William Struby: Pink + Red

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Author: Cierra Linander (OVAC Intern)

William Struby, Pink + Red, Acrylic, paper, modeling paste,
andplastic, 10x7.25x3/4" 2012

Concept/OKexhibition artist William Struby lives in Oklahoma City and works primarilywith mixed media, including photomontage, computer-treatment, and collagetechniques. By combining two or more components, Struby melds images intodialogue form, which generates a story within the audience.


Using mixed media, Struby actuates the messy, rich,and impure qualities to life within his works. He considers his successfulpieces those that become “an entity apart from its components.”  For Struby’s Concept/OK piece, hehopes the mystery of the work invokes individual interpretation from theaudience.

William Struby, Pink + Red [alternate view], Acrylic, paper, modeling paste, 
and plastic, 10x7.25x3/4" 2012

The piece itself is a two-sided mobile. The mobile is comprised of paper, acrylic, modeling paste and plastic on 3/4”packing material with wire and “swivels”.
Named after the dominant colors in the piece, Pink + Red requiredminimal premeditation and was created as the result of instinctual, Jungian creation.Struby explains that with works like Pink+Red, recognizable influences may reside within the work (even if they arenot planned images) taken from concepts like Zen Buddhism, which are noticeableafter its completion.
Oneof Struby’s goals as an artist is to “explore the connections and space betweenthe conscious and unconscious.” His works evoke mystery in their significanceand he hopes his viewers find meaning to his pieces through their owncuriosity. 

The Concept/OK: Art in Oklahoma exhibition opens December 16, 1-5 pm at the new Tulsa Arts and Humanities Council’s Hardesty Arts Center. See www.concept-ok.org for more information.