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George Fowler is a sculptor whose work toes the line between being incredibly ecological in nature and being kind of creepy. I don’t mean creepy in a negative sense at all…I mean it literally creeps up on you in a way that kind of gives you the chills and makes you question what it is you’re really looking at. His sculpture manages to seamlessly meld incredibly dissimilar visions that settle in your head, making you ponder the intersection of the natural and the industrial or the merging of the organic with cold, hard wire. The Deep Ellum artist sculpts renderings of flora, assorted wildlife and the human form in a way that evokes detachment, mechanism and industrialism while still suggesting a rugged and serene naturalism. It’s almost like the sculptures of windmills, cowboys and cattle you see out at ranches or roadsides but slightly more sinister–like Meret Oppenheim meets East Texas. The fact that Fowler was raised on a Texas ranch and has a background in mechanical engineering provides a solid insight into his marriage of themes as well as his propensity for metaphor. Experience this junction between the disturbing and the natural during an exhibition of new work titled Genus, Order, Phylum, Species at Hal Samples Gallery, 2814 Main St., between Saturday and October 31. Gallery hours are noon until 8 p.m. Wednesdays through Sundays, Call 214-334-4481 or visit halsamples.com for more information.
Wednesdays-Sundays, 12-8 p.m. Starts: Sept. 19. Continues through Oct. 31, 2009
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