Aluminum Landscapes

The suspended layers in my work create the illusion of a vast landscape within a shallow depth; a space for shadows to fill out the sculptures. The landscapes are wall-mounted to give the impression of floating, as if they were removed from a scene of memory or moment of time, reconstructed out of metal, then placed in suspension.

PBS Minnesota Original

Clip: Season 3 Episode 316 | 6m 22s

In the hands of sculpture artist Asia Ward, aluminum flashing becomes beautiful works of art. Ward transforms this unconventional material into complex diorama dreamscapes inspired by her own memories.

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Article by Gregory J. Scott
Asia Ward’s recent wall sculptures are kind of like those bad ass, unionized hookers from the film *Sin City*: devastatingly sexy, but get too close, and they’ll cut ya.
No really, they will: Ward works with razor thin bands of aluminum flashing, bending and knotting them into swooping, voluptuous tangles that, should you actually try to grab one, might just leave you with a finger nub and a nasty blood spurt. The first one we ever saw in person was Ward’s excellent “Platinum Black.” There it was, blooming on the gallery wall like a death flower. Sinister. Vampy. And possessed of so many curves you could deem it “erotic” without sounding like some hopelessly unfashionable Freudian. (We did.) . . .

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3 Minute Egg Part 2

Video by Matt Peiken

Watch Asia Ward evolve from the motorized sculptures of her early work to large steel and aluminum sculptures in the second of our three-part series into the artist's creative process. Tune into 3-Minute Egg tomorrow for the final part, where we take you to Rosalux Gallery to view Ward's current exhibition.

3 Minute Egg Part 3

Video by Matt Peiken

We close our three-part series on visual artist Asia Ward by looking at her exhibition at Rosalux Gallery, on view through September 30. Our deeper look into the creative process of visual artists is supported by an Artist Initiative grant from the Metropolitan Regional Arts Council.