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Tony Murray
Born 1955
Lives and works Glenville NY, USA.
Represented by J’Bis Contemporary Gallery
Schenectady NY.
www.jbiscontemporary.com/gallery.html
www.fi neartamerica.com/profi les/tony-murray.html

Tony Murray’s work often begins with a title. It then starts
to take shape in his mind as to how to best illustrate
that title or “Vision” as a three dimensional work. More
often than not, those titles or concepts are based on
social, religious, or philosophical views that Tony holds or
is exploring.
Tony’s materials, although refurbished to give the
appearance of being new, are scraps and found
objects. None of his works are welded but rather they
are “pressed” together using precision machining, like
a hand and glove. This gives Tony the advantage of
utilising non-homogenous materials when he creates.

Often the works are representational with a touch of
both realism and abstraction. They can be comical,
cynical, serious, or neutral while still asking questions of
the viewer. One of Tony’s main objectives is to make the
viewer ponder or think beyond the obvious.
Four of his entries into this foray he calls Sculptography.
This is a new medium Tony is developing, which combines
elements of both sculpture and digital photography,
the implementation of which has opened up so many
possibilities in terms of what can be extrapolated
from the original work using both photography and
digital technology.
An example of this technique is Form over Function.
This was a time sensitive image of a sculpture made
from recycled car battery terminals, solid graphite and
brass. The colours in the leaded material oxidized very
quickly and although technically the sculpture is the
same, the same image of the sculpture can no longer
be captured.

Left: My Struggle, 2012, Sculpture.
h: 60cm w: 72cm d: 84cm, Artist’s Collection.

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