This show I curated...
on view now:
@ Lobot Gallery, Oakland, CA
July 1-August 15, 2010
DENIZEN
Artists: G. Cole Allee, Barry Beach, Lisa K. Blatt, Christopher Burch, Ross Campbell, Matthew Cella, Brett Goodroad, Vita Hewitt, Elyse Hochstadt, Jeremiah Jenkins, Geraldine Lozano, John K. Melvin
The artists invited to participate in Denizen wrestle with notions of fragility, guidance, upheaval and habit. All part of this fluctuating moment in history, each artist examines social dynamics by merging material use, collaborative action and improvisation. The works included reflect contemplation empowered by shifting boundaries.
To expose historical setting, circumstances and perspectives the meta -narrative will draw attention to the rhythms shaping daily activities and contemporary pressures which cause voluntary and involuntary movement. Observation of these habits allow them to be studied and categorized allowing these observations to link through larger patterns. From collected insights, we can see migratory patterns as ephemeral notions described by material incarnations.
What is out of site is out of mind especially in a disposable culture. First and foremost communicators, as artists we subvert externalized processes by bringing them into the internal periphery. Like an arboretum, the gallery space will echo the movements of larger eco-systems within delineated space.
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Concept driven, Niki Shapiro combines representation with abstraction, pushing the boundaries of sculpture, installation and public art.
To reiterate subjective experience shaped by codified value, Shapiro sources mass produced disposable goods. After deconstructing globally manufactured "free" materials, Shapiro reconstructs three dimensional collages to redraw lines between personal and institutional memory.
Through tangible works, community engagement and socially conscious studio practices, connections between civil society and contemporary circumstance are outlined.
on view now:
@ Lobot Gallery, Oakland, CA
July 1-August 15, 2010
DENIZEN
Artists: G. Cole Allee, Barry Beach, Lisa K. Blatt, Christopher Burch, Ross Campbell, Matthew Cella, Brett Goodroad, Vita Hewitt, Elyse Hochstadt, Jeremiah Jenkins, Geraldine Lozano, John K. Melvin
The artists invited to participate in Denizen wrestle with notions of fragility, guidance, upheaval and habit. All part of this fluctuating moment in history, each artist examines social dynamics by merging material use, collaborative action and improvisation. The works included reflect contemplation empowered by shifting boundaries.
To expose historical setting, circumstances and perspectives the meta -narrative will draw attention to the rhythms shaping daily activities and contemporary pressures which cause voluntary and involuntary movement. Observation of these habits allow them to be studied and categorized allowing these observations to link through larger patterns. From collected insights, we can see migratory patterns as ephemeral notions described by material incarnations.
What is out of site is out of mind especially in a disposable culture. First and foremost communicators, as artists we subvert externalized processes by bringing them into the internal periphery. Like an arboretum, the gallery space will echo the movements of larger eco-systems within delineated space.
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Concept driven, Niki Shapiro combines representation with abstraction, pushing the boundaries of sculpture, installation and public art.
To reiterate subjective experience shaped by codified value, Shapiro sources mass produced disposable goods. After deconstructing globally manufactured "free" materials, Shapiro reconstructs three dimensional collages to redraw lines between personal and institutional memory.
Through tangible works, community engagement and socially conscious studio practices, connections between civil society and contemporary circumstance are outlined.
