Art In Place

Group Show

Featuring sculptures by Weltzin Blix, Bruce West, Bud Egger, Andries Fourie,  Dave Haslett, Greg Conyne, Robert Hess and Stu Jacobson

May 4-29, 2010 | Artist’s Reception: Wednesday, May 5th, 5-7 pm

In discussing the difference between painting and sculpture the play writer Edward Albee wrote:  “In painting, all is illusion: object, color, shape, perspective.  Nothing is “real” beyond the illusion of reality created by the painter.  It is, after all, all flat, all false, and, in the best hands, all wonderful, all real.  In sculpture, everything is real; object color, shape, perspective, and, in the best of hands, all is wonderful and filled with illusion.”  It was clear in his article that this should not be considered a difference of “better” or “worse” but only a different approach to reality.

Sculpture, however, has been shown to be less popular than painting throughout art history and only gained a higher artistic status after the work of Auguste Rodin.  Rodin is now considered “a titan in the history of art” who “changed received habits” and “created a new manner of seeing and understanding” and who alone was capable of matching the expressiveness of sculpture to painting.
The goal of this present exhibition is to help reinforce this trend.  The Mary Lou Zeek Gallery has asked eight accomplished sculptors living in the Willamette Valley to exhibit examples of their work to show a richness in the range of observations, thoughts and feelings that sculpture can offer.

We hope you all will enjoy our emphasis on the concerns of making, handling, and using materials all driving to a high artistic end.

Andries Fourie Koeksisters In Patagonia Bill Blix Refractor Bruce West Columbia 3 Bud Egger Messenger Dave Haslett Thin Ribbon Greg Conyne Feminality Robert Hess In Spite Of Stuart Jacobson City Lights