Category Archives: Special Projects
COCKY
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Read the review by Douglas Britt >> 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 on a multitude of forms throughout the exhibition. Each piece is [...]
Categories: Feature, Installation, Sculpture, Special Projects, Uncategorized
Southwest Airlines Terminal Proposal
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Finalist Proposal for Southwest Airlines Terminal at Hobby Airport, Houston, Texas. Collaboration with Robert Ziebell, Doug Michels, and Anthony Thompson Shumate [nggallery id=14]
Categories: Installation, Public Art, Sculpture, Special Projects
Las Pozas: Steps & Falls
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Las Pozas: Steps and Falls is an interactive virtual tour of the fantastical surrealist garden created by the iconoclastic British aristocrat and poet Edward James (1907-1984). A visionary patron and friend of the European surrealist artists, James supported projects by Salvador Dáli and sat for portraits by René Magritte and Man Ray while also amassing a major collection of surrealist art. In the late 1940s James moved to Mexico where, over a twenty-year period, aided by his friend and collaborator [...]
Categories: Installation, Photography, Special Projects • Tags: Photography