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Valerie Fowler: The Story of the Deer in the Road

Presented by Camiba Art at Camiba Art

Austin artist Valerie Fowler exhibits her oil paintings and mixed media works on paper and performs the “Crankie Show”, a 36 foot illustration on a stroll, cranked along to live musical accompaniment.

The Story of the Deer in the Road, an art exhibition of oil paintings and mixed media drawings portraying the artist’s visions of personal vulnerability and confrontations with mortality as well as threats to human existence in general, all manifested in the form of a deer. The animal, ubiquitous in Texas and throughout the U.S., transgresses into human habitat such that its presence is a constant reminder that its own natural habitat has shrunk and is continuously being altered by human civilization. This deer, a female, portrayed in various visions or settings, is, in turns, the protagonist in a story or memory, an omen, or an alter ego to the artist.

Exhibition on view Sept 7-28

Plus:

There will be 3 “Crankie” performance dates throughout the run:

Saturday 9/14 – 1pm

Saturday, 9/21 – 6pm

Thursday, 9/26 – 6pm

Crankies are 30 foot long narrative drawings that are “cranked” from a scroll accompanied by live music. Music performed by Brian Beattie (Fowler’s husband and frequent collaborator) and, on Thursday 9/26, vocalist and songwriter Alice Spencer (Shinyribs) will lend her voice to the Crankie performance.

**Plus, plus: writer, performer and provocateur extraordinaire Robin Chotzinoff will respond to the artworks with a reading.

This project is sponsored in part by the Cultural Arts Division of the City of Austin Economic Development Department and also, by the Center for Women and Their Work.