Sculptures give public art some direction

Sculptures give public art some direction

Something odd appears to be happening along the wide, tree-lined esplanades of Heights Boulevard. At about the 400 block, a small church rises from the earth. Farther north, a folded airplane of stainless steel dives into the ground, spindly cactus flowers sprout, a mirrored tower glimmers, a small ark on oars waits for rising water and a pair of huge lawn chairs makes passers-by look downright Lilliputian.

The temporary exhibit, "True North," will be on view nine months, the limit allowed on city properties.

One word doesn't describe the man behind it all. "I'm a curator, collector, gallerist and engineer, in that order," Gus Kopriva said. He's also a self-appointed ambassador for Texas artists, worldwide.
Kopriva, whose full first name is Gustav, was born in Baden-Baden, Germany - the Black Forest - after World War II. His father was a French officer from Normandy. "I grew up in rubble but with a Robert Wood picture of bluebonnets over my head in our living room," he said. He and his mother moved to Houston in the 1950s.

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