James Surls The Splendid Years, 1977-1997
2008Sultan, Terrie; Eleanor Heartney
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Born 1943. Known for: Monotone sculpture, abstract figure drawing and printmaking.
A modernist sculptor of delicate seeming wooden objects of intriguing designs, James Surles also does drawing and prints that feature natural and human images and forms. He carves, whittles and... Read full biography
A modernist sculptor of delicate seeming wooden objects of intriguing designs, James Surles also does drawing and prints that feature natural and human images and forms. He carves, whittles and stains his objects, but creating a monotone effect, rarely paints them but sometimes burns images into... Read full biography
A modernist sculptor of delicate seeming wooden objects of intriguing designs, James Surles also does drawing and prints that feature natural and human images and forms. He carves, whittles and stains his objects, but creating a monotone effect, rarely paints them but sometimes burns images into them. Some of his works are large, as much as nine-feet tall. Surls earned a B.S. degree from Sam Houston University and an MFA from the Cranbrook Academy of Art. In 1998, he moved from Splendora, Texas... Read full biography
A modernist sculptor of delicate seeming wooden objects of intriguing designs, James Surles also does drawing and prints that feature natural and human images and forms. He carves, whittles and stains his objects, but creating a monotone effect, rarely paints them but sometimes burns images into them. Some of his works are large, as much as nine-feet tall. Surls earned a B.S. degree from Sam Houston University and an MFA from the Cranbrook Academy of Art. In 1998, he moved from Splendora, Texas to Carbondale, Colorado. In 2009, five sculptures, made of bronze and steel, were set up on Park Avenue by the New York City Parks Public Art Program. His work has been shown in major New York museums including the Whitney, Guggenheim, and Museum of... Read full biography
A modernist sculptor of delicate seeming wooden objects of intriguing designs, James Surles also does drawing and prints that feature natural and human images and forms. He carves, whittles and stains his objects, but creating a monotone effect, rarely paints them but sometimes burns images into them. Some of his works are large, as much as nine-feet tall. Surls earned a B.S. degree from Sam Houston University and an MFA from the Cranbrook Academy of Art. In 1998, he moved from Splendora, Texas to Carbondale, Colorado. In 2009, five sculptures, made of bronze and steel, were set up on Park Avenue by the New York City Parks Public Art Program. His work has been shown in major New York museums including the Whitney, Guggenheim, and Museum of Modern Art. His work is in numerous public collections. Source:. "James Surls," Wikipedia, http://en.wikip... Read full biography
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The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005AskART.com Inc. -
Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)479 pagesDavenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005Davenport, Ray2,421 pagesAmerican Images/The SBC Collection of 20th Century American Art
1996Hopps, Walter (others)320 pages (color)Art of the Postmodern Era From the Late 1960s to the Early 1990s
1996Sandler, Irving636 pages (color)Art Today
1995Lucie-Smith, Edward512 pages (color)Who's Who in American Art, 1993-1994, 20th Edition (American Federation of Arts)
1993Bowker R R1,473 pagesThe Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art A Handbook of the Collection
1993Ward, Roger and Patricia J Fidler (Compilers and Editors)414 pages (color)Word As Image American Art 1960-1990
1990
(Exhibition catalog)Bowman, Russell/Dean Sobel172 pages (color)50 Texas Artists: A Critical Selection
1986Carlozzi, Annette (Author); Gay Block, (Portraits)120 pages (color)Who's Who in American Art-1986 1986
1986Jaques Cattell Press1,292 pagesAmerican Artists: An Illustrated Survey of Leading Contemporary Americans
1985Krantz, Les347 pages (color)American Art Now
1985Lucie-Smith, Edward160 pages (color)Dallas Museum of Art Selected Works
1984Bromberg, Anne R219 pages (color)American Art Since 1970, Painting, Sculpture and Drawing Whitney Museum of American Art
1984
(Exhibition catalog)Marshall, Richard124 pagesDictionary of American Sculptors: 18th Century to Present
1984Opitz, Glenn B (editor)656 pagesThe West as Art Western Art in Calfornia Collections
1982
(Exhibition catalog)Trenton, Patricia197 pages (color)Urban Encounters Art, Architecture, Audience
1980Institute of Contemporary Art64 pages (color)