November 2010
ANTHONY THOMPSON SHUMATE | Cocky
November 19, 2010 - December 31, 2010
Barbara Davis Gallery proudly announces the opening of Anthony Thompson Shumate's new exhibition Cocky on Friday, November 19, 2010 from 6:30-8:30 PM. 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 regality and absurdity, takes on a multitude of forms throughout the exhibition. Each piece is a rhetorical answer to today's artistic questions of criticism, aesthetics, and concepts- and finds humor in the sincerity of its execution.
Multimedia artist Anthony Thompson Shumate has an M.F.A. in Sculpture from the University of Houston (2005) and a BFA from the University of Texas in San Antonio (2001). Notable accomplishments for this award-winning artist
includes a solo exhibition at Art League Houston, a 2006 New Works Fellowship for Emerging Artist from the former Cultural Arts Council of Houston/Harris County, a collaborator on a public art installation at the University of Houston - Sugarland, an ArtPix Grant for Las Pozas: Steps and Falls, a multimedia experience produced in partnership with
photographer/videographer Robert Ziebell. He is currently an artist-in-residence at the Lawndale Art Center residence program for 2010 - 2011. Although Shumate has exhibited extensively throughout both Texas and the United States, this is his second solo exhibition at Barbara Davis Gallery.
Anthony Thompson Shumate: Cocky is on view Friday, November 19, 2010 through December 31, 2010. The artist reception will be Friday, November 19, 2010, from 6:30pm - 8:30pm. For more information regarding this exhibition, please contact info@barbaradavisgallery.com or call Barbara Davis Gallery at 713.520.9200.
Click here to view Anthony's CV and more images of his work.
Multimedia artist Anthony Thompson Shumate has an M.F.A. in Sculpture from the University of Houston (2005) and a BFA from the University of Texas in San Antonio (2001). Notable accomplishments for this award-winning artist
includes a solo exhibition at Art League Houston, a 2006 New Works Fellowship for Emerging Artist from the former Cultural Arts Council of Houston/Harris County, a collaborator on a public art installation at the University of Houston - Sugarland, an ArtPix Grant for Las Pozas: Steps and Falls, a multimedia experience produced in partnership with
photographer/videographer Robert Ziebell. He is currently an artist-in-residence at the Lawndale Art Center residence program for 2010 - 2011. Although Shumate has exhibited extensively throughout both Texas and the United States, this is his second solo exhibition at Barbara Davis Gallery.
Anthony Thompson Shumate: Cocky is on view Friday, November 19, 2010 through December 31, 2010. The artist reception will be Friday, November 19, 2010, from 6:30pm - 8:30pm. For more information regarding this exhibition, please contact info@barbaradavisgallery.com or call Barbara Davis Gallery at 713.520.9200.
Click here to view Anthony's CV and more images of his work.
