“Paper Space: Drawings by Sculptors” at Inman Gallery
Giorgio Vasari defined drawing as “the animating principle of all creative processes,” and since the Renaissance, drawing has been seen as the foundation of artistic invention, as the most immediate form of artistic expression and as a window into the mind of the working artist. This is often all the more true with drawings by [...]
‘Tis the Season for Shiny Trees: Surls’ White Walking Flower Installed at Rockport Art Center
The Rockport Center for the Arts unveiled James Surls’ “White Walking Flower,” on November 14. Carted in by U-haul, the piece is smaller, and white, but otherwise similar to Surls’ polished steel piece sited in front of Houston’s CAMH. The Fort worth Modern’s steel-tree-lawn-sculptor of choice was the ubiquitous Roxy Paine. As I see it, [...]