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Museum exhibit features work of wire sculpture artist
PALESTINE —
The Museum for East Texas Culture Art Gallery May exhibit will feature the wire sculpture of Bart Soutendijk. A reception for the artist will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. Saturday in the Museum Art Gallery.
Soutendijk will be on hand to discuss his art.
“Wire sculpture is a sort of three-dimensional line drawing,” Soutendijk said about his art. “Wire has an advantage over line drawing. If you don’t like a facial expression, a small bend changes it. Nothing is permanent as long as you have pliers.”
His favorite subjects are portraits.
“I get my ideas from photographs I’ve taken myself or seen in newspapers or magazines,” Soutendijk said. “I make a small sketch, enlarge it and use it as a pattern for bending the wire.”
Soutendijk moved from Fort Worth to Quitman about 14 years ago to pursue art full time.
His wire creations are already included in private collections in Massachusetts, New York and Pennsylvania. His work has been shown in many venues in Texas, Arkansas, North Carolina, Utah, Louisiana, Florida and overseas in France.
“Entitled ‘Life in Wire’ these wire sculptures are fluid and remind one of flowing pen and ink drawings. Soutendijk’s art appears to be made of one continuous piece of wire. A few are, but most are actually made of numerous pieces skillfully blended together,” museum spokeswoman Elizabeth Mason said.
Soutendijk has created a “Dogwood Flower” sculpture (20x40 inches) which is a signature piece that is slated for a silent auction with the proceeds to benefit the museum.
“I’ve been a photographer and a graphic artist and I was an art director in the advertising industry on Madison Avenue,” Soutendijk said.
The museum is located at 400 Micheaux Ave. Regular museum hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Saturday.
For more information, call the museum at 903-723-1914.
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