SEASON 9 EXHIBITS IN THE GALLERY
September 2012 - August 2013
| September 28 - October 26, 2012 (previous season 9 exhibitions) |
main gallery Deus Ex Machina Guest Curated by Dennis Kiel A popular story proving the mythical power of photography is the one which recounts indigenous natives' reactions to the process of having their image taken and reproduced on paper. They believed by taking their picture the camera was stealing people's souls. Of course modern society is numb to such apparent superstition. However, some truth may be at its core - the camera captures a unique transfer of light from the surface of the individual, and freezes it in a two-dimensional stasis, unmoving and unliving, a fragment of time and light. We are beholden to the primary source of light in our lives, the sun, and whether we admit it or not it is an unquestionable deity, a giver of life, and a destroyer. With this exhibit Manifest explores how photography can not only capture divinity (using light), but also how it produces art objects that somehow replicate the living energy, the positive life-centered sublime and perhaps momentary experience, despite its non-living transitory nature as an art object. For this competitive project, Manifest received 316 entries from 106 artists from 28 states and 9 countries. Our six-member jury winnowed the submissions down to a pool of semifinalists, from which guest-curator Dennis Kiel selected the final 13 works for inclusion. The exhibit features works by artists from Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas and Johannesburg, South Africa. Guest Curator, Dennis Kiel states: "With this competition, I was extremely curious to see how the photographers would deal with this theme, one that asked them to “discover, document, and inspire experiences of the sublime (or the divine).” With that in mind, I was pleasantly surprised at the quality of the work and the wide variety of approaches offered by the photographers. Although narrowing down the list was not an easy task, I’m sure the visitors to this exhibition will be as pleased as I am with the final results... All of the winning entries have the qualities that I look for in a good photograph. They are visually engaging, thought provoking, and in different ways, challenge the viewer to take a closer look and ultimately make those discoveries they never thought were there." Works included by: Matthew Albritton Nathalie Bertrams Susan Bryant Seder Burns Bryan Christie Bryan Florentin Michael Gard Marcella Hackbardt Laura Hennessy Bethany Pipkin Jim Shirey
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Dictionary (Book series) by Laura Hennessy
Anticipation by Susan Bryant
Echoed Plexus by Bethany Pipken
She Who Has No Name by Seder Burns
Butterfly by Nathalie Bertrams
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drawing room HOLDING ON This solo exhibition of eleven of Nadia Sablin's photographs is one of six selected from among 150 proposals submitted for consideration for Manifest's ninth season. Of her work Sablin states: For the past six years, I have been working on an extended photographic series in Russia and United States. Titled Together and Alone, it was completed in 2011. This body of work is based on the idea of a search for one’s identity and the pain of separation from childhood. By making portraits of girls and women, I search for a way to reinterpret myself as an adult without losing the magic of childhood. By including photographs from both the former Soviet Union and the United States I am creating a reality whose location is psychological, rather than geographic, in nature. The resulting images are a blend of observation, performance, and autobiographic exploration. As a Russian-born artist, I closely relate to the format of the fairy tale, incorporating it into the imagery of the photographs and into the prose poem that introduces the work: "I was conceived, mistakenly, as a twin, although nobody knew this but me. There were two of us, in the womb, identical from our underdeveloped heads to our microscopic toes. She was a Russian girl, just like me, a secretly Jewish Russian girl, prone to emotion, impatient, bookish. She hid. I knew her well before we left. We conspired on hot days in the village, outwitted the demons in the marshes, looked for treasure among the reeds. We parted ways in '92, when I was brought to greener pastures, great-grandmother's pillows and iron skillet in tow. Our life packed in six check-in suitcases, three carry-ons. I was alone here in your new world, so I tried to replicate her, mold her out of my mother, out of American girls, out of mirrors. I search for her in images by Dutch painters, in stories by Marquez and Bulgakov. She lives off drywall, in an attic, in a well; she ascended to heaven, she is a mother by now, she walks the outskirts of St. Petersburg as a whore, she is still a child, while I've grown bigger, and am good at paying my bills on time. She is still breathing magic. She, the other one, is beautiful. Her braid is down to her feet like my aunties'. She brushes her hair one hundred times before bed. A wolf guards her virtue. I see her in the eyes of strangers. Her gestures overtake theirs for a split second, and she is gone before they know what has happened. With my trap, I wait for her to appear there, and if I'm quick enough, if I press the button at the right moment, none of this will be real. We will be together again, she and I, conspirators, sisters, laughers of derisive laughter, whole." Nadia Sablin was born in the Soviet Union and spent her adolescence in the American Midwest. After completing an MFA degree at Arizona State University, she now lives and works in Brooklyn, NY and St. Petersburg, Russia. Her photographs have been shown at the Griffin Museum of Photography, Wall Space gallery and Jen Bekman gallery among many others.
