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HERRON EXHIBIT HIGHLIGHTS MIDWESTERN SCULPTORS

INDIANAPOLIS - You don't have to have a famous name to be a good sculptor, maintains Herron Gallery Director David Russick.

That's why he has designed an exhibit to feature six relatively unknown, but in his opinion, immensely talented Midwestern sculptors.

The "HxWxDx6 (Height by Width by Depth by Six)" exhibit opened at Herron Gallery, 1701 N. Pennsylvania St., at the Herron School of Art on Wednesday, October 4 and will remain open through November 4. Russick planned the exhibit to complement the Indianapolis Museum of Art's "Crossroads of American Sculpture" exhibit opening October 14.

"This show is an indication of many of the great artists out there who are working hard with very little reward or notoriety," said Russick.

The show will feature six sculptors including Diane Simpson and Alison Helm.

Helm's sculptures create a visual grid with interlocking abstract forms. She has designed sculptures for 20 years for offices and homes across the world, including a piece for the deck of Caribbean Cruise Lines' Splendor of the Seas cruise ship. Helm currently lives in West Virginia and is an art professor at West Virginia University.

Simpson uses self-taught skills typically attributed to women - stitching, wrapping, and weaving - to construct her pieces. She often combines industrial materials such as metal or fiberboard with more domestic materials like wool, faux fur or braided cord. Simpson received her Masters in Fine Arts from the Art Institute of Chicago and has displayed her works at the Institute, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago, Notre Dame University and more.

Works by Palli Davis, David Nelson, Amy Brier and Christopher Furman are also part of the exhibition.

Herron Gallery is located at Herron School of Art at IUPUI at 1701 N. Pennsylvania St. and is open Monday-Saturday from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. with extended hours until 7 p.m. on Thursdays. The gallery is closed Sundays. For more information, please call the Herron Gallery at (317) 920-2420.

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