Steel Sculpture Series: 1978 – 2000
Review by David Tannous in Art in America, May-June 1979
“ . . . Janos Enyedi’s group of welded and bolted steel sculpture from the “Bessemer Song” series are richly complex, the sculptures are assembled from a motley collection of fabricated and found parts —primarily rolled sheets, box columns and I-beams —into curving, attenuated configurations. Overlapping, eccentrically cut arcs — gently enfolding partially visible interior spaces — are counterpointed by self-assertive columns and beams, whose straight edges slice out into new territory as ledges, lintels, flying buttresses, diagonal supports. This complexity keeps the viewer active: there is no “frontal position” for these works. And although from certain points the works have a hunch-shouldered, almost defensive heaviness, they are involved much more with questions of balance and position than volume and mass. Some of the rigid, knife-edge parts, perched exquisitely within an assemblage, suggest a giant game of pick-up sticks: one clumsy move, and the whole pile will collapse. Yet the balance is perfect. . . With their curved gestures and leggy articulations, they suggest the elegant, slightly unnatural extension of a ballet dancer, or the delicate strength of a stalky plant.”
Excerpted from Art in America, May-June 1979. By David Tannous, reviewing an exhibition by Janos Enyedi at Wolfe Street Gallery, Washington, DC
![Inner Harbor, Welded Steel Sculpture by Janos Enyedi](https://furnaceroadstudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/InnerHarbor_1981B.jpg)
AVAILABLE SCULPTURES
![Albany Steel Sculpture by Janos Enyedi](https://furnaceroadstudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/1stSteelSculpt-Albany.jpg)
Albany, 1975
(first sculpture)
Welded steel
H. 18”. L. 17” D. 6”
Bessemer Song #5, 1978
Welded steel
H. 64”.L. 78” D. 78”
![Bessemer Song #5 Steel Sculpture by Janos Enyedi](https://furnaceroadstudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Bessemer-Song-Number-5-72dpi-1024x637.jpg)
![Scraps Game, Welded Steel Sculpture by Janos Enyedi](https://furnaceroadstudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/ScrapsGame_1978.jpg)
Scraps Game, 1978
Welded Steel
H 9.5” x L 20” x W. 11”
Shrine to the Age of Steel, 2000
Welded Steel
H. 37.5 L 18.5” D. 14.5”
w/pedestal: H. 36” L. 24” D. 24”
![Shrine to the Age of Steel, Welded Steel Sculpture by Janos Enyedi](https://furnaceroadstudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/ShrinetotheAgeofSteel_2000.jpg)
![Bessemer Song #3, Welded Steel Sculpture by Janos Enyedi](https://furnaceroadstudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/BessemerSongNumber3_1978.jpg)
Bessemer Song #3, 1978
Welded Steel
H. 79”. L. 137” D. 79”
Inner Harbor (Summer), 1982
Welded Steel [painted green enamel]
H. 12.5’ L. 15” D. 13”
![Inner Harbor,
Welded Steel Sculpture by Janos Enyedi](https://furnaceroadstudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/InnerHarbor_1981B.jpg)
![Milltown Monday Morning, Welded Steel Sculpture by Janos Enyedi](https://furnaceroadstudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/MilltownMonday-Morning.jpg)
Milltown Monday Morning,
Welded Steel
H. 12.57” L. 12” D. 13”
w/pedestal H. 36” L. 17” D. 17”
Stokehold, 1978
Welded Steel
H. 7. L.8”. D. 9”
![Stokehold, Welded Steel Sculpture by Janos Enyedi](https://furnaceroadstudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Stokehold_1978.jpg)
SCULPTUTES IN PRIVATE OR CORPORATE COLLECTIONS
![Hurly Burly, Welded Steel and Bolted Sculpture by Janos Enyedi](https://furnaceroadstudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/HurleyBurley_1986.jpg)
Hurly Burly, 1986
Welded Steel and Bolted
H. 8’ x L. 10’ D. 10’
Hurly Burly, 1986
illustration board maquette 1986
H. 24” L. 10” D. 12
![Hurley Burly,
Illustration Board Maquette of Steel Sculpture by Janos Enyedi](https://furnaceroadstudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/HurleyBurleyMaquette_1986.jpg)
![Somebody’s Hoist, Welded Steel with Chain Sculpture by Janos Enyedi](https://furnaceroadstudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/SomebodysHoist_1981.jpg)
Somebody’s Hoist, 1981
Welded Steel with chain
H. 22” L. 232” D.24”
Anvil Song, 1988
Welded Steel ,volumetric
H. 32” L. 35” D. 30”
![Anvil Song, Welded Steel ,volumetric by Janos Enyedi](https://furnaceroadstudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/AnvilSong_1986-849x1024.jpg)
![Bessemer Song #2, Welded Steel and Bolted Sculpture by Janos Enyedi](https://furnaceroadstudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/BessemerSongNumber2_1978.jpg)
Bessemer Song #2, 1978
Welded Steel and Bolted
H. 64” L. 72” D. 54”
Boiler Maker, 1978
Welded Steel
H. 13” L. 24” D. 19”
w/pedestal: H. 36” L. 17” D. 17”
![Boiler Maker, Steel Sculpture by Janos Enyedi](https://furnaceroadstudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Boiler-Maker_1986-1024x699.jpg)
![Forge, Welded Steel Sculpture by Janos Enyedi](https://furnaceroadstudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Forge_1986-1.jpg)
Forge, 1986
Welded Steel, volumetric
H. 32” L. 47” D. 40”
Grinder, 1988
Welded Steel, volumetric
H. 36” L. 24” D. 20”
![Grinder, Welded Steel, volumetric Sculpture by Janos Enyedi](https://furnaceroadstudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Grinder_1988.jpg)
![Ingot Situation, Welded and Painted Steel Sculpture by Janos Enyedi](https://furnaceroadstudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/IngotSituation_1982.jpg)
Ingot Situation, 1982
Welded and Painted Steel
H. 20” L. 16” D. 12”
Inner Harbor, 1981
Welded Steel
H.36” L. 42” D. 25”
![Inner Harbor, Welded Steel Sculpture by Janos Enyedi](https://furnaceroadstudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/InnerHarbor_1981-678x1024.jpg)
![Made in USA, Welded Steel, volumetric Sculpture by Janos Enyedi](https://furnaceroadstudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/MadeinUSA_1982.jpg)
Made in USA, 1982
Welded Steel, volumetric
H. 36” L. 38” D. 30”
Nobody’s Hoist, 1981
Welded Steel with Chain
H. 30” L. 24” D. 24”
![Nobody’s Hoist, Welded Steel with Chain Sculpture by Janos Enyedi](https://furnaceroadstudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/NobodysHoist_1981.jpg)
![Bessemer Curtain, Welded and Bolted Steel Sculpture by Janos Enyedi](https://furnaceroadstudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/BessemerCurtain_1978.jpg)
Bessemer Curtain, 1978
Welded and Bolted Steel
H. 60” L. 68” D. 48”
Paint Brush, 1986
Welded Steel
H. 40” L. 50” D. 25”
![Paint Brush, Welded Steel Sculpture by Janos Enyedi](https://furnaceroadstudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/PaintBrush_1986.jpg)
![Yard Scheme, Welded Steel Sculpture by Janos Enyedi](https://furnaceroadstudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/YardScheme_1981.jpg)
Yard Scheme, 1981
Welded Steel
H. 18 L. 22” D. 22”