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parallel space PROJECTIONS Projections is an exhibit assembled from international submissions considered on a competitive basis. Submissions were open to any theme, subject, or concept. The only requirement was that the work be intended or designed for presentation through digital video projection in a mostly dark space dedicated to the viewing of such material. Manifest's Parallel Space gallery is an ideal 'black box' viewing environment for small groups, outfitted with an HD projector capable of projecting a wall-sized HD image, driven by a networked Apple Mac mini. Manifest received 179 entries from 104 artists from around the world for this project. Our thirteen-member jury narrowed the submissions down to the pool of thirteen finalists. The exhibit features works by artists from Arizona, Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, New York, North Carolina, Wisconsin, Hong Kong, China, and Istanbul, Turkey. The four-week screening schedule for these works can be viewed and downloaded here. PROJECTIONS features works by: Recep Akar Liam Alexander Sama Alshaibi David Beck Kim Burgas Bryan Christie Lucas Coffin Ed Midgett Damon Mohl Stefan Petranek Hector Rodriguez Pierre St-Jacques Danny Warner
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The Dust Machine by Damon Mohl
Aphasia Volutia by Danny Warner
After Here by Ed Midgett
Prosody by Kim Burgas
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| November 9 - December 7 |
main gallery REWORK This solo exhibition of six of Artistotle Georgiades' sculptural works is one of six selected from among 150 proposals submitted for consideration for Manifest's ninth season. Of his work Georgiades states: In today's economy more modest ideals abound and one must be prepared to find alternative means to an end. In my new projects and those planned for the future I find my selection of materials to be based more on common objects and materials that are approaching obsolescence and are of little value in their present state. Most of my current works have an intention or ambition that has been redirected for one reason or another; the emotional content of this change in direction is the subject of this new work. Bio: Aristotle Georgiades received a B.F.A. from the University of Michigan and an M.F.A. from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. His work ranges from issues of male identity, labor economics, and more recently, the changing American landscape in a post-industrial economy. He works in wood, metal, and recycled architectural materials. Georgiades has exhibited his sculptural works nationally and internationally in both curated group and solo exhibitions. His work has been reviewed in various publications including Art In America, Sculpture Magazine and The Chicago Tribune. He is also part of the collaborative public art team Actual Size Artworks which has been producing large scale permanent and temporary public works for over fifteen years.
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drawing room + parallel space LOST HORIZON Everything that has ever happened, ever, has led to this moment... A small slice of the leading edge of the wave of time is documented, encapsulated, and frozen in the form of human history. They say that history is written by the winners. Perhaps it is more true to say that it is written by those who survive, and only for the brief time in which they can still talk (or make art) about it. That, we suppose, would be the collective 'us.' History is generally divided into two philosophies, speculative and critical. Regardless of which, key words apply, and include terms such as progress, truth, fact, civilization, cycles, patterns, society, past, direction, humanity, linear, evolution, and so on. Inevitably, history is a view of humanity across time. How do artists reflect upon, and even participate in history? Surely some do it consciously, as a subject of focus. Others may have it in mind, without the intention of feeding into or addressing it at all. Whatever the case may be, Manifest offers Lost Horizon as a survey of how artists working today make work which is in one way or another about history. Manifest received 626 entries from 273 artists in 41 states and 16 countries around the world for this project. The exhibit features sixteen works by artists from eleven states and the countries of Canada, England, and Israel. Lost Horizon features works by: Zach Cohen Catherine Dreiss Alexandra Emberley Ivan Fortushniak Melissa Furness Zach Koch Hanna Kozlowski-Slone Adam Mysock Sara Pearce Justin Plakas Doug Russell Laura Spalding Best Adele Vallance Jave Yoshimoto
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The Handsome Woman by Catherine Dreiss
The Unexpected Return by Ivan Fortushniak
The Grand Tour: The Davenport Sisters Were Perfectly
Wake by Melissa Furness
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| December 14 - January 11, 2012 |
