SEASON 8 EXHIBITS
September 2011 - August 2012
| September 30 - October 28 |
main gallery + drawing room ABSTRKT There are at least three components to a work of art. Often one of them, Subject, supercedes the others, bordering on distraction and flirtation with nostalgia. Abstraction diminishes or sublimates the role of Subject in such a way as to allow Form a chance to take center stage. In essence, Form becomes the Subject. Ironically, this rebalancing gives way to a clearer, and perhaps more truthful, experience of a work of art as a real thing - something that is itself rather than a reference to some external 'other.' Manifest launches its eighth season with a project intended to feature and explore contemporary abstraction. From non-objective, geometric, expressive, etc., to figurative abstraction (works in which there is a recognizable subject matter that is distorted, is in some way not 'realistic', or is clearly secondary to the overall formal nature of the work). Barbara Blacharczyk Benjamin Gardner Allison Reimus Jeff Robinson Mary Pat Turner Bart Vargas Josh Willis Jason Tanner Young Boris Zakic Angie Zielinski
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The Tempest by Marc Leone
Different Speeds by Jason Tanner Young
Primitive Tumbler by Noel Paris
Ripple by Bart Vargas
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parallel space CITY-HAZE For Manifest's 8th season we received 130 solo, group, and concept proposals for consideration for six spots in our schedule. The fierce enthusiasm of so many artists wishing to exhibit in our humble place in Cincinnati was remarkable, and worth pausing to appreciate. We did. Then we set to work as a committee winnowing down so many excellent options to a concise few. The results, we think, are perfect. And we begin our season with one of them - City-Haze, an exhibit of recent paintings by David Smith helps launch this season by offering an intimate and unique look at paintings being made today on the other side of the world. Bio:
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Chopper-rain
Bus-bridge-haze
Billboard-haze-evening
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| November 11 - December 9 |
main gallery + drawing room OBSERVED The process of making artwork from life, from direct observation, is more than just a convenient way of providing a clear platform for judging achievement of the mastery of technique and form. Of course everyone who has been an art student realizes that this is an excellent rationale for doing so - so that our work can be compared directly with its source. However, too often does the mistake occur in assuming this is the only reason for working from life. Even professional artists sometimes get lost in the art-school loop, and forget that mastery is not the only content of their artwork. Those who manage to overcome this simple drive often leverage mastery, and pure dedication to the light the eye sees, while also elevating the work to a level beyond, to one of enlightenment, even from the simplest of subjects. It is this, the distillation of precious insight from our tangible world, discerned first through meticulous observation, that 'Observed' sets out to explore, present, and document. Manifest continues its eighth season with a project featuring works made by artists from a very broad geographical radius, all working from direct observation. While the first assumption may be that pure objective realism was the expectation, Manifest was also eager to see just how artists make work, even non-traditional art, still using the process of looking, working, and looking again. We were curious just how this is done in the world today, and what our broad invitation would turn up. Through its common themes and subtle variety OBSERVED reveals some interesting trends. For this exhibit 254 artists submitted 577 works for consideration. Twenty works by the following 18 artists were selected by our two-part jury/curatorial process for presentation in the gallery and catalog. Neil Callander Curtis Cascagnette Bryan Christie Michael East Brett Eberhardt Richard Gilles Marshall Harris Dan Hudson Tim Kennedy Eve Mansdorf Brad Nelson Erin Quinn Scott Ramming Stefani Rossi Nicole Mccormick Santiago David Stanger Sheldon Tapley Derek Wilkinson
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Self-Portrait with Glasses by Derek Wilkinson
Real Dinosaur Teeth by Richard Gilles
Saddle Sketch #1 by Marshall Harris
16:45:32 by Erin Quinn |
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parallel space CONSUMPTION For this second in Manifest's series of season 8 solo exhibits we are proud to present the work of regional professor, artist, and anthropologist Alysia Fischer. Her sculptural works intrigued our exhibit committee because of their intentional recycled nature, and because of the fitting irony that they seem so particularly alive. "Consumption" promises an artful yet also somewhat of a 'natural-history' experience in the intimate Parallel Space gallery. Of her work Fischer writes: Bio:
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Projectile
Flight
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| December 16 - January 13, 2012 |
main gallery + drawing room TAPPED 2 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 Main Gallery and Drawing Room in Cincinnati. For this exhibit 224 artists submitted 522 works for consideration. Twenty-eight works by the following 28 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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parallel space ONE2 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 were once again inspired by the intensity of our jury process to whittle down a collection of entries to a suitable exhibit. With this we determined to push the process to the ultimate limit - from among hundreds 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 252 works by 119 artists by a total of 10 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 painting entitled "Red Plate (after Lopez)" by Brett Eberhardt of Macomb, Illinois. It will be the recipient of the 2nd annual MANIFEST PRIZE, and presented in the Parallel Space 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 Evan Boggess, Bain Butcher, Katherine Mann, Nicole McCormick Santiago, and Stephen Wright.
