LINCOLN - Blackfoot Pathways: Sculpture in the Wild (BPSW) launched the 2016 Artist-in-Residence program on Monday, Sept.12. BPSW will host British environmental artist Chris Drury and University of Montana Graduate Emerging Artist Tyler Nansen during the three-week residency program. The completed sculpture installations will be officially launched at Blackfoot Pathways: Sculpture in the Wild on Saturday, Oct. 1 at 2 p.m.
Chris Drury, the internationally celebrated environmental artist from the United Kingdom has been creating ground breaking sculpture installations for more than 40 years. His name is synonymous with British environmental artists Andy Goldsworthy, Richard Long and David Nash. Drury’s sculpture installations have captured the public’s imagination and has challenged communities to look at their environment and respond to it. His artwork aims to connect different phenomena in the world, specifically between nature and culture, inner and outer and microcosm and macrocosm. Drury’s proposal for BPSW is entitled Rocky Mountain Ponderosa Whirlpool. The sculpture installation will be 46 foot in diameter consisting of 210 charred logs and stone.
Artist Tyler Nansen has been selected by BPSW, in collaboration with the University of Montana (UM), as their first UM Graduate Emerging Artist. Nansen has proposed to develop a piece of art that encourages the preservation of bat habitats in Montana. The aesthetics of this piece reflects his body of artistic work and its use of the grid, formalism and minimal architecture.
Nansen said, “I am thrilled to propose a sculpture for Blackfoot Pathways: Sculpture in the Wild that questions art and ecology by addressing bat habitat preservation. This dynamic piece can be interpreted from multiple angles; engaging opportunities for art, ecology, community and education to intersect.”
BPSW will host a series of artists talks featuring our Artist-in-Residence and our UM Graduate Internship program. The artists’ talks will take place in Lincoln, Montana on the following dates:
• Wednesday, Sept. 14, 7:30 p.m. at Lambkins - Beth Hutala and David Tarallo (University of Montana graduate interns)
• Wednesday, Sept. 21, 7:30 p.m. at The Lost Woodsman - Tyler Nansen
• Wednesday, Sept. 28, 7:30 p.m. at The Lost Woodsman - Chris Drury
All events are free and open to the public. Artists’ concepts and proposals, interviews and additional information are available from BPSW. Please contact Becky Garland at: BGarland@linctel.net or Kevin O’Dwyer at: kodwyerdesign@eircom.net .
For more information about the program and BPSW, please visit http://www.sculpureinthewild.com
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