Come and see Louis Brawley’s rough-hewn, delightfully waggish wooden sculptures at Duck Creek on Sunday July 9, from 4-7. The artist will give a tour of his show at 5:30pm and share the inspiration behind these recent works made from fallen timber.
Brawley’s sense of amusement and surrender is obvious throughout the works, in both subject and materials. Rawly-carved clouds rest squarely atop a twisted pedestal; wobbling “brick” towers support a brightly colored head, skewed window, and stacks of cartoonish bones; and a bifurcated tree limb becomes the perfect pair of pants for Brawley’s Pablo’s Pants. Each artwork is informed by the wood it is made from, and the way that particular cut of wood asks to be colored. Brawley grew up around a lot of polychrome (many colored) sculpture and this decorative method, a cornerstone of religious art, was “a major influence” on Brawley, who goes on to say “I think Duchamp was right that art has become a religion of its own.”
For further information, contact info@duckcreekarts.org.
