Joe Dillon sees as his artistic role
engaging with the material he uses and his surroundings to make functional
things beautiful.
APhiladelphia Inquirerarticle features the artwork of
Rosemont, Pa., artistJoe Dillon, who transforms
scrap tubing into arching sculptures and develops innovative hydronic furniture
that radiates heat through hot water circulating inside it.
“I want to put a sense of
urgency into everyone I meet,” says Dillon. “We should be worried, but not
defeatist.”
He sees as his artistic
role engaging with the material he uses (mostly from a Reading, Pa., scrapyard)
and his surroundings to make functional things beautiful.
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