Weekend to be awesome Sep 23, 2005
It features architect Santiago Calatravas distinctive Wave sculpture on the west side and a triumphant sculpture by Texas artist James Surls on the south side. Also, if youre still hungry, you can visit the new Gates Restaurant for some fine dining. (The Daily Campus, TX)
Review: Surls makes his name in classic form Sep 17, 2005
James Surls makes name for himself by creating classic forms that are both natural and man-made ... James Surls: The Splendora Years, 1977-1997 ... James Surls: Marking Time. (Houston Chronicle)
Gus Kopriva: Dow Chemical exec and art lover Aug 7, 2005
Through her, he befriended artist James Surls, established an enduring relationship with the Menil's founding director Walter Hopps and established deep ties with artists Ed and Nancy Kienholz. "What I know (about art) I learned through osmosis from them," Kopriva says. (Houston Chronicle)
Entertainment : Denver Art Museum displays contemporary craftsmanship Jun 5, 2004
"There's a ceiling-hung work by James Surls made out of wood that incorporates his trademark iconography of flowers, eyes, knives - that kind of thing," Vanderlip said. It is titled "All in the Wind.". (Wyoming Tribune Eagle)
DAM offers a look at Colorado art history May 23, 2004
The nationally renowned James Surls, for instance, just juried the biennial North American Sculpture Exhibition, which is still on display through June 6 at Foothills Art Center in Golden, and Amerika, a University of Colorado art and art history professor and Internet art pioneer, was picked for the 2000 Whitney Biennial. David Yust, whose impressive 10-foot diameter acrylic on canvas over a sculptural wood frame, "Circular Composition #53," was commissioned for the current DAM building in... (Boulder Daily Camera, CO)
A really big show Apr 28, 2004
Colorado sculptor James Surls stands between William Papineau's Homo I, rear, and Lazar Christian Fonkin's David at the Foothills Art Center, where the 2004 North American Sculpture Exhibition is on view ... GOLDEN - James Surls doesn't mince words: "I love making sculpture. I love making big sculpture." ... What: work by 68 artists from the United States and Canada, juried by James Surls. (Rocky Mountain News, CO)
Mixed media exalt Denver Art Museum's summer Apr 28, 2004
Artists featured in the exhibition include Robert Adams, Mark Amerika, Stephen Batura, Dale Chisman, Albert Chong, Richard DeVore, John McEnroe, Beverly Rosen, James Surls, Gary Sweeney and several others. The exhibition borrows its title from a work by Gary Sweeney. (Vail Daily)
Houston artists to celebrate peer's life, work Mar 27, 2004
Under the auspices of the Houston Artists Fund, the event features a raffle for 32 works donated by the Houston arts elite -- including the Art Guys, Terry Allen, Joe Havel, Sharon Kopriva, Ann Stautberg, James Surls and Dee Wolff. "Lucas was such an important artist in the community here. He was a nurturing contact for me when I came to Houston 13 years ago," said Havel, director of the Glassell School of Art. (Google News -- Entertainment)
Review: Material men provide a true feel for folk art Feb 28, 2004
James Surls, one of Texas' best known artists, works with traditional wood and steel ... A spiraling flower says beauty and grace, but saberlike petals spell danger in James Surls' sculpture Diamond and Flower ... Sculpture: Donald Lipski and James Surls. (Houston Chronicle)
"Call to Artists: 2004 North American Sculpture Exhibition" Oct 23, 2003
This year's juror is James Surls, internationally renowned for his large-scale sculptures constructed of wood and steel. Surls has earned numerous honors for his work, from a 1979 National Endowment of the Arts Fellowship to the 1991 Texas Artist of the Year award (Absolutearts.com)
Artwork for arena area is approved Oct 15, 2003
The council agreed to pay $450,000 for the pieces, all sculptures, including $225,000 for the most expensive, "Six and Seven Flowers" by James Surls. The sculptures include Surls' project, $60,000 for "Aztlan" by Manjarris, $50,000 for "Untitled History" by Mel Chin, $90,000 for "Southwest Pieta" by Luis Jimenez and $25,000 for "Open Book" by Charmaine Locke (Corpus Christi Caller Times, TX)
