Land Report Collective: West 1
This group of six artists in Wyoming, Tennessee, and Texas create and exhibit artworks together as they deal with landscape in fundamental ways and as a foundational reference point.
TAMUCC News Article Land Report Collective, featuring Sculpture Professor Leticia Bajuyo, Makes Corpus Christi Debut
By Richard Guerrero. Published: February 26, 2019
Leticia Bajuyo’s work is fueled by compassion and a critique of capitalism, as she explores perceptions of value in order to foster an awareness of the role of social amnesia on consumer behavior. (Texas)
Jason Brown considers the politics of mountaintop removal in his construction of objects and installations while also creating playful formal assemblages. (Tennessee)
Brian Jobe typically creates schemes for public interaction through the delineation of pathways or through site-specific focal points. (Tennessee)
David Jones responds to desert environments with experimental interactions, model scale sculpture, and large scale outdoor works. (Wyoming)
Patrick Kikut incorporates a lifelong interest in the horizon line in a series of paintings with flat Midwestern landscapes as his muse. (Wyoming)
Shelby Shadwell views the landscape from a non-traditional lens, responding to ephemeral images from highway road cameras, monumental mining operations and the optical nature of the salt flats through drawing, sculpture and video installation. (Wyoming)
Opening reception:
Friday, February 28, 5:00-7:00pm, Islander Gallery
5pm Panel Discussion
6pm Performance
Show open:
February 28 – April 7, 2019
image: Shelby Shadwell, image still from “PLAYA ACTION”, video