February 17. 1969
The N.C. Essay
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Fabricated Toys On Display
Contrary to popular belief.
Cliff Earl's exhibit at the Contem
porary Arts Gallery in Old Salem is
not an exhibit of sculpture. Cliff
vows that it is merely an exhibit of
some toys that he has fabricated for
the amusement of the big "People" of
today who have no playthings.
Cliff has taken some of the
most mundane objects from our so
ciety's garbage and has changed them
into toys of artful fantasy. The
common bond in the variety of his
work (from an ant-eater on wheels to
and almost two-dimensional metal
man) is the emphasis on movement.
The sculptures' lines and varied
textures all have quiet movement to
which Cliff adds a jerking touch of
mechanical movement to complete his
wizardry.
At present, most of Cliff's
work is executed in his laundromat
home or on the third floor of the
Main Building. It is incredible
that he and his students accomplish
so much with so little working space
Cliff hauls one hundred- pound sacks
of plaster up six flights of stairs
twice a month and as he says, "It
gets to be a real drag." They need
a place where they can be a little
messy as they create, neither bo
thering other people or dirtying the
hallway.
With this end in mind, they
would like to convert the unused
brick-building on the football field
into a foundry. They would be able
to pour bronze and aluminum and per
haps cast in iron. The only draw
back to this plan is the fact that
there is no electricity in that lit
tle building. Cliff, however, con
tinues to be optimistic. "Well, I'
tinues to be optimistic. "Well, I'm
tryin' to figure out a way to build
a foundry without electricity and
its very difficult...but not impos-
ible.
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