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Damian Priour’s first 30 years of sculpture
A fifth-generation Texan, artist Damian Priour has always looked to the landscape of the Texas Gulf Coast for inspiration. His palette? Fossilized limestone and blue and green glass from which, over three decades, he’s crafted abstract sculpture both monumental and miniature.
‘Water Sparks,’ the current retrospective at the Umlauf Sculpture Garden and Museum, features 50 of Priour’s sculptures, both indoor and outdoor pieces, ranging from maquettes for his monumental architectural work to smaller ‘Primitive Pets’ and ‘Rusted Bolt’ series to several of the miniature chairs that were a part of his recent ‘Texas Chair Project’ which was on exhibit at the Austin Museum of Art.
‘WaterSparks’ was organized by Galveston Art Center curator Clint Willour and scheduled to open in Galveston this fall until — perhaps in a bit of odd Texas Gulf Coast fate — Hurricane Ike last year forced the Art Center to close for repairs. The exhibit will finally travel to Galveston in January. Until then, we have it here in Austin.
Priour gives a talk about his work Thursday night at 6:30 p.m.
‘Water Sparks: The First 30 Years of Sculpture; A Damian Priour Retrospective.’
6:30. p.m. Thursday
Umlauf Sculpture Garden and Museum, 605 Robert E. Lee Road
www.umlaufsculpture.org
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