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Red Plate (after Lopez) by Brett Eberhardt
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| January 27 - February 24 |
main gallery The Love Boat (abandoned) For this third in Manifest's series of season 8 solo exhibits we are proud to present the work of regional professor and artist, Travis Townsend. His large scale toy-like sculptural assemblages promise to transform Manifest's Main Gallery into a mysterious and engaging archaeological playground for discovery. Townsend skillfully walks a thin line between low-craft and high design, whimsy and irony, and he does so in such a way as to create truly unique objects which, ultimately, survive their polar distractions and take on an implied life of their own. With a wry and direct honesty, like a child's drawings, they humbly represent an absolute joy for shared creativity. Of his work Townsend states: My idiosyncratic sculptures play off the forms and function of tools, toys, boats, and, perhaps, military equipment. These process-oriented works take a winding path to completion, evolving from continuously redrawn sketches and traveling through many transformations before being cut apart, reassembled, and reworked. Parts are often transplanted, left behind, or recycled. Through this method of construction and reconstruction, I am able to intuitively build and then, at a later time, make necessary changes. Bio: Travis Townsend studied at Kutztown University (BS 1996) and Virginia Commonwealth University (MFA 2000), has recently presented solo exhibitions at Doppler PDX (Portland), Bloomsburg University (PA), the Southwest School of Art and Craft (San Antonio), Weston Gallery (Cincinnati), Georgetown College (KY), and the New Arts Program (PA), and been included in group exhibitions at the University of Hawaii, Cedarhurst Center for the Arts (IL), Kendall College (MI); Spaces Gallery (Cleveland); Lehigh University (PA); and Zone: Chelsea (New York). Images of his artwork have been published in The Penland Book of Woodworking, New American Paintings, and the Manifest National Drawing Annual.
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The Love Boat (abandoned)
Renovated Newky Toy
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drawing room + parallel space OUT OF THE GRAY According to Wikipedia:
This definition reveals the true nature of the substance so many of us have drawn and written with since childhood. This seemingly commonplace substance, ubiquitous in schools, studios, and businesses, is the core of what is in fact a real equivalent to a modern day magic wand. Akin to diamonds and earth, and difficult to ignite it nevertheless manages to turn 'lead' to gold in the grip of intense and purposeful artists' hands. With a flick of a wrist it converts mere flexible planes of pressed and dried wood or cotton pulp into beguiling, energy filled artifacts. Manifest continues its eighth season with a project featuring works made from graphite. We of course expected to see a good many straight forward graphite 'drawings,' but we also realize that graphite is used as a primary media in many other art forms as well. So through its rigorous jury process Manifest was eager to see just how artists make work, including sculpture, mixed media, and non-traditional art, using graphite as a primary (but not necessarily exclusive) media. For this exhibit 224 artists from 37 states and 20 countries submitted 473 works for consideration. Eighteen works by the following 16 artists from Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, Germany and Mexico were selected for presentation in the gallery and catalog.
