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B.C. Gilbert

Artist Statement

The work which I create is a culmination of several factors including situations past and present, references to nostalgic tendencies, environmental surroundings of popular culture (specifically my own), and an obsession with the depiction of Americana in an non traditional and unpredictable format.  Through these means and by using the devices of construction, collage, abstraction, found objects, and even premeditated environments similar to installations, it is my desire and focus to reinvent and reinterpret the stereotype of presupposed “Western Art” and to pose and suggest those questions for the supposed audience.Lank Spangler portrait

Reviews

2004         Art Lies
                Houston, TX. February

                Boston Globe
                Boston, MA. January

2003         GlassTire.com
                Houston, TX. October

2002         GlassTire.com
                Houston, TX. April

2000         Caprock Sun
                Lubbock, TX. April

                Lubbock Fine Art Magazine
                Lubbock, TX. April

Catalogs

2005         Lank Spangler; No Compromise
                Catalog sponsored by the Buddy Holly Center and The
                Helen Jones Foundation, Lubbock, TX. October

2004         Ulterior Motifs No. 7
                Published by the Amarillo Museum of Art
                Amarillo, TX. July

1999         Heart and Soul of the Great Plains
               Sponsored by the Museum of the Great Plains and the Leslie Powell Gallery, Lawton, OK. November

1997         Oklahoma; Centerfold
                Show Catalog published by Leslie Powell Gallery
                Lawton, OK. November

1995         Oklahoma; Centerfold
                Show catalog published by Leslie Powell Gallery
                Lawton, OK. November

Exhibitions List

::Solo Exhibitions::

2002         Old Work N/A New House

                        One World Imports, Lubbock, TX. March

2001         The Greazie Box Cafe

                         Art Space, Lubbock, TX. April

1999         Soiled Velvet and Tarnished Steel

                        Leslie Powell Gallery, Lawton, OK. January

1996         Visual Communication

                        Carnegie Town Hall, Lawton, OK. September

 

::Curated Exhibitions::

1998         Lubbock’s Seventeen Most Wanted Artists

                        One Star Gallery, Lubbock, TX. October

2004         Lank Spangler; No Compromise

                         The Buddy Holly Fine Arts Center, Lubbock, TX
                         Collaboration with Andy Wilkinson. August

2005         Lank Spangler; No Compromise

                        The New Braunfels Museum of Art and Music
                        New Braunfels, TX
                        Collaboration with Andy Wilkinson. February

 

::Group/Invitational Exhibitions::

2005         12 x 12
               Amarillo Art Museum, Amarillo, TX
               Curated by Tom Toperzer. October                       

               Ulterior Motifs No.8
               The Buddy Holly Fine Arts Center, Lubbock, TX
               Curated by Bryan and Jeff Wheeler. May

2004         5 x 7
               Old Jail Center, Albany, TX
               Invitational. November

                Ulterior Motifs No. 8
                The New Braunfels Museum of Art and Music
                New Braunfels, TX
                Curated by Jeff and Bryan Wheeler, Wayne Gilbert,
                Gus Kopriva.  October

                 From the Flatlands
                The Studio Gallery, Houston, TX
                Curated by Marie Weichman. September

                7 Trains of Thought and a Culmination
                Center for Contemporary Art, Abilene, TX
                Curated by Dawn Wolf-Taylor and
                Lagina Fairbetter. September

                5 x 7
                Dunn and Brown Contemporary, Dallas, TX
                Invitational. August

                Ulterior Motifs No. 7
                Amarillo Museum of Art, Amarillo, TX
                Curated by Jeff and Bryan Wheeler, Wayne Gilbert,
                Gus Kopriva. July
                Published Catalog

                5 x 7
                Arthouse, Austin, TX
                Invitational. May

                Mythic Pizza
                The Buddy Holly Fine Arts Center, Lubbock, TX
                Invitational, Supporters of the Fine Arts.  May

               I Heart (love) Texas
               Allston Skirt Gallery, Boston, MA
               Curated by C. Sean Hornton. January

 

2003         All Souls
               On Q Gallery, Lubbock, TX
               Invitational.  October

               
               Lubbock on Top: Ten Artists from the High Plains
               Gallery 101, Houston, TX
               Curated by Jeff and Bryan Wheeler.  October

                5 x 7
                The Bower, San Antonio, TX
                Invitational. October
               
