47 East 200 North St. George, UT 84770 (435) 627-4525 museum@sgcity.org Mon - Sat: 10am - 5pm 3rd Thursday 10am - 9pm Return to Current Exhibits Return to Past Exhibits WOOD TAKES ROOT Show available: April 05, 2008 through May 24, 2008 The St. George Museum will present WOOD TAKES ROOT, an exhibition that will showcase the state of the art in contemporary woodwork. The exhibition will shatter preconceptions about the material and the language employed by woodworkers with works that are sculptural, painterly and unlike anything that has preceded them. The exhibition will include artists featured in the book New Masters of Woodturning, published by Fox Chapel Publishing to coincide with the exhibition. The book features an international array of artists, sharing their amazing turning techniques, their creative influences, and the inspiration that fuels their distinctive designs. The exhibition will feature numerous respected modern artists who are pushing the boundaries of contemporary wood art, including Binh Pho, Marilyn Cambell, Jacques Vesery, and J. Paul Fennell. WOOD TAKES ROOT is guest-curated by Kevin Wallace, co-author of New Masters of Woodturning. "I'm honored that the St. George Museum has agreed to present an exhibition of artists featured in New Masters of Woodturning,” Wallace says. “While everyone has some experience of both art and woodworking, visitors to the museum will encounter exciting new approaches to self-expression by artists from the U.S., Europe, New Zealand and Australia. They will see exotic woods, cutting-edge sculpture and unexpected painterly approaches to creating art in wood." WOOD TAKES ROOT will also feature an exhibit titled, Dennis Elliott: Recent Work. "Dennis Elliott is one of the leading artists working in wood today,” Wallace says. “His sculptural bowls and wall pieces combine the primitive and modern in a bold new manner." About the Curator: Kevin Wallace is Director of the Beatrice Wood Center for the Arts in Ojai, California. As a curator and writer, he specializes in contemporary arts and crafts. He has written three books on contemporary woodturners: Moulthrop: A Legacy in Wood, Transforming Vision: The Wood Sculpture of William Hunter and River of Destiny: The Life and Art of Binh Pho and has co-authored four books on the contemporary craft movement. Kevin will present the 3rd Tuesday Art Conversation on May 20th at 7pm. Wood Takes Root, in addition to the International Masters of Woodturning and Dennis Elliott, Recent Work, will be enhanced by an additional exhibit titled, A Photographic Eye on Woodturning. These 14 photographs by Dev Mukh Khalsa narrate the process of turning wood from rough cut to fine vessel. The show was formerly featured at THE WOODS GALLERY in Ketchum, Idaho. After obtaining a degree in photojournalism from the University of New Mexico, Dev Khalsa worked with many of today’s most renowned photographers at the Santa Fe Photo Workshops for several years. She then made the Wood River Valley in Southern Idaho her home, working as a photojournalist and teaching photography. She now operates a photography business