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Patrick Dougherty
born Oklahoma City, OK 1945; resides Chapel Hill, NC
Shindig, 2015
willow saplings
Courtesy of Patrick Dougherty
Dougherty has crisscrossed the world weaving sticks into marvelous architectures. Each structure is unique, an improvised response to its surroundings, as reliant on the materials at hand as the artist's wishes: the branches tell him which way they want to bend. This give and take lends vitality to Dougherty's work, so that walls and spires are a record of gestures and wills. Finding the right sticks remains a constant challenge, and part of the adventure of the art-making sends him scouring over the forgotten corners of land where plants grow wild and full of possibility. |