Like ancient relics, Danville Chadbourne’s three individual sculptures of stoneware and stone seemingly rise from the earth in the 600 block of the boulevard’s esplanade. Shapes and forms symbolizing cultural attitudes that are harmonious with nature and the passage of time, the artist says that, “Clay has the most associative power in archeological terms and responds easily to the expressive needs of my ideas…”
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Born in Bryan, Texas, Chadbourne received his BFA from Sam Houston State University and M.F.A. from Texas Tech University. After teaching college-level studio art and art history for 17 years at various institutions, Chadbourne left academia to devote himself entirely to his own work. With more than 100 solo exhibitions, his works have been featured in Sculpture Magazine, Ceramics Monthly and The Art of Found Objects: Interviews with Texas Artists by Texas A&M Press, and international residencies have included ArtSpace India and Atelierhaus Hilmsen, Germany. Primarily a sculptor in clay and wood, he works in a range of materials in both two- and three-dimensional formats. About how anthropological perception is a key issue in his work, Chadbourne says he is “…concerned with the intellectual speculation we make regarding other cultures, especially primitive or ancient ones, based on our observation of their artifacts.”
Photo courtesy of Kolanowski Studio
True North is honored and thrilled to have these works in its 2021 exhibition, and each unique sculpture is offered for sale by the artist: THE ACCIDENTAL SURROGATE OF THE LITERAL PROGENY (2018-20) $9,000; THE PERSISTENT ECHO OF THE HAUNTED NIGHT (2013-20) $9,000; and THE PRESUMPTUOUS GROWTH OF UNCONSCIOUSNESS (2013-19) $8,000. Chadbourne will generously donate 20% of any sale price back to True North for future sculpture projects.
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Photo courtesy of Kolanowski Studio
