The Square hosting artist event April 4
The Paris Gibson Square Museum of Art is hosting an exhibition reception and artist talk with Chip Clawson from 5:30-7:30 p.m. April 4.
The program is at 1400 1st Ave. N. and is free and open to the public.
Clawson’s exhibition,”Figments of the Imagination,” features large-scale sculptures in two galleries at The Square through July.
Visitors to the April 4 event will hear from the artist about his life and career.
A full-color brochure publication featuring a new essay from the artist will also be available for visitors to take home.
Clawson’s “Figments of the Imagination’ exhibit is an innovative artist installation and large-scale environment of art created between 2021 and 2025, according to The Square.
The art “embodies a sense of freedom and adventure as defined by his distinctive style, utilizing bold sculptural organic shapes and textures combined with mesmerizing, intense colors,” according to The Square.
Clawson is a Helena-based sculptor known for larger scale concrete and ceramic public and private art installations.
More recently, he’s shifted to using digital technology to “create large lightweight sculptures and installations that show movement and are joyful, colorful and positive. His work is intended to engage and captivate the imagination of the viewer,” according to the museum.
This exhibition is curated by Nicole Maria Evans, chief curator at The Square.
Exhibitions at the museum are supported in part by the Montana Arts Council, a state agency funded by the State of Montana, and the National Endowment for the Arts. The Square is also funded in part by coal severance taxes paid based upon coal mined in Montana and deposited in Montana’s cultural and aesthetic projects trust fund.
