HIGH PLAINS JAMBOREE - Collaboration with Jacob Salazar
Singer/songwriter and sculptor, Terry Allen's seminal album from 1979, Lubbock on Everything, paints a vivid picture of a place and time that is at the heart of any Lubbockite's ancestry and culture. While in it's 38th year of print, this music's reverent and irreverent spirit is something that Salazar and Shelly have sought to emulate in High Plains Jamboree.
"This work is both serious and playful, sarcastic and sincere, and a dutiful nod to a bygone era of West Texas strength, prestige, and southern hospitality. All of which fell into noticeable decay during the late 80's through today. This exhibition will serve to reflect the duality seen in West Texas landscapes and landmarks. It is an account by two artists raised in a Lubbock, TX miasma - two artists raised in a culture and landscape of both recessive austerity and expansive beauty."
Singer/songwriter and sculptor, Terry Allen's seminal album from 1979, Lubbock on Everything, paints a vivid picture of a place and time that is at the heart of any Lubbockite's ancestry and culture. While in it's 38th year of print, this music's reverent and irreverent spirit is something that Salazar and Shelly have sought to emulate in High Plains Jamboree.
"This work is both serious and playful, sarcastic and sincere, and a dutiful nod to a bygone era of West Texas strength, prestige, and southern hospitality. All of which fell into noticeable decay during the late 80's through today. This exhibition will serve to reflect the duality seen in West Texas landscapes and landmarks. It is an account by two artists raised in a Lubbock, TX miasma - two artists raised in a culture and landscape of both recessive austerity and expansive beauty."