LUFKIN, TEXAS, Feb. 20, 2018 – Nacogdoches found object sculptor Wally Knight will exhibit his work March 6 – 28 in the Angelina Center for the Arts Gallery on the Angelina College campus. An opening reception for the artist is set for March 6 from 6-7:30 p.m.
Knight is a long time Nacogdoches resident whose work has inspired his fellow artists and community for many years. He has exhibited his work throughout Texas and the Southwest, and has created an installation in Miltown Malbay, Ireland.
Knight’s career as an artist began in the 1970s when he met William Baker, a California artist and carpenter making his way to the East Coast. Baker’s advice to Knight was that “Everything is already there. You just have to bring the right things together, and they will speak.” Making art from the most humble and unexpected things, Knight has been on this journey through discovery and serendipity since that time.
“When I’m making art with found objects, there is no predetrmined destination. I’m not a designer. I’m just along for the ride. I’m often surprised and sometimes amazed at the directions they take and relationships they form,” he said.
This exhibition will include pieces that have recently been shown in Fort Worth’s Fort Works Art Gallery in an invitational exhibition “Los Fantasmas Ambulantes,” as well as several new works.
This is a free event and is open to the public.
CUTINE: “Mrs. Eye Takes Her Grin to Town” is just one of the works by Wally Knight featured in the upcoming exhibition at Angelina College March 6-28. An opening reception is set for March 6 at from 6-7:30 p.m. in the Angelina Center for the Arts Gallery on the AC campus. For more information, call 936-633-5233.
