Material Culture Presents New Exhibition, “5 Vermont Artists: Sculpture and Assemblages”
Material Culture is proud to announce its next special exhibition, “5 Vermont Artists: Sculpture and Assemblages” which will open on June 30, 2012, and run through July 30. These five talented artists are bound not only by geography, but by a shared communication with natural materials or found objects, and an ability to transform their media into the creation of new, compelling universes. A reception on June 30, from noon to five, will mark the commencement of the exhibition, with two of the artists, Larry Simons and Abby Rieser, present. Artwork by Paul Bowen. Paul Bowen is known for his earthy, muscular works of found wood and metal. Born in 1951 in Wales, he entered art school there in 1968 and graduated four years later with a degree in Art and Design, working, as he says, “in the space between painting and sculpture.” His further studies brought him to the Maryland Institute, where his love for abstract expressionism deepened in his work with Grace Hartigan, Ed Dugmore and Sal Scarpitta and his exploration of the New York art scene. It was his move back to the U.K., however, to take a post in the department of sculpture at [...]
