Edward Lane McCartney: Restoration

January 13 - April 26,2025

From the Beeville Art Museum:

"The Beeville Art Museum is proud to announce its upcoming exhibition, Restoration, featuring works by Edward Lane McCartney. The exhibition, running from January 13 to April 26, 2025, will showcase jewelry, sculpture, and collages created from found objects from everyday life. An artist’s reception on January 18, which is free and open to the public, will provide an opportunity to meet the artist and explore his work firsthand.

In Restoration, McCartney reflects on his twenty-five years as an artist, marked by discovery, resilience, and the transformative power of materials. From the wood of demolished houses to discarded cardboard and collected buttons, each piece holds a story, a history that resonates with the act of creation. Repetition and optical properties serve as central themes throughout his work. Complex layering of materials builds visual complexity and embodies the restoration of the discarded into something meaningful. “Each layer of a collage or assemblage reflects a meditative process, where I engage with the textures, colors, and forms of the materials at hand,” commented McCartney. “It echoes the broader human experience of finding beauty in what is overlooked or forgotten.”

McCartney also creates jewelry with his found objects and the exhibit features pieces that utilize both precious and non-precious materials, challenging conventional notions of beauty and value in jewelry. “This collection showcases how scale and unexpected materials can redefine what the viewer sees as beauty,” commented Tracy Saucier, Executive Director. “In an era where recycling and repurposing have become a greater focus, his work stands as a celebration of resilience.”

Edward Lane McCartney, born in 1964 in Pittsburgh, PA has resided in London, Toronto and San Francisco, and is currently based in Houston, TX where he has been creating art since 1999. His work is held internationally in many private, public, and museum collections. McCartney continues to study at the Glassell School of Art, MFAH, served as the Board President of the Houston Center for Contemporary Craft from where he is a former participant in their Artist in Residence Program and is active in the local arts community. McCartney's work is represented by Hooks- Epstein Galleries, Houston, TX and Jewelry is available at High Gloss, Houston TX.

Edward Lane McCartney: Restoration will be on display January 13 – April 26, 2025, at the Beeville Art Museum, 401 E. Fannin, Beeville, TX, 78102. The museum is open to the public 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. Saturday. Admission is always free. To contact the museum, please call 361-358-8615 or visit www.bamtexas.org.

The Beeville Art Museum, created and operated by the Joe Barnhart Foundation, is first and foremost a teaching museum, providing cultural and educational opportunities for the citizens of Bee County and surrounding areas. Beeville, with a population of approximately 13,000, is home to one of the most ambitious art and educational programs in Texas. In addition to exhibiting works by some of Texas’s most renowned artists, as well as selections from private collections and major museums across the state, the Beeville Art Museum provides docent-led tours and art classes for children and adults and workshops for Beeville educators at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. "

On View: January 13, 2025 | 12-5 pm

Beeville Art Museum 401 East Fannin
Beeville, TX 78104
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