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COCKY, the catalog, is a documentation of an exhibition that occurred from November 19, 2010 through Saturday, December 4, 2010. It was a conversation between the artist and his critics over the past seven years of creating work. This dynamic new body of work demonstrates Shumate s mastery of storytelling while merging new contemporary pieces with the classical concepts from DuChamp to Ruscha. The semi-autobiographical show includes an exciting variety of multimedia experiences for its viewers. Central to the exhibition is the anthology of a contemporary cock.The familiar rooster, icon of domesticity chosen for both its regality and absurdity, takes on a multitude of forms throughout the exhibition. Each piece is a rhetorical answer to today s artistic questions of criticism, aesthetics, and concepts- and finds humor in the sincerity of its execution. Multimedia artist Anthony Thompson Shumate has an M.F.A. in Sculpture from the University of Houston (2005) and a BFA from the University of Texas in San Antonio (2001). Notable accomplishments for this award-winning artist includes a solo exhibition at Art League Houston, a 2006 New Works Fellowship for Emerging Artist from the former Cultural Arts Council of Houston/Harris County, a collaborator on a public art installation at the University of Houston - Sugarland, an ArtPix Grant for Las Pozas: Steps and Falls, a multimedia experience produced in partnership with photographer/videographer Robert Ziebell. Shumate has exhibited extensively throughout both Texas and the United States.
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