                5 x 7
                Mixture Contemporary Art, Houston, TX
                Invitational. September

                5 x 7
                Dunn and Brown Contemporary, Dallas, TX
                Invitational. August

                5 x 7
                Art House, Austin, TX
                Invitational. May

                2DD, 3DDD, Triple AAA Bra Show
                Keller Rihn Studio, San Antonio, TX
                Invitational. April

                Ulterior Motifs NO. 5
               Wheeler Bros Studio, Lubbock, TX
                Curated by Jeff and Bryan Wheeler.  April

2002         Ulterior Motifs No. 3
               Wheeler Bros Studio, Lubbock, TX
               Curated by Jeff and Bryan Wheeler. April

                Celebracion!
                The Buddy Holly Fine Arts Center, Lubbock, TX
                Invitational. November

                Ulterior Motifs No. 4
               The Art Guys World Headquarters, Houston, TX
                Curated by Jeff and Bryan Wheeler. November

2001         True Colors
                Depot Alley, Lubbock, TX.  November
                Invitational benefit raising money for 9-11 victims

                1st Annual Expulsion Gala
                18th Street and Texas Ave.
                Benefit for a friend being evicted. October

                Announcing: Charity Exhibition of Michelle Unruh
               The Garden Arts Center, Lubbock, TX
               Benefit raising money to help cure Hodgkins Disease.  July

                Off the Wall- A West Texas Landscape
               The Buddy Holly Fine Arts Center, Lubbock, TX
               Five Artist Collaborative Installation
               Curated by Connie Gibbons. January

2000         Ulterior Motifs No. 2
               Wheeler Bros Studio, Lubbock, TX
                Curated by Jeff and Bryan Wheeler. April

                On the Wall-Off the Wall
                Godbold Cultural Center, Lubbock, TX
                Multi-Artist Collaboration. October

                Celebracion!
                The Buddy Holly Fine Arts Center, Lubbock, TX
                Group Invitational. November

                Southern Exposure
                Einstein’s Bar and Grill, Lubbock, TX
                Group Invitational. December

1999         Ulterior Motifs
               Wheeler Bros Studio, Lubbock, TX
                Curated by Jeff and Bryan Wheeler. April

                Fact, Fiction, & Fantasy; The Human Experience
                Center for Contemporary Arts, Abilene, TX
                Group Invitational.  November

1998         Lubbock’s Seventeen Most Wanted Artists
               One Star Gallery, Lubbock, TX
                Group invitational. November
               
                Celebracion!
                Lubbock Fine Arts Center, Lubbock TX
                Group Invitational. November 

::Juried Exhibitions::

2002         Oklahoma Centerfold
                Leslie Powell Gallery, Lawton, OK
                Juror: John Hitchcock
                Published Catalog. November

2001         Living on the Prairie, Living on the Plains
               Coutts Memorial Museum of Art, El Dorado, KS
               Juror: Harold Gregor
                Published Catalog. October

1999         Heart and Soul of the Great Plains
               Museum of the Great Plains, Lawton, OK
               Juror: Edna Williams
                Published Catalog. November

1997         Oklahoma; Centerfold
                Leslie Powell Gallery, Lawton, OK
                Juror: Cecil Lee
                Published Catalog. November

                Individual Artist of Oklahoma Mixed Media Competition
                IAO Gallery, Oklahoma City, OK. March

1996         Fall Fest

                Duncan Omniplex, Duncan, OK
               Juror: Hollis Howard. October

                Twenty-Four Works on Paper
                Kirkpatrick Center, Oklahoma City, OK
                Juror: Maxine Warren. November

                Individual Artist of Oklahoma Mixed Media Competition
                IAO Gallery, Oklahoma City, OK
                Juror: Chris Ramsey. May

1995         Cameron University First Annual Juried Competition
               Cameron University Art Gallery, Lawton, OK
               Juror: Jack Titus. November

               Oklahoma; Centerfold
               Leslie Powell Gallery, Lawton, OK
              Juror: Kristy Deetz. November

             

              Twenty-Four Works on Paper
              IAO Gallery, Oklahoma City, OK
              Juried Exhibition. November

1994         Individual Artist of Oklahoma Juried Student Show
               IAO Gallery, Oklahoma City, OK
               Jurors: Kim Springer and George Oswalt

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