main gallery ONE 3 All of Manifest's calls for entry are competitive. The stiffness of the competition has increased in proportion to Manifest's growing reputation, powerful mission, and international reach. Our mission to stand for quality, to create a system whereby works are judged with objectivity as a primary aim, and assembled with as little subjective ego as possible has gained the respect of thousands of artists all over the world, and a vast following of arts lovers, patrons, and supporters. We maintain that a smaller gallery enables intensely refined exhibits to take place, and we respect the creative principle of reduction to an essential conclusive statement for each exhibit we produce. This is what has led to the high caliber of each Manifest exhibit, and to the gallery's notable reputation. With this principle of reduction in mind we determined to push the process to the ultimate limit - from among many to select ONE single work to be exhibited in a gallery all to itself. Manifest's jury process for ONE included three levels of jury review of 483 works by 190 artists by a total of 16 different jurors. Each level resulted in fewer works passing on to the next, until a winner was reached. The size and nature of the works considered was not a factor in the jury scoring and selection. The winning work is a sculpture entitled "Haliades" by John D. Powers of Birmingham, Alabama. It will be the recipient of the 3rd annual MANIFEST PRIZE, and presented in the Main Gallery as the highlight of the process, an honor to the artist, and a poignant statement for gallery visitors. The Manifest Prize is now an annual offering, and with anticipated increased sponsorship the prize amount will grow in coming years. Five semi-finalists will also be featured in the full-color exhibit catalog. These are works by Tamie Beldue, Neil Callander, Aristotle Georgiades, Jason John, and Elise Schweitzer.
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drawing room + parallel space TAPPED 3 The relationship between art students and their professors can be a powerful one. Even when this bond is left unstated, we carry our professors' voices forward in time as we mature as artists and people. We eventually realize that the instruction given by our teachers during our relatively brief careers as students continues to expand within us. We realize that the learning they inspired (or insisted upon) is a chain-reaction process that develops across our lifetime. All of us who have been students carry forward our professors' legacy in one form or another. And those who are, or have been professors, bear witness to the potency of studenthood. Out of respect for this student-teacher bond, and in honor of professors working hard to help their students tap into a higher mind relative to art and life, we offer TAPPED, an annual exhibit that presents works of art by current or former professor/student pairs in our Drawing Room and Parallel Space in Cincinnati. For this exhibit 199 artists submitted 460 works for consideration. Twenty-six works by the following 26 artists were selected for presentation in the gallery and catalog. The artists are listed in pairings to illustrate their past or present relationships.
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main gallery AUNIVERSAL PICTURE This solo exhibition of Shelby Shadwell's drawings is one of six selected from among 150 proposals submitted for consideration for Manifest's ninth season. Shadwell has participated in numerous Manifest projects in the past, including the International Drawing Annual 6 which features his work on the cover. Of his work Shadwell states: My practice is firmly rooted in large scale observational drawing. I have always been interested in facilitating a dynamic interaction between representation and abstraction since I became familiar with the work of Vija Celmins. Although the particular subject of black plastic trash bags is mostly emphasized in this body of work, I am also moving towards other content including the abstraction of entomological specimens. Bio:
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drawing room + parallel space HIGH This exhibit is dedicated to the memory of Aidan Schapera* Despite its reputation for respecting and often including works of all genres and approaches, including realism, Manifest has never produced an exhibit designed to survey such works exclusively. Usually the gallery's exhibits and book projects include a wide range of types of works. Some have even focused solely on abstraction, or concept-based works. With this we figured it was about time, now in our ninth season, that we see what comes from a straight-up call for works of realism in any media. What is realism? In the context of this exhibit it is work which provides an illusionistic or highly descriptive representation of some visible subject. Whether that be by painting, drawing, sculpture, or other media, it is nevertheless closely aligned to what the eye sees - tangible subject matter, with little distortion, subjective interpretation, or other manipulation of visible 'facts.' This is not to say works our jury considered could not have content, meaning, and drama, nor that they couldn't include other non-realistic components. In fact, the 'real' that is depicted could be invented. The goal of the works, however, was that they were designed to convince the viewer by way of the art that the work represents something that exists outside the art itself. Within the genre of realism one finds subcategories of photo-realism, hyper-realism, and various other nuanced versions of the practice. Manifest offered this broad call in order to survey how contemporary artists approach such work, possibly in unexpected ways, and to present the public with a compelling exhibition, and a view into the relevance of making things real. For this exhibit 265 artists from 43 states and 16 countries submitted 649 works for consideration. Twenty-five works by the following 25 artists from 16 states and two countries were selected for presentation in the gallery and catalog.
