SCULPTURE NEWS
for the Asheville, NC area
METAMORPHOSIS title design by Martin Webster
METAMORPHOSIS
an exhibition by Mountain Sculptors
at Vadim Bora Gallery
30½ Battery Park Avenue, Asheville, NC 28801
Nov. 6 - Dec. 3, 2009
Opening Reception Friday, Nov. 6, 5-8pm
Gallery hours:
Tuesday - Saturday noon - 6pm
and by appointment
828-254-7959
www.vadimborastudio.com
featuring sculptures by:
Ralph Berger • Vadim Bora • Marty Cain • Len Fury
• Dan Howachyn • Jim Kofalt • Dale McEntire • Catherine Murray • Linda
Pannullo • Ripp Smith • Julia Stout • Tekla • Martin Webster
On the invitation above, left to right: Egg by Len Fury; Metamorphosphere
by Martin Webster; By the Earth Which Is Her Body by Tekla. Invitation
background: Discus by Ralph Berger.
Above, left to right: Man Teaching Bird to Fly by Vadim Bora;
Father
and Daughter by Ripp Smith; Echo by Catherine Murray;
Blue
Canna - Emerging by Linda Pannullo; Positiveverse by Dale McEntire;
Cloud
Rock (detail) by Marty Cain.
The METAMORPHOSIS exhibition invitation
is available as a high-resolution printable PDF (6"x11"):
Front
(seen at top of this page) 1.9MB
Back (featuring
the 6 sculptures shown as smaller images above) 671KB
Click the image above to view a printable PDF invitation to the Working
Process exhibition.
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Working Process, an
exhibition of sculpture by member Robert
Winkler, is July 2 to September 20, 2009 at YMI Cultural
Center in Asheville. The exhibition, which includes maquettes, models,
and works in progress, as well as finished works, traces the evolution
of Robert's signature style from 1990 to 2009. It offers a look at his
process for developing ideas and working through design and structural
problems before executing his full size works.
Gallery hours are 10am-5pm Tuesday through Friday (Saturday by appointment).
Admission is free. Field trips from all school levels are encouraged, and
guided tours can be arranged.
YMI Cultural Center is at 39 South Market Street in downtown Asheville.
Phone 828-252-4614, website www.ymicc.org.
In 2006, Robert and Arlene Winkler founded RiverSculpture Festival www.riversculpture.com.
For more information about Robert's work, visit www.robertwinklersculpture.com
or contact Arlene Winkler at 828-225-3766. |
The LINKS page now includes links to
the websites of more than a dozen Mountain Sculptors members as
well as online sculpture resources.
Sculpturama 2009
will be September 13, 2009 through October 24, 2009 at the Tryon
Fine Arts Center in Tryon, North Carolina, about 50 minutes
south of Asheville. The exhibition, in its twelfth year, is sponsored by
Tryon
Painters and Sculptors with the support of the Polk
County Community Foundation. All sculptors 18 years and older are
invited to participate in the exhibition,
juried this year by Mountain
Sculptors member Dale McEntire. Hand-deliver sculptures Tuesday &
Wednesday, September 1 and 2, 2009 (9:30am - 3pm) with $25 entry fee (or
$35 for two entries). Awards totaling $1,750 will be given. The
Sculpturama 2009 entry form is online.
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An article about member Dale
McEntire titled "Seeing the Forest for the Trees" was published
in Bold Life magazine and is available online
with photos of Dale's paintings and sculpture.
left: Dale with Three Marks of Existence, RiverSculpture
2008 |
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Vadim Bora Gallery, Asheville, NC
December 19, 2008 through January 2, 2009
Tekla
Waters Return (detail)
river stone, steel, copper
24"x24"x3" |
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Martin Webster
Figure 003008
reinforced cement
9"x4.5"x3.5" |
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Harry McDaniel
Santa Shrine
plastic
25"x20"x20"
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| Mountain Sculptors showcased smaller sculptures created by 19 of its
members in the fourth annual Mountain Sculptors small works show at
Vadim Bora Gallery in downtown Asheville, NC, December 19, 2008 through
January 2, 2009.
