JACKSON, Tenn. — March 11, 2014 — 51社区鈥檚 art gallery is hosting an exhibit by Travis Townsend through April 10.
The exhibit, titled 鈥淩ecent Sculpture and Drawings,鈥� features sculptures Townsend created from a variety of supplies, including wood, cardboard, paint and string. Drawings Townsend sketched on the gallery walls also connect with the sculptures.
鈥淓mbracing the unplanned, these oddly familiar, nearly useful-looking sculptures are imbued with human characteristics and gestures,鈥� said Townsend, senior lecturer of art at Eastern Kentucky University, in his artist statement. 鈥淭hese things have handles, openings, drawn symbols and moveable parts, but like the mystery of a ritual object from a broken-down culture, the physical or metaphorical functions are left to the imagination. In an increasingly commercialized, displaced society, I鈥檓 attempting to build slow, somewhat clumsy objects that reveal a layered history.鈥�
The gallery is open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and is located in the Penick Academic Complex. A closing exhibit reception will be held April 10 at 5:30 p.m., at which Townsend will be present.
For more information, call (731) 661-5075.