She Is Cutting Loose
1987
1987
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Oak 110 x 34 x 44 in 279.4 x 86.4 x 111.8 cm Collection of the artist |
Wood is his signature material, and
carving and cutting his preferred gesture. This is a natural outcome
of his childhood. His father was a carpenter, and Surls grew up
sawing cedar logs for lumber, making wood beams for housing
construction. It pleases him that his tools are basic, traditional,
and familiar. As he says, 'a tool is just a tool. It’s what you do
with a tool that makes something great'.”
-Terrie Sultan, Director of Blaffer
Gallery, the Art Museum of the University of Houston.
