New Metal

People always said a friend of mine had a problem for picking up other people’s scraps and trash and taking them home to see if he could either make them work, or make them into something else. I always thought it was kind of cool that all this stuff folks had written off found another life in my friend’s home. He never thought of it as art, but I think it was. When it comes to sculptor George Tobolowsky, the process of scrap-hunting yields the entirety of his artwork. He collects pieces (around 1,000 pounds per week, and I’m so not lying, but I am wondering what the hell he hauls it home in) from scrap yards and fabrication plants and lets the pieces’ shapes, color and composition speak to him before ultimately welding them into new, rejuvenated, spirited creations. See the master of recycling’s work, George Tobolowsky: Poetry in Steel, 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Wednesdays through Saturdays (through February 29) at the McKinney Avenue Contemporary, 2130 McKinney Ave. Call 214-953-1MAC or visit the-mac.org.

Wednesdays-Saturdays, 11 a.m.-9 p.m. Starts: Jan. 16. Continues through Feb. 29, 2008