Things Seen Anew - The Sculpture of J.C. Pace III
A cast stainless steel lawnmower, fashioned by hand, three gargantuan avocados, a large bronze tree with its root system intact, and industrial light boxes featuring x-rayed vegetables are just a few of the intriguing pieces that make up Things Seen Anew: The Sculpture of J. C. Pace, III. The exhibition opens June 7 during the museum’s thirteenth-annual Western Swing party. The artist will give a gallery talk at 7 p.m. to open the show. Because the party is a fundraiser, tickets must be purchased in advance, but the exhibition will be up throughout the summer. Admission to the museum is free.
Twenty recent works will be displayed in museum galleries in this exhibition, and one large outdoor sculpture will be displayed in Albany’s Bank Park on Main Street. Margaret Blagg, Executive Director, commented about Pace’s work, “His art grows out of an enthusiastic love of life itself, and its stuff. Pace looks at trees and notices how truly different they are, one from another. Pace strips leaves from trees and shows us the strong skeletal support that remains. He compares one species of tree to another. He gets our attention in ways artists have—by manipulating scale, for instance, or presenting in multiples.”