sculpture

'Wild Card' Exhibit Mines Sports, Gender, Rites of Passage

Erin Keane — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 15:10:06 +0000

A new 15-year survey of artist Michael Combs' work is open at 21C Museum. Combs draws on his Long Island family’s long history as expert outdoorsmen and decoy carvers in his playful mixed-media explorations of gender identity, rites of passage and cultural myths. This is the first retrospective for Combs, who has shown his work throughout the United States and abroad.

Visually Impaired Artists Exhibit Opens

Erin Keane — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 18:40:40 +0000

A juried art show featuring visually impaired artists opens Thursday at the Galt House Hotel. Sponsored by the American Printing House for the Blind, APH Insights 2012 features 82 works (out of more than 400 submitted) by artists from across the country, ranging from professional artists to senior citizens and students.

A variety of media, including painting, sculpture and photography, is represented. Winners in nine categories have been selected by a panel of Louisville judges to be honored in a ceremony Friday. Artists will greet visitors Friday 4:15-5 p.m.

Jeffersonville Forms Public Art Study Committee

Erin Keane — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 20:23:14 +0000

The city of Jeffersonville, Ind., has formed a study committee on public art. The committee will lay the groundwork for a new public art initiative. City council member-at-large Nathan Samuel hopes a public art initiative will help rally Jeffersonville citizens and leaders around a positive cause.

“I think Jeffersonville suffers from a self-esteem problem," says Samuel. "We don’t give ourselves enough credit for what we have here.”

First Friday Five: June

Erin Keane — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 08:00:00 +0000

It’s fine to hit the downtown First Friday Trolley Hop without a plan.

Speed Museum Hosts Horse Sculptor Talk

Erin Keane — Wed, 09 May 2012 20:43:52 +0000

Deborah Butterfield’s horse sculpture “Burnt Pine” stands seven feet tall, and its spare frame brings to mind reconstructed dinosaur skeletons. “Danuta” is a reclining bronze giant in outline, a tangle of rough bronze.

Ozkaya's 'David' Arrives at 21C

Erin Keane — Wed, 02 May 2012 20:16:14 +0000

Just in time to welcome Derby guests, 21C Museum Hotel’s over-sized version of Michelangelo’s David was installed on the corner of Main and Seventh streets today. He rolled in on the back of a truck and stood up onto his 8-foot pedestal with the help of a crane. He stands three stories tall, and his gold paint gleams in the bright May sun.

Sculptor Prefers Sticks to Stone

Erin Keane — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 10:00:00 +0000

Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest visiting artist Patrick Dougherty will unveil the large willow sculpture he created on the Bernheim grounds this week.

Dougherty has created more than 200 large-scale sculptures all over the world, from a piece for the Brooklyn Botanical Gardens to a Shinto temple in Japan. His raw materials are indigenous tree saplings and branches, like the locally-sourced willow, maple and gum branches that make up this sculpture, but Dougherty just calls them “sticks.”