Meanwhile in Space City… [ArtBlocks Houston 2016]
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Paint by Number Color Version
Categories: Feature, Installation, Public Art, Special Projects
Category Archives: Feature
Sweetly Broken
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Categories: Feature, Painting, Sculpture, Uncategorized
MEASURED
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MEASURED explores the measurements imposed and created by mundane objects and their influence on individuals. These fill the social and identity voids created by perceptions. The images are 1:1 scale drawings of “tools” that measure an individual through the prism of social norms and expectations. From a wedding ring, to a vibrator, to a house, individuals relate and equate their stature and station based on what or how they use these items. Each of the images have been hand drawn, […]
Categories: Drawing, Feature, Installation, Sculpture
COCKY, conversation with my critics.
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Read the review by Douglas Britt >> See the video and other documentation on the iPad app >> This dynamic new body of work demonstrates Thompson Shumate’s mastery of storytelling while merging new contemporary pieces with the classical concepts from DuChamp to Ruscha. The semi-autobiographical show includes an exciting variety of multimedia experiences for its viewers. Central to the exhibition is the anthology of a contemporary cock. The familiar rooster, icon of domesticity chosen for both its reality and absurdity, takes […]
Categories: Feature, Installation, Sculpture, Special Projects, Uncategorized