Artist

Stoney Lamar (Primary)

Title

Blue Tree Shoes

Date

2009

Century

21st century

Medium & Support

Walnut, steel and milk paint

Dimensions

Support: 73 x 20 x 22 in.

Style

Abstraction

Object Type

Sculpture and Installations

Class System

Decorative Arts & Design

Class 1

Sculptural

Credit Line

Museum purchase with funds provided by John & Robyn Horn and Blue Spiral 1, Asheville, NC

Accession Number

2009.26.30

Copyright

In Copyright
© Stoney Lamar

Lamar set out to be a furniture maker; however, he quickly learned that his interest was not in assembling but rather in subtracting from the wood until a sculpture emerged. His technique requires multiaxial turning of the wood on a lathe to create geometric forms and repositioning the piece to introduce different orientations. His later work, such as Blue Tree Shoes, is larger and required the use of a chainsaw. This is Lamar’s first object in which he used steel feet, and its title refers to the song in his head while he made it, Elvis Presley’s version of “Blue Suede Shoes.” The wood here is no longer raw but burned, colored, and heavily marked.

Exhibition Title: Asheville Art Museum: An Introduction to the Collection
Label Date: 2021
Type: Catalogue Entry
Written by: Whitney Richardson

• monumental sculpture
• walnut