Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. DeCordova and Dana Museum and Park.
2. Heartney, Eleanor, 1954-
3. Sarah Campbell Blaffer Gallery.

Description

1. 148 p. : ill. (some col.); 29 cm.

Summary

1. "This illustrated book, which accompanies an exhibition of the same name at the Blaffer Gallery, the Art Museum of the University of Houston, captures an extraordinarily creative period in Surls's career - the two decades he lived and worked in Splendora, Texas. During this time, Surls established a home and artists' colony in the East Texas pineywoods, where he produced an astonishing body of work while encouraging the creativity of other visual and performing artists. Magnificent color and black-and-white images illustrate the key sculptures and works on paper that Surls created in Splendora." "Accompanying the images are essays and interviews that offer fascinating insights into Surls's artistic breakthrough in Splendora. Terrie Sultan introduces Surls's work and provides a concise biography of the artist. Eleanor Heartney places Surls's Splendora works within the larger contexts of American and international art. Artists and gallery owners John Alexander, Joseph Havel, The Art Guys, Hiram Butler, and Sharon and Gus Kopriva, as well as curator Jim Harithas and architect Peter Zweig, share lively memories of Splendora as an artist colony and of Surls's pivotal role as artistic mentor and arts impresario for the whole Houston-area arts community. James Surls and his wife Charmaine Locke add a personal signature to the book by describing how their love and their work blossomed in an atmosphere of total freedom to experiment and create."--BOOK JACKET.

Alternative title

1. Splendora years, 1977-1997

Subject

1. Surls, James, 1943- -- Exhibitions

Genre/Form

1. Exhibition catalogs
2. Exhibition catalogs.

Contents

1. The road to Splendora / James Surls -- Introduction and acknowledgments / Terrie Sultan -- Splendora : a love story / Eleanor Heartney -- Plates -- Interviews with Terrie Sultan -- John Alexander -- Hiram Butler -- Joseph Havel -- James Harithas -- The art guys -- Sharon and Gus Kopriva -- Peter Zweig -- Afterword / Charmaine Locke.

Owning institution

1. Harvard Library

Note

1. Catalog of an exhibition held at the Blaffer Gallery, Houston, Texas, Sept. 17-Nov. 12, 2005, and DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln, Massachusetts, Sept. 16, 2006-Jan. 7, 2007.
2. Includes bibliographical references (p. 139-141) and index.

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 139-141) and index.

Processing action (note)

1. committed to retain