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1. Big Brother Time, 2009, metal globe, kerosene heater,
       doll eyes, chain, gears, lights, and clock, 23” x 12” x 12”
2. Orrery, 2007, heavy brass ball, metal lion’s feet, pipes, metal balls,
       gears, chain, clocks, 30” x 12” x 8”
3. Temple time, 2008, soy sauce can, olive oil can, bells, door knobs,
       drawer handle, clock, 15” x 10” x 7”
4. Time Machine 3, 2007, bike parts, motor, CD, clock,
       24” x 12” x 14”
5. Cut time, 2007, PBR cans, cookie tins, steel, concrete, plumbing pipes,
     reflectors, safe deposit box, clocks, 72” x 16” x 10”
6. Global time, 2007, earth globe, street light reflector, flag stand legs,
      lamp parts, motor, clock, 20” x 20” x 12”
7. Moon time, 2008, telephone base, moon globe, steel rods, clock,
       28” x 14” x 10”
8. No time, 2008, copper pot lid, table legs, doll head, plumbing parts,
       painted wood, wire, clock, 25” x 18” x 7”
9. Starlight, 2008, colanders, bike cranks, rope cleats, light,
       13” x 13” x 8”
10. Toaster clock, 2008, toaster, Plexiglas, light, clock, 8” x 11” x 10”
11. Babba Time, 2005, tin can from India, metal box, clock (animated),
        18" x 19" x 5"
12. Goth Time, 2005, painted wood, fake fur, chrome nails, chiming clock,
       14" x 18" x 10"
13. Harley Time, 2005, Harley Davidson fender and sprocket cover,
        Plexiglas, lights, clock, 30" x 8" x 12"
14. Reflected Time, 2005, chair base, lamp top, Plexiglas, lights, reverse
       movement clock, 28" x 15" x 15"
15. Suddenly everything changed, 2005, tin cans, LEDs, clock.
       (animated), 18" x 10" x 4"
16. Tall tail Time, 2003, car parts, thermometer, clock, 41" x 18" x 10"
17. Starlight II, 20" x 20" x 8"
18. Flying Wing, 2002, 16" x 8" x 8"
19. Magic Lantern, 2001, 20" x 16" x 12"
20. Retro Lives
21. Anachronism, breadpan, tone arm, clock, 14" x 10" x 10"
22. Bisect, found objects
23. False Freedoms, tin cans, Barbies, chain, clock, 40" x 34" x 4"
24. Ludwig, 2001, 10" x 10" x 5"
25. Packard, box, clock, lamp, 12" x 13" x 8"
26. Simplex, found objects, 22" x 9" x 11"
27. Heated Debate, heater case, motor, lamp, clock, 16" x 10" x 10"
28. Entropy, found objects , clock , thermometer, 24" x11" x 5"
29. PodLight, chair legs, found objects, lamps, 182" x 183" x18"
30. Coleman, found objects, motor, lamp, 18" x 6" x 6"
31. Happy Feat
32. Happy Feat, detail
33. Icarus
34. Ophichus
35. Orbits
36. Time Flies Again

Contact Information
505 Philadelphia Avenue
Takoma Park, MD 20912
e-mail: randallcleaver@aol.com
Please contact artist for purchases, commissions, etc.

About the Artist
Randall Cleaver's work combines what has been discarded to create timekeeping artifacts. Their utility and motion involve the viewer in their complexity of forms, textures, relationships, and humor.

Creating with found objects started as an inexpensive way to obtain materials, but soon, the objects themselves became a source of inspiration. Cleaver tries to give his viewer the sense that the parts were manufactured to form the object, in order that the various parts transcend what they were.

The clocks, as a body of work, are a conglomerate of ideas Cleaver has had over the years: actual, as opposed to implied, motion; machine sounds emanating from the pieces; humor; functionality; the sense of history in timepieces; and the near obsession our society has for time.

The clocks also give an archetypal starting point with which to view his pieces. From there the viewers can work their way deeper into the works.

The lamps are similar to the clocks in that they too are viewer friendly. Instead of the movement of clock works to accent the piece, there is the glow of the bulb, not only accenting the piece, but changing the mood of the entire room when lit.

Cleaver's working style is intuitive. He starts with a germ of an idea or a particular found object that will suggest a piece, but as it grows, different relationships will be discovered and the form of the work will respond to these discoveries.

