Whitney, Mac (1936 - 2025)

Found 2 Works by this Artist

(1936 - 2025)

Midlothian, TX

Mac Whitney, (1936 - 2025) in Kansas, has lived and worked in Texas for the
past 50 years.
In 1979, Mac Whitney was awarded a commission by the City of Houston
to build a large-scale sculpture, one of the firsts, funded by grants by the
National Endowment for the Arts and the Department of Urban
Development. This sculpture, titled ‘Houston’, is placed in Stude Park in the
Heights Neighborhood and serves as a landmark sculpture to the
community at large.
Whitney’s work has been shown continuously over his lifetime pursuit of a
career in the arts, both nationally and internationally, and is part of many
public collections including the Dallas Museum of Art, The Fort Worth
Museum of Art, The Art Museum of South Texas, The University of North
Texas Museum, and The Nasher Sculpture Center in Dallas, Texas.
Whitney’s dynamic sculptures and extensive career have become a
recognized part of Texas’ rich cultural environment. His abstracted raw
steel sculptures portray the primary forces of tension and resolution while
instilling a sense of monumentality. The freestanding sculptures are both
prodigious and lyrical - heavy metal seems effortlessly bent, unfolding
toward the sky.
Mac Whitney’s work is profound. Having worked in isolation for many
years, Whitney has produced countless series of work: The Underslung,
the T-Angle, the Kinetic, and the Linked Series, all have been exhibited
across Texas and internationally. His work is important to the contemporary
art scene and thrives in a public setting.