
Steel, paint, and teeth
7” x 4” x 9”
19. The chainsaw of bureaucracy | $550
Eaton Fire sculpture – melted aluminum, warped steel and teeth
34” x 11” x 13”
20. Tales from the road; circa 2008 | $850
Steel on stainless
2” x 48.5” 23”
21. Roly Poly; daddy’s little fatty’s | $300
Steel with gold cadmium plating
24” x 18” x 9”
22. Ghost duet; Scooter and l’amour perdu | $1,500
Steel, aluminum, anodized aluminum, stainless steel, and wood
56” x 28” x 24”
23. Ghost Tales | $210
Steel and wood
36” x 12”
24. Angry Cloud | $1,500
Anodized aluminum and LED
3” x 36” x 35”
25. godphone B | $950
Steel, aluminum, and cord
23” x 24” x 56”
26. Mothman | $2,500
Steel and anodized aluminum
14” x 14”
27. Happy world by Catherine Knotek | $130 – to the young artist
Watercolor, pencil, colored pencil
12” x 22” x 1”
28. Alcazars of Woodruff | $210 each
Steel
24.5” x 6” x 6”
29. Scrap nebulas | $250 each
Steel with gold cadmium, white cadmium, and nickel plating
20” x 18” x 2”
30. Just a little scrappy guy | $100
Steel and white cadmium
1” x 8” x 5”
31. The Mothership Fun | $550
Stainless steel
17” x17” x 18”
32. Mini Crawlies | $75 each
Steel and Akron rubber ball
7” x 7” x 7”
33. Roly Poly; daddy’s little fatty’s | $300
Steel with gold cadmium plating
24” x 18” x 9”
34. Pieces of the Drum Heller | $175 each
Steel
6” x 18” x 6”
35. Roly Poly; daddy’s little fatty’s | $300
Steel with gold cadmium plating
24” x 18” x 9”
36. Donald the destroyer; circa 1923 | $6,500
Steel, aluminum, Donald Duck head, dynamite, grenade, lighting, in wood
11.5” x 34” x 33”
37. Roly Poly; daddy’s little fatty’s | $300
Steel with gold cadmium plating
24” x 18” x 9”
38. A gift to King Motus; from the Lizard King | $550
Steel
24” x 14” x 10.5”
39. Pieces of the Drum Heller | $175 each
Steel
6” x 18” x 6”
40. godphone #3 | $650
Steel and cord
8” x 18” x 59”
41. Roly Poly; daddy’s little fatty’s | $300
Steel with gold cadmium plating
24” x 18” x 9”
42. Roly Poly; daddy’s little fatty’s | $300
Steel with gold cadmium plating
24” x 18” x 9”
43. Let me put my booger face on | $800
Steel, polished stainless, anodized aluminum, paint pen, and Akron rubber ball
5” x 68 ¼” x 23”
44. Roly Poly; daddy’s little fatty’s | $300
Steel with gold cadmium plating
24” x 18” x 9”
45. Crystal castles | $350
Steel and powder coat on finished wood
15” x 12” x 3.5”
46. Crystal castles | $350
Steel and powder coat on finished wood
15” x 12” x 3.5”
47. Crystal castles | $350
Steel and powder coat on finished wood
15” x 12” x 3.5”
48. Centipodas | $850
Solid steel
72” x 26” x 8.5”
Special thanks to Bradley Hart, Summit Artspace resident artist, for photography of virtual exhibitions!
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