MARTY BALOGH - UNSEEN
On an any-day Monday in 2019, I had a stroke.
Everything looked different. And I set out to capture it with a camera.
The shock that Marty endured in his early 50’s sent him on a journey. Initially he screamed at the world through expressive paintings created without inhibition but they failed to satisfy his search for answers. From there he dug deeper utilizing specialized photography equipment that catapulted him into mystical spaces, vibrant landscapes, and mysterious entities – as if he was discovering unknown places.
Marty begins an evening photo session with the declaration, “Show me something that I can’t see.” He describes his photographic journey as an archeological dig - blind exploration as he does not know when he takes a photograph what it will reveal if anything until he downloads it to his computer.
For maximum intensity and depth, Marty prints his photos on metal plates with a high gloss finish. The energetic colors awaken the senses. The eerie mists and clouds shroud the unknown leaving one on edge. The flash of fire or streaks of light suggest beings in motion or ritual flames. The works are transformative, taking the viewer through apprehension into beauty hidden to the human eye until discovered by the photographer’s lens.
THOMAS RAMEY
Thomas is a metal artist who builds everything from larger than life sculpture, to furniture, and high end architectural projects. Thomas has been working with metals for over 25 years. Starting as an apprentice for an Indy car racing machine shop in high school. There he started building odd sculptures with the leftover pieces of steel around the machine shop. After spending a year at Herron School of the Arts in Indianapolis, he walked away from art to spend the next 10 years as a touring musician. Thomas returned with a vengeance. He began turning the sketches he had been doodling with into reality. In 1999 Thomas opened a sculpture studio in the historic Stutz arts and business center, in Indianapolis. Working
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