Common Ground: Site specific clay sculpture at Brownsville Museum of Fine Art, TX

Artist Ron Fondaw, Professor of Art at Washington University in St. Louis’ Sam Fox School of Design and Visual Arts, came to the South Texas Valley and took a critical look at the regional, political, and social experiences that challenge the valley’s communities. From his first-hand, real-world questioning, Fondaw designed a lexicon of icons, symbols, and conceptual messaging that incorporated principles of representational and abstract pastiche.