Lawrence "Beau" Bilenki
“An artist is one who can tolerate a great amount of disorder” Lawrence Bilenki 1967
I strive for classical form with contemporary interpretation. Whatever medium I work in, I create each work to be balanced either, in symmetry or asymmetry. I have been compelled to achieve a quiet beauty.
I like to get materials and tools together. I work toward an idea by will (from within) then logic for expression. I attempt to bring work into a final space or environment. Art from found objects is arranged into art with context. I use traditional knowledge for modern translation. In each, I like spontaneous, semi-refined, unpremeditated discovery, so the work is not just technique, but holds feelings of expression.
I want people to see process (seams, texture) but sense an overall feeling of quiet order.
A new direction of cement on steel gives me the challenge of sculpting the surface with color and texture. My form now is simple and basic. I see more involved, complicated
volumes emerging in my drawings.
In my search for artistic fulfillment, I study history and antiquity. My current work consists of welded steel rebar geometric forms covered with a galvanized steel lath covered with concrete.
With this concept, I can be a sculptor in the mechanics of welding the frames and a painter in the application of the surface.
These materials and techniques require the use of more elaborate, important armatures to build large scale outdoor works that are structurally sound, weather-proof and light in weight relative to their scale.
