Hank Kaminsky Will Display Five Works Throughout Downtown Fayetteville
Fayetteville, Ark – In collaboration with Fayetteville Downtown Partners local sculptor Hank Kaminsky is inaugurating a new way of exhibiting public sculpture. The concept: Gallery Without Walls has been successful in other parts of the country, but this summer’s exhibition will be a first for this area. The show will open with a reception at each of the sites in downtown Fayetteville on Friday, June 16, from 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM. A reception will be held at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church at 8:30 PM.
Five of Kaminsky’s large bronze and steel sculptures will be installed temporarily at five different sites in the downtown area. The works will be at the sites until the end of the Fayetteville Arts Festival, which will be held September 1 through 9.
The works will be installed at the Fayetteville Town Center, the Arvest Plaza on the Square, the West Avenue Garden of the Walton Arts Center, the Meditation Garden of Saint Paul’s Episcopal Church and in the front entry of the Fayetteville Public Library.
The sculptures are all part of a series of works Kaminsky calls: “Pages from the Book of the Earth”, an exhibition that has been shown at the Shidoni Gallery in Santa Fe, NM, for the past year. The works in this show are concerned with a concept Kaminsky has been examining since he was 12 years old, an alternative way of looking at the earth. Each of the sculptures is related to Kaminsky’s World Peace Prayer fountain at the Town Center.
As part of the festivities, there will be a treasure hunt/quiz. Participants will be asked a series of questions. Individuals who correctly answer all of the questions will be entered in a drawing to win a piece of Kaminsky’s work.
The organizers’ plan to continue Gallery Without Walls as an installation of public art in downtown Fayetteville, where the pieces are also available for purchase. Kaminsky has spoken with other artists, and interest is building for future shows.
For further information, contact Kaminsky at 442-5805 or at sculptor@kaminsky.com.