Linda Anderson Olga Chorro Marshall Harris Nathan Heuer Lauren Lake Marc Leone Michelle-Marie Letelier Paul Lorenz Armin Mersmann Felicity Papp Anthony Pessler Suzanne Proulx Seana Reilly Ryder Richards Lena Schmid Robin Smith
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Untitled_2 by Marc Leone
ménage-à-trois by Armin Mersmann
GenetiveCase by Seana Reilly
Adán y Eva by Olga Chorro |
| March 9 - April 6 |
main gallery T E X T U A L I T Y Not long after humanity began drawing, drawings evolved into writing. Pictures became symbols, abstraction blossomed, and language became visual. Two branches, sharing one root, carried forward people's ideas, feelings, and plans. The visual and the verbal arts shared the role of encapsulating civilization's data. And they continue to do so today, in so many wondrous and varied ways. TEXTUALITY is an exhibit that inquires into the overlap of these two branches, seeking examples of where the verbal is made visual, where language returns into image. Submissions to this competitive exhibit were expected to range from the straightforward, to works that were abstract, fragmented, or in other ways surprising or significantly processed away from recognition. Manifest was eager to see just how artists make work of any media or genre using text or letter forms as a significant element. For this exhibit 331 artists from 41 states and 13 countries submitted 835 works for consideration. Fifteen works by the following 13 artists from Alabama, Arizona, California, Georgia, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, New York, North Carolina, Virginia, Canada, and Germany were selected for presentation in the gallery and catalog.
Linda Carreiro TyRuben Ellingson Margaret Fletcher Skye Gilkerson Pato Hebert Kenn Kotara Carole P. Kunstadt Alison McNulty Robin Miller Rob Tarbell Adam White Margaret Whiting Ethan Worden
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New Standard Encyclopedia of Universal Knowledge
(T)HERE by Ethan Worden
Letter Bomb by Robin Miller
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drawing room INK and AIR For Manifest's 8th exhibition season we received 130 solo, group, and concept proposals for consideration for six spots in our schedule. We simply did not have room in our calendar for everything we wanted to show. But during the process the works of four artists in our top pool of proposals seemed to vie in equal determination for our attention. So we capitulated, and gave them all an invitation to mingle in one intimate collection in our Drawing Room gallery. We are convinced that the collection we have selected will make for an enticing experience of Ink and Air...
Judith Brandon Van Chu Patti Jordan Randall Tiedman |
Fly-Fucker (Corpus 011) by Patti Jordan
Mushrooms and Trees 3 (detail) by Van Chu
Aegean Storm by Judith Brandon
Merry Heart by Randall Tiedman
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parallel space PROCESS Curated by Tim Parsley For our 4th solo exhibit of Manifest’s 8th season, we welcome the work of David Kassan to Cincinnati for the first time. Recognized internationally for his mastery of contemporary portrait painting and drawing, he represents the leading edge of current approaches to realism. While fastidious in their application, Kassan’s portraits capture more than just technical acuity. They evoke emotional precision and quiet confidence. Of his work, Kassan states: Time is the most valuable thing that we all have, the one aspect of daily life that we can not get back once its gone. I want to use time while trying to understand the world around me. PROCESS: Drawings by David Kassan gives us a unique view into the “slowing down of time” through a specific focus on his works on paper. The opportunity to investigate the drawings of an artist is an intimate privilege, as often they reveal the inner workings and decisions that are sometimes covered over once paint is applied. We are particularly pleased to offer this exhibition in conjunction with an intensive portraiture workshop taught by Kassan at Manifest’s Drawing Center Studio as well as a 4-hour public demonstration given by him on March 16th (see www.manifestdrawingcenter.org for details). Essential to Kassan’s practice as an artist is his commitment to teaching others. Therefore, Manifest is proud to offer a Cincinnati platform for Kassan as both artist and teacher. David Jon Kassan lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. He has taught throughout the United States, Australia, Portugal and Iceland, and continues to be a sought-after drawing and painting instructor because of his steadfast commitment to the classic discipline of working from life and creating compelling expressions of the human form. He has received many awards, including 1st Place in the Portrait Society of America International Exhibition (2009) and the 1st Place Prize for Portraiture at The National Academy (2004). Kassan’s work is also included in numerous publications including International Artist Magazine and Drawing Magazine as well book publications such as The Upset: Young Contemporary Art (2008) and Manifest's own 5th International Drawing Annual. More examples of David Jon Kassan’s work and full C.V. can be found at www.davidkassan.com. He is represented by Gallery Henoch (Chelsea), New York, NY.
