"Sculptor’s Table," a 1989 work by Jim Gibson of welded steel, brass and aluminum

"Ericka-Chendu" (left) and "Juggler"

Jim Gibson, retired professor emeritus of sculpture at MTSU’s Department of Art, will show his work as part of the 6/60 (six over sixty) exhibition at the Art Store in Charleston, W.V. The exhibit, featuring the work of five painters alongside Gibson’s sculptures, will run through Nov. 19.

One of Gibson’s pieces in the exhibit, the welded steel sculpture “Ericka-Chendu,” also received this year’s Joseph A. Cain Memorial Purchase Award at the 45th Annual National Drawing & Small Sculpture Show at Del Mar College in Corpus Christi, Texas.

Gibson’s work has been included in many exhibitions and collections across the Southeast, and he has been commissioned to create art for the U.S. Army, the U.S. Embassy in Malta, Vanderbilt University and WSMV-TV in Nashville, among others.

He says his abstract style is affected by his interest in the human figure and mythology.