Mike Shaffer
Large-Scale Installations
Baltimore County Maryland Agricultural Center Farm Park, Baltimore, MD, 2015
Montgomery College, Rockville, MD, 1991
Watergate Gallery/Watergate Plaza, Washington DC 2020
American University Museum Katzen Arts Center, Washington, DC, 2017
University of Maryland Global Campus, College Park, MD, 2003
Many of the latest works in this series especially those not built of linear objects, are intended to relate by way of their names and configurations to monuments and memorials. The polychromed work, for example, (upper right) is dedicated to underprivileged children around the world.
Over thirty large-scale projects have been completed since 1990.
Hyattstown Mill Arts Project, Hyattstown, MD, 2004
The pyramids and other three- and four-sided verical shapes come about as inevitable outgrowths of tower forms built up from the horizontal elements. To me, this approach connects long grounded historical significance seen in log cabin-like structures to present-day architectural formats.
Foggy Bottom Outdoor Exhibition, Washington Sculpture
Group, Watergate Gallery, Washington, DC, 2010
American University Museum Katzen Arts Center, Washington, DC, 2017
Studio Grounds, Frederick, MD, 2020
American University Museum Katzen Arts Center, Washington, DC, 2017
Greater Reston Arts Center, Reston, VA, 2010
Gettysburg Sculpture Festival, Gettysburg College , Gettysburg, PA, 2009