{"title":"Edward McCartney","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eEdward Lane McCartney, born in 1964 in Pittsburgh, PA has resided in London, Toronto and San Francisco, and is currently based in Houston, TX where he has been creating art since 1999. His work is held internationally in many private, public, and museum collections. McCartney's art jewelry is often infused with social content. Sometimes his work is material driven, sometimes conceptual, yet always wrought from his own aesthetic. While McCartney's works primarily in metals, recently his work has left the site of the body, moving to a larger sculptural scale incorporating mixed media with a focus on color, optical kinetics, and material in both three- and two-dimensional forms. McCartney continues to study at the Glassell School of Art, MFAH, served as the Board President of the Houston Center for Contemporary Craft from where he is a former participant in their Artist in Residence Program, and is active in the local arts community. McCartney's work is represented by Hooks- Epstein Galleries, Houston, TX and CAMIBA Gallery, Austin, TX and Jewelry is available at High Gloss, Houston TX.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch1 data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNotes from the Artist\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis body of work was created in 2020 during the pre-vaccine self-imposed quarantine at the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic. I was doing a survey of American Modernist art jewelry and was taken with the work of, hitherto unknown to me, Betty Cooke, 1924-present. As minimalism has not generally been a part of my practice, with lots of time on my hands, and limited resources in my studio I was eager to attempt to fabricate this minimalist series of pieces. They reinforced for me, that which I somewhat knew, that simple is rarely simple or rarely easy and that restraint is a muscle I don’t generally like to exercise. I now more fully understand its necessity and will be reminded to call upon it in my own practice.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cstyle type=\"text\/css\"\u003e\u003c!--\ntd {border: 1px solid #ccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}\n--\u003e\u003c\/style\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ca class=\"in-cell-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.edwardlanemccartney.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ehttps:\/\/www.edwardlanemccartney.com\/\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[],"url":"https:\/\/shopashergallery.com\/collections\/edward-mccartney.oembed","provider":"Asher: Off the Wall at Houston Center for Contemporary Craft","version":"1.0","type":"link"}