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Into the Wood
Written By: Billy Love, The Bascom | Issue: May 2023
A new exhibit celebrates the art and the craftsmanship of three generations of Moulthrop men.
The Bascom’s annual theme for 2023, Origins, invites artists and curators to explore questions about the sources of their ideas, materials, and methods of making.
Many of our exhibits this year focus on the materials of art, including a presentation of works by three generations of woodturners with Into the Wood.
Into the Wood: Ed, Philip and Matt Moulthrop explores the aesthetic and technical breakthroughs of a family of artist-woodturners who have created a new language of self-expression through form, material and process. Curated by Marilyn Laufer and Tom Butler, the exhibition focuses on works made from trees native to the Southeast and includes examples of work by all three Moulthrop artisans.
The Moulthrop Family, which hails from Marietta, Georgia, comprises three generations of internationally acclaimed woodturners: Ed, Philip, and Matt, all of whom have contributed their distinct style to the medium. They are among the most celebrated and collectable contemporary wood artists globally. Their work is included in numerous major collections, including the permanent collections of the Carnegie Museum of Art (Pittsburgh), the Carter Center (Atlanta), the Detroit Institute of Arts, Minneapolis Institute of the Arts, and in the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum (Washington, DC).
Our guest curators, Marylin Laufer and Tom Butler, have been collaboratively and independently curating exhibitions for over 40 years. Recently retiring to Asheville North Carolina, both had long careers as educators and museum directors. Tom retired as the director emeritus of the Columbus Museum in Columbus, Georgia, in 2014, and Marilyn retired as director emerita from Auburn University in 2018, having taught art history there for many years before she served as the director of the university’s Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art.
Please join The Bascom in celebrating the important origin story of Ed, Philip, and Matt Moulthrop. The exhibition opens on May 13, and a public reception will be held on June 15.
