For many years, William Wareham’s Annoweeka has been part of The Sculpture Foundations Sculpture Along the Way program-the sculpture was on display along East State Street Extension. Prior to being exhibited in Hamilton, Annoweeka was included in Chicago’s 1998 Pier Walk exhibition. The 1998 exhibition featured over 170 contemporary works by artists representing twelve countries. Located behind the Seward Johnson Center for the Arts, Wareham’s brightly painted Annoweeka is truly a geometrical abstract sculpture that explores the relationship between a two –dimensional shape, the circle, and a three-dimensional form, the segments of a sphere. The composition of Wareham’s work is governed by the laws of mathematics rather than narrative content or emotional expression. Wareham states, “ I rework and change forms to get a more dynamic relationship, interesting intervals, tension in the negative volumes or contrasting scale; all with the purpose of bringing a great sense of visual delight to our lives.” Wareham hails from San Francisco Bay Area and has been extensively exhibited throughout California. Wareham’s sculpture Juliaca was on exhibit during Grounds For Sculpture’s Spring/Summer2005 Exhibition, Off the Rim: Selections from the Pacific Rim Sculptors Group. Wareham received his MA and MFA from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1969 and 1971, respectively. He has taught at several universities and art academies in San Francisco Bay Area. | | 
Annoweeka, 1998
welded steel, painted
132" x 114" x 60"
Courtesy of teh Sculpturesite Gallery, CA
Photo: Ricardo Barros.com |
