Mac Whitney
Mac Whitney celebrates his 88th Birthday this year. Though born 1936 in Kansas, he has lived and worked in Ovilla, Texas, for the last 50 years. He continues to actively work at this studio, primarily without any assistants. Using various machines and techniques, he cold bends the steel to create the various shapes that then come together for each structure. For example, to create the 38 foot tall “Pecos” sculpture he utilized a tractor to slowly curve the steel pieces. Time, space, and patience are fundamental to his work.
Mac Whitney has dedicated his career to the exploration of three-dimensional works. His abstract sculptures, constructed out of raw steel, are a metaphysical expression of the fundamental forces of tension and resolution evident in the built environment.
His work has a large presence in Texas: sculptures can be seen at the Hall Park in Frisco, gracing the entrance to the Art Museum of South Texas in Corpus Christi, and at the Studewood Park in Houston to name a few. Most recently one of his sculptures from the ‘Underslung Series’ has been acquired by the City of Houston for the Houston Airport System.
Mac Whitney’s work has been shown continuously over the last 50 years, both nationally and internationally, and is part of many private and public collections such as the Dallas Museum of Art, the Fort Worth Museum of Art, the Witte Memorial Art Museum in San Antonio Texas, the Nave Museum in Victoria Texas, University of North Texas Museum in Denton Texas, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Texas, the Hall Park in Frisco Texas, the University of Florida in Panama City Florida, the Corpus Christi Fine Art Museum.
Opening reception at Andrew Durham Gallery is on Saturday December 7, 2024, 5 - 7 p.m.
The show will be on view through January 25, 2025 at Andrew Durham Gallery as well as at Gallery Sonja Roesch.
