For over thirty years the sculptural achievements of Robert Murray have received international recognition and acclaim. He is widely admired as one of America's most distinguished contemporary sculptors for his monumental constructions in steel and aluminum. Murray's expressive abstractions may be experienced in an unmetaphorical way, yet the massive works suggest inner life sensations which might develop in totally unexpected ways.

The freedom, flexibility, and directness of the reductive forms which he typically tilts at odd and often precarious angles exist triumphantly in their own right and on their own terms. The complex orchestration and network of internal relationships between angles, lines of directions, masses, shapes, colours, and textures animates and articulates the surrounding space.

As a former painter, Murray's use of paint on the surface of his sculpture is superb. His interest in reflective light on the sculptural surface resulted in colour serving to unify the formal elements of his work.

Robert P. Metzger