Kinetic Art Will Highlight 2013 Texas Sculpture Symposium at MSU
internationally known masters of kinetic art will highlight the 2013 Texas
Sculpture Symposium Nov. 1-3 at the Midwestern State University’s Juanita
Harvey Art Gallery and the Wichita Falls Museum of Art at MSU. Japanese
sculptor Hironari Kubota will spin a car and artist Arthur Ganson will be the
keynote speaker.Kubota is known worldwide for large scale works that put cars
and boats into motion in a blend of performance and kinetic art. Kubota will spin
a 1950s-model Chevrolet in an art performance at 8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 1, on the
east side of the Fain Fine Arts Center near the corner of Teepee Drive and
Nocona Trail. Although Kubota has exhibited his outdoor sculptures and spinning
pieces around the world in countries such as China, Finland, France, Germany,
and Mexico, this is his first display in the United States.“Performance art and
kinetic art build a more dynamic relationship with an audience,” said Gary
Goldberg, Professor of Art in the Juanita and Ralph Harvey School of Visual Arts.
“This puts a new ‘spin’ on art.” Ganson has been making kinetic sculptures for
more than 30 years. His work has been exhibited in galleries and museums
across the United States and Europe and in numerous magazines including
Smithsonian Magazine and the New York Times Magazine. In 2005, the PBS
science program NOVA scienceNOW profiled his work. Ganson will speak at
9:30 a.m. Nov. 2 in Fain Fine Arts C111.“Having nationally and internationally
known artists for this symposium is exciting,” said Suguru Hiraide, Associate
Professor of Art at MSU. “This brings important opportunities for the symposium
participants.”In addition to hosting Kubota and Ganson, the Sculpture Network of
Texas will honor artists and educators Sara Waters of Slaton, Texas, and
Benson Warren of Lawton, Okla., in the exhibition 2013 Texas Sculpture Network
Honorary Educators Sara Waters and Benson Warren. Events for the public
include a reception from 6-9 p.m. Friday, Nov. 1, at the Juanita Harvey Art
Gallery at MSU. The reception includes the opening of the Kappa Pi Exhibition in
the Foyer Gallery. The Waters and Warren works will be on display through Jan.
10, 2014. The Kappa Pi exhibits will be on display through Nov. 29, 2013.Sara
Waters is a retired professor from Texas Tech University School of Art in
Lubbock where she taught all levels of sculpture and drawing. Waters joined
Tech’s art faculty in 1977 and retired in August after 36 years of teaching.
Benson Warren has numerous exhibitions to his credit and his work is included in
many private and public collections. He has been a professor of art at Cameron
University in Lawton, Okla., for the past 40 years.The Kemp Center for the Arts in
downtown Wichita Falls also will host conference attendees Saturday for lunch
and a tour of its Sculpture Garden with pieces on display by Sculpture Network of
Texas members. Other conference speakers include western sculptor Joe Edd
Barrington of Throckmorton, Texas, and Tara Conley of Houston.A public
reception will be held from 7-9 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 2, at the Wichita Falls
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Museum of Art for “Texas Sculpture: Inside and Out; Invitational Exhibitions.”
Those pieces will be on display through Feb. 22, 2014. The exhibit is made
possible through grants from the Texas Commission on the Arts and the Still
Water Foundation.The 2013 Texas Sculpture Symposium is co-sponsored by
MSU and the Sculpture Network of Texas The Texas Sculpture Symposium
began in the 1970s as a way for sculptors to meet and exchange ideas, and met
annually into the 1980s. The symposium was revived in 2004 through Waters’
efforts. In even-numbered years, the Texas Tech School of Art hosts the
symposium at the TTU Center at Junction in collaboration with the Sculpture
Network of Texas. For more information, visit
http://www.mwsu.edu/academics/finearts/art/gallery/tss2013, or contact Hiraide
at (940) 397-4389 or suguru.hiraide@mwsu.edu, or Catherine Prose at (940)
397-4304.Other links: Arthur Ganson: http://www.arthurganson.comHironari
Kubota: http://hironarikubota.kill.jpTara Conley: http://taraconleyart.comJoe Edd
Barrington: http://www.redstarstudio.com
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