Education
1981
Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA
BFA in Sculpture

Gallery Affiliations
The Works Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

Bibliography
2009
Skinner, Tina, Found Object Art 2, Schiffer Art Books

Johnson, Garth, 1000 Ideas for Creative Reuse, Quarry Books

2001
Spencer, Dorthy, Found Object Art, Schiffer Art Books

1998
Trashformations, Recycled Materials in Contemporary Art and Design, exhibition catalogue, Whatcom Museum of History and Art, WA

1997
Artist's of a Different Caliber exhibition catalogue, Carnegie Mellon University

1996
Hannson, Bobby, The Fine Art of The Tincan, Lark Books

Selected Exhibitions

Solo

2009
Randall Cleaver: Found Objects, Berman Museum of Art,
Ursinus College, Collegeville, PA

2009
Hops and Clocks, National Watch and Clock Museum,
Columbia, PA

2008-09
Something Old, Something New, Philadelphia International Airport, Terminal “D”, Philadelphia, PA

1990
Germantown Academy Arts Center, Fort Washington, PA

Two-Person

1994
Cardinal Gallery, Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts,
Annapolis, MD

Stockton State College Art Gallery, Pomona, NJ

Langman Gallery, Willow Grove, PA

1992
Markeim Art Center, Haddonfield, NJ

Three-Person

1996
Langman Gallery, Willow Grove, PA

1988
Gloucester County College, Gloucester, NJ

Group

2009
Washington Artists: Eight Diverse Visions, Marlboro Gallery of Prince George's Community College, Prince George's County, MD

Ecologically Correct: The Philadelphia Dumpster Divers, Outsider Folk Art Gallery at the Goggleworks Art Center, Reading PA

2008
reincarnations, art created from found objects, Gallery Space at 1111 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington DC

Found Objects:New Beginnings- The Art of Trash, Baltimore Public Works Museum, Baltimore MD

2007
recycled creativity: the tipping point of cultural chaos, The Arts Scene, West Chester, PA

2006
The Art of Craft, Air Gallery, Annapolis, MD

Neighborhood Bike Works: 4th Annual Bike Part Art Show, Nexus Foundation for Today's Art, Philadelphia, PA

2005
Clocks: Time Well Spent, Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft, Louisville, KY

Art & Community: Neighborhood Bike Works, Journy Home Center, Philadelphia, PA

2004
Specific Density, the Borowsky Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Curator: Miriam Seidel

Art & Community: Neighborhood Bike Works, Ester Klein Art Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

Saving Philadelphia, the Art of thr Dumpster Divers, Sedgwick Cultural Center, Philadelphia, PA

2003
Seat of Imagination, Abington Art Center, Abington, PA

2002 - 2003
Featured in Enviroart, a show about found object artists by GreenWorksTV.

2002
Structures, Salon Des Ami, Malvern, PA

recreation / Recreation, The Noyes Museum of Art, NJ

2001
Craft Annual, The Noyes Museum of Art, New Jersey

2000
Not Politics as Usual, The Works Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

Constructions, InLiquid at the Bride, Painted Bride Cafe Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

1999
Y2K, LockJaw Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

Wustum Museum, Racine, WI

1998
Found Objects in Different Contexts, Art in City Hall, Philadelphia, PA

1997
Artists of a Different Caliber, Carnegie Mellon University,
Pittsburgh, PA

Recycled, The Works Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

Tick Tock, OXOXO Gallery, Baltimore, MD

Hello Again! Recycled Art and Design, Oakland Museum of California

Trashformations, WhatCom Museum, Bellingham, WA

E.A. Draper Craft Showcase, Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, Wilmington, DE

Tin Can Alley Part 2, America Oh Yes Gallery, Washington DC

1996 -1997
Tin Can Alley, Hilton Head, SC

1996
The Fine Art of the Tin Can, OXOXO Gallery, Baltimore, MD

Art and Function, Long Beach Institute for Arts and Sciences, Loveladies, NJ

1995
Recycled, Ferrin Gallery, Northampton, MA

1993
Art of the State: PA '93, The State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA

Art at Friends, Newtown Friends School, Newtown, PA

arts&crafts, Cardinal Gallery, Maryland Center for the Creative Arts, Annapolis, MD

1991
Edgewood Orchard Gallery, Fish Creek, WI

1988
60th Annual Juried Exhibition, Art Association of Harrisburg, Harrisburg, PA
First Prize, Sculpture

1987
Group Sculpture Exhibition, The Old School, Delaware Center for Contemporary Arts, Wilmington, DE