A Tree is a Wild Thing: New Sculpture by Doug Cannell

February 6 to February 27, 2021
Hatch Art Gallery, 3456 Evaline, Hamtramck
Gallery Hours Thursdays (6pm-9pm) and Saturdays (noon-6pm)

Masks required, limited occupancy

Hamtramck’s Hatch Art Gallery announces the opening of its one-person exhibit February 6-27, 2021, featuring the works of sculptor Doug Cannell.

Over the past 18 months, Cannell, a Detroit artist, has created over two dozen unique pieces of wall-hung abstract sculpture made primarily of bent, manipulated and carved wood.

He explains, “A tree is a wild thing. We try our best to civilize it by chopping it down and sectioning it into the geometric shapes we call lumber, but a rich organic beauty persists within even the lowliest pine board. In this series, I take that “lumber” and coax it into shapes and objects that are more evocative of its indigenous personality and home.”