Bill Text: TX SR462 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Recognizing Bob Wade for his mastery of oversized Texas symbols.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-03-21 - Reported enrolled [SR462 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SR462-Enrolled.html
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WHEREAS, Austin artist Bob "Daddy-O" Wade has earned | ||
international distinction for himself and for his state as an | ||
extraordinary exporter of Texas culture and creator of giant | ||
public sculptures; and | ||
WHEREAS, Bob Wade was born in Austin, Texas; he received a | ||
bachelor of fine arts degree from The University of Texas at | ||
Austin and a master of arts degree from the University of | ||
California, Berkeley; and | ||
WHEREAS, Known as a "pioneer of Texas Funk and connoisseur | ||
of Southwestern kitsch," Mr. Wade was a shaper of the 1970s Texas | ||
"cosmic" counterculture and has been a longtime ambassador for | ||
Texas art; his oversized Texas-themed sculptural work includes a | ||
giant six-shooter in Del Rio, which was made using a 55-gallon | ||
drum for the cylinder, a stove pipe for the barrel, and stucco for | ||
the pearl handle; and | ||
WHEREAS, Bob Wade is the recipient of three National | ||
Endowment for the Arts grants, and his work has been included in | ||
biennial exhibitions in Paris, France, in New Orleans, and at the | ||
Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City; his work can be | ||
found at the Menil Collection in Houston and in the collections | ||
of the Austin Museum of Art, Chase Manhattan Bank, and AT&T; he | ||
has produced three books, and his work was included in Oil Patch | ||
Dreams: Images of the Petroleum Industry in American Art at the | ||
Art Museum of Southeast Texas; and | ||
WHEREAS, Mr. Wade's unique larger-than-life art includes | ||
his 2006 Kinky Mobile, a small teardrop trailer with a large | ||
cowboy hat on top and a three-foot cigar sticking out the front, | ||
the production of which coincided with Kinky Friedman's run for | ||
Texas governor, and his iconic iguana, which stood on the roof of | ||
the Lone Star Café in New York City for a decade and can now be | ||
seen atop a building at the Fort Worth Zoo; his work can also be | ||
found at The Grove in Fort Worth, as part of the Waterside | ||
development's public art program; installed in 2016, this | ||
outdoor sculpture celebrates the area's history and is made from | ||
repurposed amusement-park rides and playground equipment; a book | ||
chronicling the oversized artworks he has created over a span of | ||
50 years will be published by Texas A&M University Press in March | ||
2020; and | ||
WHEREAS, Turning 40 years old this year is the largest | ||
cowboy boot sculpture in the world, a Bob Wade creation that was | ||
recognized by the Guinness book of world records; the enormous | ||
pair of ostrich boots is seen daily by thousands of drivers going | ||
past the North Star Mall on Loop 410 in San Antonio; now, | ||
therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 86th | ||
Legislature, hereby congratulate Bob "Daddy-O" Wade on his | ||
mastery of oversized Texas symbols and on the 40th anniversary of | ||
his World's Largest Cowboy Boots; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for | ||
Daddy-O as an expression of esteem from the Texas Senate. | ||
Watson | ||
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President of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that the | ||
above Resolution was adopted by | ||
the Senate on March 21, 2019. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
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Member, Texas Senate |