The annual exhibition celebrates smaller pieces created by sculptors
who often work in large dimensions. “The Works” brought everything down
to size (two feet and under) for intimate study, calling attention to detail,
technique, style, and medium.
Ralph Berger, Vadim Bora, Barron Brown, Richard Conn, Elizabeth Franklin,
Len Fury, Dan Howachyn, Ina, Karen Ives, Harry McDaniel, Dale McEntire,
Catherine Murray, Linda Pannullo, John Richards, Ripp Smith, Julia Stout,
Tekla, Martin Webster, and Robert Winkler showed sculptures in a variety
of media – from steel, plastic, wood, and glass to copper, bronze, marble,
and concrete.
Jurors for this exhibition were Mountain Sculptors members Tekla, Ripp
Smith, and Vadim Bora.
“The Works” by Mountain Sculptors
December 19, 2008 - January 2, 2009
Opening Reception: 5-8pm Friday, December 19, 2008
Vadim Bora Gallery & Studio
30 1/2 Battery Park Avenue
Asheville, NC 28801
(828) 254-7959
The gallery is near the historic Grove Arcade. |
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Arbor Neo-Nouveau
by Martin Webster
HandMade House at The Ramble |
HandMade House
at The Ramble is a collaboration between HandMade in America and
Biltmore Farms Homes to create a HealthyBuilt model home incorporating
the work of 116 regional artists and craftspeople. This is part of HandMade's
initiative to encourage architects, landscape architects, interior designers,
developers, builders, and homeowners to involve artists in the early stages
of planning so art and craft can be effectively integrated into the home
and landscape. The Ramble is in Biltmore Forest, south of Asheville.
Mountain Sculptors members participating in HandMade House were
Ralph Berger, Stefan Bonitz, Barron Brown, Paul Lundquist, Dale McEntire,
Tekla, Bob Wagar, and Martin Webster.
Mountain Sculptors presented a group exhibition of members' work
at
Upstairs
Artspace in Tryon, North Carolina from August 29 through October 4,
2008. A total of 78 works by 20 sculptors were featured in the show
titled "Space Shifters", filling both levels of the 3,000 square foot gallery.
The featured artists were Ralph Berger,
Barron Brown, Marty Cain, Richard Conn, Elizabeth Franklin, Len Fury, Dan
Howachyn, Ina, Larry King, Harry McDaniel, Dale McEntire, Catherine Murray,
Joseph Race, John Richards, Ila Seltzer, Ripp Smith, Julia Stout, Tekla,
Martin Webster, and Robert Winkler.
The third annual RiverSculpture
contemporary outdoor sculpture exhibition was September 27, 2008 through
January 5, 2009 at a spacious new location at Reynolds Mountain in
Woodfin, just north of Asheville - open dawn to dusk. Artists exhibiting
included Mountain Sculptors members Ralph Berger, Marty Cain, Richard Conn,
Dale McEntire, Catherine Murray, and Robert Winkler.
The work of six Mountain Sculptors members was included in Kaleidoscope:
Contemporary Landscape Sculpture, an exhibition on view at The
North Carolina Arboretum in Asheville, NC from April 1 through October
31, 2008. Members in the exhibition were Ralph Berger, Barron Brown,
Ila Seltzer, Julia Stout, Martin Webster, and Robert Winkler.
Click for larger view
(4MB) |
Mountain Sculptors member Vadim
Bora presented an exhibition of almost 200 of his portraits in oil,
charcoal, pen and ink, bronze and terra cotta. “Faces You Might Know –
Celebrating the Freedom of the Portrait Genre with Vadim Bora” was Dec.
1-14, 2008 at Vadim Bora Gallery & Studio, 30 1/2 Battery Park
Avenue, Asheville, NC, phone (828) 254-7959.
www.vadimborastudio.com
www.vadimbora.blogspot.com |
Mountain Sculptors members Fred and Kato Guggenheim were commissioned
to create a major sculpture that has been installed in Shenzen, China.
They are also among the artists selected for the Southern Living showcase
home at Whisper
Mountain, North Carolina.
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