When looking at Albert Paley's current work, one might find it hard to believe that he began his artistic career as a jeweler.  Paley was one of the major goldsmiths of the studio movement in America.  Today, he is best known for his monumental sculpture.  Yet looking closely at these elaborate, impressive, and often site-specific installations, one sees the continuum of Paley's creativity; challenging metal of all types is his foundation.  The scale of his work has evolved, but the attention to every component, every detail, remains steadfast.  The fluidity of molten metal is evident in the ribbons and decorative patterns so prevalent and identifiable in his designs; the pieces come alive under his masterful hand.  Yet the hardness of steel is also apparent in the starkness of many of his larger abstract works, softened simply by the prominence of bright color and its ability to evoke strong emotions.

"The majority of the sculptures in this exhibition are newly completed works that reflect my present concerns and approaches.  Plastic manipulation of the steel, either through the forging process or heat bending, constitutes an organic context in form development.  This, by its nature, reflects complexity dealing with aspects of alterability and change.  Usuall coupled with this is the integration of rational, geometric form.  When these two aspects are incorporated into the sculpture, they represent the spectrum of opposites, yet at the same time unification is accomplished within the composition of the sculpture.  This makes visible the nature of paradox."

- Albert Paley