Preview Reception: March 31; 6-8pm First Thursday Artwalk Opening: April 1; 6-8pm
Gallery Hours 12-5pm
Main Gallery
LITERARY
Shalini Bhat, Jennifer Caine, Julie Cattin, Monika Dalkin, Sarah Dillon, Becky Frehse, Joshua Goode, Joan Kimura, Lindsay McCulloch, Stephanie Wilken, Bartek Walicki, Cass Walker
They say a picture is worth 1000 words. Artists and writers have long been related, each inspiring the other to think creatively and trigger awareness and analysis of their subjects. At times, text is illustrated with creative imagery, designed to help heighten an experience of the words or drive imaginative pictorial movies in our heads. Sometimes visual response drives contemplation, and text exists only to assist in our understanding, like a road sign telling our imagination where to go with the image. Maybe the text itself is really only a design element; a pattern or texture or focal point.
Some artists question the very essence of what defines a book. Is it in fact just a physical enclosure of precious text, an exterior surface in which the text is presented, secondary to the rich literature it houses - or - is it truly the focus of our attention and contemplation? Are the words meant to be read? This exhibition explores the intellectual connection between words and visual experience.
Images: Above Left: Monika Dalkin, Chapter Three: The Prom, romance novels, knitted roses, store mannequin steel frame, approx. dimensions: 60 x 42 x 42" Middle Right: Joshua Goode, Album 03, artist's book consisting of 16 etchings 5 x 4" each oil gold leaf hair canvas and etchings
Small Space
Sally Ketcham Homescapes/Townscapes
Sally Ketcham's mixed media and collage works combine her painting and photography with diagrams, maps, signage and other graphic elements found at the edges of outer suburbia. Architectural elements clash with the natural environment while ambiguous spatial relationships reflect shifting grounds and unsettled times. Tape and paper debris create line work and mood. Paint and palettes form an antidote to this slightly dystopian imagery, suggesting a collective energy that has the potential to transform an unsustainable model into its opposite.
