Events

FEATURED ARTIST

Nancy Worthington

ROAD TO THE WHITE HOUSE (Sculpture w/ Detail)
(from the 'George Dubya Series')

Mixed-media kinetic construction
7'(h) x 2.5'w) x 5'(d), © 2001

"How did Dubya get to the White House? This artwork incorporates a treadmill and a motion-sensitive mooing Texas steer. It is high political satire-comparing George Dubya to a used-car salesman in the way his campaign was conducted. As the viewer -participant approaches the sculpture, the steer will moo loudly-randomly mooing as one moves around the piece. The used-car dealership flags in the central collage are juxtaposed against the American flags flying at the top of the sculpture. Peek around the back of the sculpture-view Bush family nepotism." - NW

WAR AND PIECES
(from the 'George Dubya Series')

"An anti-war artwork, "War and Pieces" comments on the war on terrorism post 9/11, and the pre-emptive strike on Iraq. A bomb technician, Bush running at full speed, Uncle Sam pointing his finger, Osama Bin Laden pointing his finger, alarms sounding, and exposed bomb-like wires create a high pitch of tension and confusion. Underlying the patriotic call for military enlistment is the enlistment by the terrorists to wage a holy war against the United States. The idea of this pre-emptive strike, a crusade in itself, which was condemned by most of the world's populations, is deplorable and might unleash the Apocalypse." - NW

TEXAS BULL-Y I & II
(from the 'George Dubya Series')

Full-color hand-printed limited edition posters

LONG LIVE THE KING ELVIS ROCKS !
(From the 'Elvis Series')

Full-color hand-printed limited edition posters

AUTOMATON
(Electronic mixed media sculpture)

""Automaton" is a viewer participation sculpture, in which, by touching and "activating" the work, a communication is setup - a tangible physical relationship which becomes a bridge which evokes emotional and ethereal responses.

Recently, an analogous relationship has been demonstrated betweeen the neurological systems of electrical impulses in the brain and nerve center of the human body, an the electrical relay systems and components of computers, and sophicated electronic machines. In the sculpture "Automaton", human vital nerve centers have been replaced by mechanical sound evoking devices. Do we manipulate the machines or are we in fact the automatons, performing functions without emotion or depth of perception? Will human beings become obsolete in an age of computers and highly refined machines? What is our relationship to the machine, to the computer?

Computer talk for the human being is 'skinware". What of human emotion which may be the only facility left solely (souly) to humna domain?" - NW

MAN ON THE MOON (WOMEN & CATS OF THE MOON)

Illuminated construction-assemblage
(Main body-6'(h) x 2 1/2'(w) x 1 1/2' (d)

" The July 20 1969 United States manned Apollo 11 landing and walk on the moon has special significance for me as July 20th is my birthday. The moon and all its mystery are close to my heart. - NW"

MOTHER GOOSE REPORTS

(Mixed Media construction/drawing 19"(h) x 16"(w) x 1" (d)
(From the series of 7)

POLICE STATE PART I - YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN SILENT

Mixed-media kinetic/interactive construction, 4'(h) x2'(w) x 5'(d)