Rob Anderson Bain Butcher Shannon Cannings Joseph Crone David Dorsey Brett Eberhardt Gaela Erwin Bridget Grady Nathan Haenlein Mark Hanavan Philip Jackson Ann Pegelow Kaplan Hwang (Bo) Kim Kent Krugh Anne Lindberg Louis Marinaro Laurin McCracken Michael Meadors Joseph Moniz Douglas Norman Jose Sanchez "Felox" Aidan Schapera* Elise Schweitzer Benjamin Shamback Dennis Wojtkiewicz
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Woman With Two Rocks by Louis Marinaro
Cystal & Silver w Magnolia on Linen by Laurin McCracken
Brittney by Hwang (Bo) Kim
Transit I by Ann Pegelow Kaplan
Yellow Number 3 by Bain Butcher
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| March 8 - April 5 |
main gallery Small Is Big Catherine Kehoe
Excerpt from the Artists' exhibition concept Small paintings that stand on their own – as a category distinct from painted studies – are capable of producing a powerful effect on viewers. Paintings done on small scale communicate intimacy. The viewer becomes intensely aware of his or her own space as well as the space in the painting. Viewing a small painting one can feel the contradictory sensations of nearness and distance experienced simultaneously. We see the artist’s hand in the marks on the surface of the panel or canvas that magically transform themselves at the same instant into a house or a flower – and then back again. It is an endless circuit that produces the hypnotic illusion of stopped time. Veracity and sincerity are also qualities that paintings of modest scale convey exceptionally well. Painting on a small scale implies the role of witness on the part of the artist and the ability to truthfully record the perceived world – but it is truth honed with feeling. Small works permit the pleasure of touch. Small scale allows the artist to vicariously caress the things he or she paints. Small is Big is intended to celebrate the virtues of painting on a small scale through the work of five of its practitioners.
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Schmata Head by Catherine Kehoe
April by Tim Kennedy
South Beach by Ken Kewley
Portage Lake by Eve Mansdorf
Double House Near Oxford by EM Saniga
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drawing room + parallel space CODE_D Art and Science are intertwined throughout history. New media in art arise from a variety of places– sometimes the artist's lab, sometimes the scientist's and engineer's, and other times from someplace completely unexpected. Inevitably this is driven by curiosity, a need for new means of expressing complex ideas, and often enough the simple desire to create something novel. As part of its ongoing effort to survey various approaches to art making, expression, and creative discovery Manifest offers CODE_D as an invitation to artists to share works of New Media. In calling for submissions from around the world we had no predetermined expectations for what would constitute 'new' media. While the title of the project plays off the concept of the digital, that was by no means the defining parameter for works to be considered. Works submitted to this peer-juried exhibit could be of any media, style, or genre, and represent New Media in any number of widely interpreted ways, which they did. For this exhibit 114 artists from around the world submitted 227 works for consideration. Seventeen works by the following 15 artists from 11 states and 4 countries (Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Idaho, Massachusetts, Michigan, New York, North Carolina, Rhode Island, Texas, Virginia, and the countries of England, Germany, and Spain) were selected for presentation in the gallery and catalog.
James Curran Ronan Devlin (with David J. Knowles) Santiago Echeverry Juan Escudero Hwayong Jung Ryan Mandell Jessye McDowell Mark Nystrom Bethany Pipkin Nick Reszetar Ying-Fang Shen Anne Spalter Tore Terrasi Marcelina Wellmer
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Truss by Ryan Mandell
Interstate 95--RI by Anne Spalter
Untitled (Digital Fingerprint) by Jessye McDowell
Body Scans by Nick Reszetar
Error 404 502 410 by Marcelina Wellmer
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main gallery + drawing room KINETICA Sometimes we take movement for granted. The fact that the Earth is rotating at 1000 miles per hour, or hurtling through space around the sun at 67,000 miles per hour goes practically unnoticed by everyone, except perhaps when one stops to appreciate just why the sun rises and sets, or why we experience seasons. Yet everything about our lives, and life on Earth, is inextricably linked to movement of one form or another. In honor of the phenomenon of transitioning through space, relative location, and action (and reaction), Manifest invited artists, designers, and engineers to submit to this competitive juried exhibit works which incorporate literal movement (kinetic in one form or another), as well as non-moving works that depict or are clearly about physical movement. For this exhibit 139 artists from 32 states and 13 countries submitted 274 works for consideration. Ten works by the following 6 artists from Illinois, North Carolina, and Ohio were selected for presentation in the gallery and catalog.
