Baney’s art makes it at juried group show

Trinidad-born sculptor Dr Ralph Baney is taking part in a juried group show in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. Photographs show Baney with one of his two pieces selected by the jurors. Baney, whose main material is wood, also works in bronze, marble and ceramic. In his show at the Towson Art Collective Gallery, Baney’s two pieces have been done with the chain saw and then sandblasted to achieve a unique finish, softer than the rugged chain saw marks. A formal reception is scheduled for July 22, 2012. In his book, Responding to Art, Bob Bersson describes how Baney works. “Baney does not make preparatory drawings for his works. Rather, he visualises the form within the material and allows the particular qualities of the piece of wood to dictate the formal directions he should follow.” Art lovers will remember Baney’s major Retrospective Show held at the National Museum in 2004, the same year he was honoured with an honorary doctorate by the University of the West Indies for his body of work as a sculptor.

 

What is a juried group show?

The competition in a juried group show can be fierce. Hundreds (sometimes thousands) of artists vie for a limited number of coveted spots in the art show, and a group of their artistic peers decide who does and does not make the grade. Since the jury never sees you, but only images of your work and your application, these become your “audition.” Too often artists with talent get rejected because they don’t pay enough attention to the details that sway a jury to say yea rather than nay.