Some belated notes about the East Austin art tour last weekend, which was much fun despite the pouring rain.
The most entertaining spots were Blue Genie and a pair of graceful glassblowers who worked together like musicians. The art I liked best was by a sculptor who makes human/animal/robot scultures out of old metal tools; his work was playful and serious and a little disturbing.
No pictures. Hereby a resolve to get a digital camera, as a reward for getting some useful but boring things done by next weekend.
Missed the Travis Heights walk. I hope they do it again soon.
The sculptor was Barry George:
http://barrygeorgesculpture.com/
I have some pictures, including Barry’s wall of found metal objects (and you actually ended up in a couple of the shots).. check my flickr stream http://www.flickr.com/photos/davidnunez/tags/eastaustinstudiotour/ from the day.
The sculptor was Barry George:
http://barrygeorgesculpture.com/
I have some pictures, including Barry’s wall of found metal objects (and you actually ended up in a couple of the shots).. check my flickr stream http://www.flickr.com/photos/davidnunez/tags/eastaustinstudiotour/ from the day.
Barry George was my favorite too. Possibly the best part is that amongst his tremendous scultpures, he was having a garage sale and when I picked up a shower curtain, he got very excited about telling me that it was a New York subway map, and that every time I took a shower I could feel classy.
But I was broke, so I didn’t buy his 3000 dollar sculptures or his 10 dollar classy shower curtain. My favorite sculpture was the one that looked like a bird bath that was something about the promise of global capitalism, but the talking head one would have been my favorite if not for the actual human teeth.