Ryan Buyssens Pablo Garcia Sam Nichols Mark Nystrom Kate Shannon Jacob Tonski
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Promenade by Ryan Buyssens
Balance From Within by Jacob Tonski
Still Life #2 by Sam Nichols
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parallel space Fictive Portraits This solo exhibition of Dennis Olsen's printmaking is one of six selected from among 150 proposals submitted for consideration for Manifest's ninth season. Manifest is proud to turn its Parallel Space into Dennis's 'village' for the four-week duration of the exhibit, and to share the works of this notable printmaker and professor with visitors to the gallery.
Of his work Olsen states: Like authors who frequently say that their fictitious characters take them in unexpected directions, such journeys lead me to places that I have never visited and demand a resolution that can only be described as discovery. I permit myself to explore themes I have never used in previous work: humor and silliness, vulnerability and pomposity, anger and tenderness. The project grew quickly into a body of work that resembled inhabitants of a village that exists in no specific location and at no historical time...
Olsen has given workshops and lectures on his work on over 90 occasions in the U.S.A., Italy, Canada, Holland, Belgium, Germany, Peru, Turkey, Estonia, and most recently, Finland and Russia. His work in printmaking, painting, drawing, and ceramics has been exhibited in more 160 exhibitions during the last 40 years, including more than 30 one-person exhibits. In the past two years his Fictive Portraits have received seven purchase awards from national print competitions, and in 2011 he was awarded a three-week residency at the Frans Masereel Centrum in Belgium. His work appears in several books on printmaking and most recently was included in the 'A Survey of Contemporary Printmaking'.
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Derek's Totem by Dennis Olsen
Vadim and Valentin by Dennis Olsen
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| May 31 – June 28 |
main gallery RITES OF PASSAGE 9
With this ninth annual installment of the Rites series, Manifest offers a $300 best of show award to encourage and support excellence at this career level. The Rites call for submissions was open to students graduating or expecting to graduate in 2012, 2013, or 2014. For this exhibit 188 artists representing 91 academic institutions from 32 states and 3 countries submitted 415 works for consideration. Twelve works by the following 11 artists representing eleven different academic institutions are featured in the 9th annual Rites of Passage exhibit. The best of show award recipient will be revealed during the May 31st opening reception. Why is this important? Passing through an acredited college art program is one way among many to become an artist. While it does not guarantee success, it does serve as a measurable achievement, and if the degree granting institution is holding up its end of the deal, each artist who attains a degree through such a program has met or surpassed certain standards. For programs which are appropriately rigorous, passing a student is seriously meaningful business. Manifest's Rites of Passage is meant to serve as an external view into this process, across a broader scope than just one institution, and is offered as a bridge between academic pursuit and the general public. The exhibit catalogs for Rites will, over time, become a compelling document framing a view into the state of art in academia, and quite possibly the launching place for future notable artists of the world.
Featuring works by: Derek Brennan Andrea Clark Rhiannon Connor Joshua Emery Taylor Mazer Lauren O'Connor-Korb Erin Penland Rachelle Raymer-Gilbert Rachel Sard Mary Schartman Brendan Solinsky
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Young Pup and Knox by Derek Brennan
C Bench 2 by Brendan Solinsky
Survival of the Fittest by Lauren O'Connor-Korb
Afternoon Field by Rhiannon Connor
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drawing room + parallel space 9th Annual MAGNITUDE-7
Inevitably Mag 7 is a melange of various works, including an extremely wide range of media, styles, and artist intents.The exhibit always gains unity from the common scale, so even disparate works seem to engage in playful and tolerant conversation across the gallery or side by side. We have found that having a couple galleries full of hand-sized works is somehow a relief steeped in the joy of small things well made, a menagerie of creativity, and a poignant reminder that bigger is not always better. We are delighted to offer this ninth annual exhibit of works no larger than seven inches in any dimension. For this incarnation of the project 253 artists from 40 states and 17 different countries submitted 523 works for consideration by Manifest's rigorous jury process. Thirty-two works by the following 27 artists from 18 states and 3 countries were selected for presentation in the gallery and catalog.
