Today I braved the windy raw rainy weather to see the Patrick Daugherty stickwork and Ken Butler "Hybrid Visions" exhibitions at the Mulvane Art Museum here in Topeka.
Stickwork is basically branches entwined to 'sculpt' particular shapes. The exhibit consists of pictures of Daugherty's stickwork installations and the artist's commentary on each, plus an under-construction stickwork outside the museum's front entrance. On this uncomfortable day a volunteer was dutifully knotting its damp branches - putting one of these things together is a team operation. When I get back to Massachusetts I'll have to go see his installation at the DeCordova Sculpture Park in Lincoln.
Ken Butler is a musician who also builds instruments from unlikely objects, like hatchets, metal detectors, and chair backs, among other things (if I could create guitars from my room fans the way Butler does, I could field an ax for everyone in the house including our tabby, DisastaCat). The exhibit includes many examples of these, as well as a video installation showing Butler and friends playing them. His music can be found on his myspace page here. The most recent work is entitled "Voices Of Anxious Objects," probably something your local Top 40 station won't be queuing up after the latest Beyonce output.
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