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11/26/2012

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Kyle Krebs

12/2/2012 05:58:21 am

Some people are so "bright" that there whole existence is forced to become driven by the light. Love you Rock. Kyle.

Orrin Harrison

5/2/2013 08:54:52 am

As a collector of Washington art and artists from Sam Gilliam to Lou Stovall, Michael Clark and Bill Dunlap, I have always been intrigued with how artists can see a creation on a blank pad or a sculpture in a rock. Rockne Krebs saw light out of nothing but space. His creations were unique to the art world.
Carol Harrison’s book on Rockne’s art captures that spirit as best as it can be expressed in condensing a photograph from a monumental epic piece.
Just to browse through the pages of this colorful tribute to Rockne’s work brings great enjoyment to any day.

Orrin Harrison

Carol Harrison link

5/2/2013 05:13:19 pm

Thinking back ... it is so incredible how your creation of "The Rockne Krebs' Web Site" and my two books on "Rockne Krebs" have unfolded over the last 18 months.
It is a story in itself.

When I first met your Dad,
wrote about it in the RK 1 book -
that I could -not- believe that I had just played an intensely competitive game of ping pong
with the genius laser sculptor, Rockne Krebs !!!
(in Sam Gilliam's studio).

"Rockne Krebs'" name and work were headlines in The Style section of The Washington Post,
so exciting- creating ART by shooting LASERS ! and on an international scale in the art world.

And now, decades later, you and I are working whole-heartedly together-
it is really quite a history !

I do not know what I believe in Christian doctrine ... but I do hope that your father is following from above the momentum that you are building to remember and to create a scholarly recognition of "Rockne Krebs,"
and his proper 'cutting edge' place in the history of Contemporary American Art and Sculpture.

amazing ... what you have accomplished !
and exactly what needed to be done to keep Rockne Krebs' unique vision alive.

Carol Harrison

Bill Roseberry link

6/25/2013 04:00:38 pm

I first met Rockne after moving to D.C. in the early/mid 80's and hearing so much about him over the years. He and Sam Gilliam and Nizette had called a general meeting of local artists at his studio on U street to discuss the reasons why the wasn't a greater representation of Washington artists in the museums and local art institutions.
That meeting led to the formation of the Coalition of Washington Artists, 'The Gadfly', which Rockne and Nizette published and even more discussions, panels and meetings with museum and gallery directors and curators to advocate for better representation and benefits for artists and their families; such as Artist Resale Royalties and 'Work For Hire' legislation sponsored by the late Sen. Ted Kennedy. Throughout this period of around 1985-1990 Rockne and Nizette both worked tirelessly for every artist's benefit, not simply their own.
I have always admired Rockne for both the awesome work he accomplished as then one of only a handful of American artists exploring the realm of the environment as public sculpture - but even more so because he personally demonstrated the highest professional standards of any artist I have ever had the pleasure to know. I will miss him and dedicate my own work to him. I owe him much.

Bill Roseberry

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