Featuring works by: Nimer Aleck Carol Ashton-Hergenhan Michael Aurbach Donald Beal Christie Blizard Susan Bryant Preston Buchtel Julie Chabrian Alice Coulter William DeBernardi John Ferry Tyler Graffam Inkeri Harri Brandon Hearty Robin Hextrum Carole P. Kunstadt Dylan Mize Dora Natella Jeremy Plunkett Seana Reilly Julia Romano Chris Sedgwick Rabecca Signoriello Jesse Thomas Jessica Tolbert Lisa Wicka Molly Wicks
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Third Eye: Blind Transcendentalist by Michael Aurbach
Landscape Studies - De Haes II by Julia Romano
The Boy and the Skull by Inkeri Harri
Push by Jessica Tolbert
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main gallery + drawing room + parallel space MASTER PIECES 7 Building
upon the philosophy of the Rites
of Passage exhibits for undergrads, each year Manifest
offers a similar opportunity to graduate students
for exhibiting at Manifest. For this incarnation of the project 162 artists representing 78 different academic graduate programs submitted 411 works for consideration by Manifest's rigorous jury process. Twenty-one works by the following 14 artists from 11 states representing 14 different academic programs were selected for presentation in the gallery and catalog. Lisa Arenstein Andrew K. Currey Colleen Fitzgerald Samantha Haring Donald Keefe Annie Kielman Jason Krueger Rahshia Linendoll-Sawyer Joshua Risner Marna Shopoff Daniel Smith Wendi Turchan Ben Willis Chelsea Younkman
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Cull by Annie Kielman
We Are Not Made of Wood 023 by Rahshia Linendoll-Sawyer
Hinge by Wendi Turchan
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| August 16 – September 13 (SEASON 9 FINALÉ) |
main gallery NUDE 5 Manifest exhibits many kinds of works, from more conceptual and experimental art to the traditional. In fact we think it's important to have such a range in our repertoire. It is something that Manifest is known for. NUDE is one such project. The human body is a popular subject for many reasons, the most obvious being that it is us. We intend for Manifest's annual NUDE project to explore how our collective body is used in art today to achieve these goals and more. For this exhibit 216 artists from across the U.S. and beyond submitted 538 works for consideration. Thirteen works by the following 12 artists from 6 states and the countries of Canada, France, and Israel were selected for presentation in the gallery and catalog.
Brandon Briggs Daniel Dallmann Matthew Davey Hélène Delmaire Mathieu Dubé Junsoo Kim Eve Mansdorf Jenny Neria Markel Gary Mitchell Nick Reszetar Debra Small Jon Sours |
Peter Pan by Brandon Briggs
Jared Sleeping by Eve Mansdorf
Family Does Laundry by Gary Mitchell
Nude 4 by Debra Small
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SELECTIONS Curated by Tim Parsley Selections from the International Drawing Annual is the eighth annual presentation of this exhibit, featuring a sampling of artworks and artists to be included in the forthcoming International Drawing Annual 8 exhibit-in-print publication. The award-winning International Drawing Annual publication project was launched in 2005 as an extension of Manifest's Drawing Center mission to promote, feature, and explore drawing as a rich and culturally significant art form. The goal of the INDA is to support the recognition, documentation, and publication of excellent, current, and relevant works of drawing from around the world. More info. about this ongoing project can be found here. All works included in each annual are made within three years leading up to its publication. Soft and hardcover versions of the INDA 8 book will be available by early 2014. Previous volumes remain available at such places as Joseph-Beth Booksellers, Suder's, The Weston Gallery, Amazon.com, and at Manifest Gallery and the Manifest website. This small exhibit was hand-picked by Tim Parsley, Manifest's Associate Curator, from among the works juried into the publication project which were also available for exhibition in the gallery. Parsley selected nine works by the following seven artists for exhibition.
Amy Herzel Dale Inglett Paul Loehle Taylor Mazer Nina Pascal Melissa Wilkinson
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Golden Wheat by Amy Herzel
Untitled by Dale Inglett
Versions by Paul Loehle
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parallel space The Superstructure Series
Of his work Westmark states: Since the early 60’s, the idea of mobile cities – whether flying, floating, rolling, walking or otherwise – have been proposed by both architects and science fiction authors as either a solution to the challenges faced by the static city of today, or as the ultimate survival vehicle of the future. Whichever the case, this work asks you to suspend for a moment all practicality and consider a city untethered to terra firma, capable of moving on its own, dodging catastrophe or hunting new resources. Suppose for a moment that Sendai City could have rolled to higher ground before the tsunamis reached the coast. What if Staten Island could have simply gotten up and walked out of Superstorm Sandy’s path? Ultimately, after each catastrophic event, against the standard orthodoxy of rebuilding, is the fleeting revelation of an outlandish mutation.
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SEASON 10 (Manifest X!) OPENS ON SEPTEMBER 27, 2013 at 6pm
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