Opening at the museum's rooftop terrace is an exhibition
of outdoor clay sculpture by contemporary artist Danville Chadbourne from
San Antonio, Texas. Primarily a sculptor in clay and wood, Chadbourne works
in a range of materials and in both two- and three-dimensional formats. Using
simple organic forms, Chadbourne creates ceramic sculptures that are a sensual
experience of undulating shapes and vibrating patterns. The work gives the
viewer the appearance of belonging to some distant or long forgotten culture.
This allusion is a key aspect of the artist's work, for he is concerned with
the speculation people make regarding other cultures based on the artifacts
left behind. Danville Chadbourne was born inBryan, Texas and received a BFA
in 1971 from Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, Texas and an MFA
in 1973 from TexasTech University in Lubbock, Texas. After teaching studio
art and art 
history
at the college level for 17 years at various institutions, in1989 Chadbourne
left teaching to devote himself full-time to his art. He has exhibited extensively
at both state and national levels, including more than 50 one-person exhibitions.
His work is included in numerous private and public collections. "Hopefully,
each element, as well as the whole body of work, contributes to the total
effect of rediscovering an artifact that is evidently outside of our culture
at one level, but reflects a kind of universal human consciousness and ultimately
stimulates the reception of our own personal existence," writes Chadbourne
in a statement on his work.
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