THOM 12 | Spring / Summer 2019

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“I enjoy thinking about very normal things; things we step over and around, I find fascinating.” 8
ARTIST While he loved city life, Kevin found that he wanted to create works of personal interest to him, and in 2008 he completed an M.F.A. in graphic communication, with an emphasis on sculpting. Today he’s a sculptor and conceptual artist and has been an instructor in the art program at Florida State University for seven years. “I am good at art,” Kevin says. “And I enjoy art, because it constantly keeps my attention. I have always gravitated toward doing what I want to do, and art has been the one thing that sets me apart from everyone else.” Another series that Kevin has been engaged in for many years, titled Respoken, involves transforming discarded road signs into abstract pieces. He finds the signs abandoned in dumpsters, alleyways and forests. Recently he procured 3,000 square feet of hand-painted billboards from throughout northwest Florida and Georgia. Kevin doesn’t alter the colors or the materials; he simply re-forms them, and always titles the finished piece with the sign’s original message. “I don’t expect my work to solve the world’s problems, but I hope it inspires people to take a longer, more thoughtful look at the world around them,” Kevin says. “The billboards and the rocks are great metaphors for that. You can walk in front of them and spend time with them. You can mentally and physically slow down, and I think that’s important for everybody, for society.” Kevin Curry kcurry.com Kevin’s Tripping Over the Same Stone and Respoken collections will be shown at Thomasville Center for the Arts Downtown from June 6 through July 26. 9
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