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CORTEN BLOOM no.3
2022
72” DIA
Corten Steel
Edition 1of 3
Private Collection, NY, 2022
Norman Mooney is extremely sensitive to capturing the abstract and delicate beauty of nature. There is always certain poetic quality in his artwork. Not only did he focus on the elusive and short-lived moment, like “Smoke” or “Windseed”, but also the long-lived rules that nature follows, which create stunning logical beauty such as Fibonacci numbers in sunflower seeds and golden spirals in galaxies.
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Norman believed in that mathematic rule and tried to depict an exploration into elemental and cyclical synergies of nature. In the “Bloom” series, Norman focused on the intimate link between art, nature and mathematics.
Inspired by the art of math in nature, Norman created his own rule to generate hundreds of iterations of flower-like forms. “Bloom” is one of the best. The rust layer built by corten steel provides a natural characteristic like bark, allowing the sculpture to become part of the landscape.
Norman Mooney was born in Dublin Ireland in 1971. He studied at the Crawford College of Art and Design in Cork and completed his BFA at the National College of Art in Dublin, 1992. He then received the distinguished honor of participating in the Third Degree program at the Irish Museum of Modern Art from 1992 to 1993. In 1994 he relocated to New York City and has been exhibiting locally and internationally for more than 20 years. Recent exhibitions include, What happens today will last forever at Causey Contemporary in New York, In Sight at Marso Gallery in Mexico City, Meeting in Brooklyn presented at Landcommanderij , Alden Biesen in Belgium.
Norman makes works that are at once physical and metaphysical. His works explore the elemental and cyclical synergies of nature. Materiality, pattern, scale, and experience are key concerns within his practice. Norman makes sculptures, interior and exterior installations, drawings, and works on paper, his methodology is one of experimentation and process with materials such as smoke, glass, steel, and resin.