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Aubrey by David Kassan
Henry by David Kassan
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| April 20 - May 18 |
main gallery + drawing room BOTANICAL At one time the world of living things was classified into two simple groups, plants and animals. Botany concerned itself with the study of plants. We are linked to these, our earthly cousins, in so many ways. As a planetary phenomenon we take for granted that to our yin the plants provide the yang. We breath in oxygen and out carbon dioxide, they absorb carbon dioxide and exhale oxygen. Clearly an elegant arrangement was agreed upon by the forces of the Universe to arrive at such a symbiosis. Whether it be the form of organic plant life, or the concept of its functionality, the implications of its shared existence with humanity, or its clever ability to convert sunlight into food, plant life is as fascinating as it is beautiful. In the context of contemporary society it is interesting to consider what this can mean in the hands of artists. Manifest continues its eighth season with an exhibit featuring works which explore the theme of plant life (using formal or conceptual methods). Botanical results from an extensive call to artists using plant life as a source of inspiration and exploration. For this exhibit 408 artists from 42 states and 14 countries submitted a Manifest exhibit record 1036 works for consideration. Twenty-nine works by the following 25 artists from California, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia were selected for presentation in the gallery and full color catalog.
Lynn Basa Elizabeth Brown Deborah Bryan Charles Corda David Dorsey Kristen Ebeling Brad Faus Chad Fonfara Marguerite French John Grant Marshall Harris Noriko Kuresumi Cary Loving Jamie Obermeier Isaac Powell Francis Schanberger Brad Smith Brandon Smith Alexander Solomon Katie St. Clair Nathan Sullivan Ernest Viveiros John Whitesell Margaret Whiting
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Blueprint for Protea Type by Marguerite French
Untitled by Kristen Ebeling
Visitation by John Grant
An Easy Solution by Jamie Obermeier
Untitled by Alexander Solomon
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parallel space SELECTIONS Selections from the International Drawing Annual is the seventh annual presentation of this exhibit, featuring a sampling of artworks and artists to be included in the forthcoming International Drawing Annual 7 exhibit-in-print publication. The 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 7 book will be available by early 2013 (the INDA 6 books were just released in February). Previous volumes remain available at such places as Joseph-Beth Booksellers, Suder's, The Weston Gallery, Amazon.com, and of course at Manifest Gallery and the Manifest website. For the INDA 7 a ten person jury reviewed 1511 entries by 572 artists from around the world. A total of 126 works by 81 artists will be included in the final publication. Ten works, by the following nine artists are presented at Manifest as a sampling of this very exciting and important ongoing project. Erika Baez Karen Bondarchuk Jason Dunda Joanne Easton Lori Esposito Charles Kanwischer Ron Linn Seana Reilly Angela Young
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Invasive Devotional by Lori Esposito
Hamilton Street by Charles Kanwischer
The Most Beautiful Searchlight in the World by Jason Dunda
TippingPoint by Seana Reilly
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| June 1 – June 29 |
main gallery RITES OF PASSAGE 8 Conceived and initiated in 2005, The Rites of Passage exhibits were developed in order to support student excellence by offering a public venue for the display of advanced ‘creative research’; to promote young artists as they transition into their professional careers; and to bring the positive creative energies of regional and national institutions together in one place. With this eighth 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 2011, 2012, or 2013. Mike Bale Miranda Becht Maia Bersenadze Benjamin Cook Benji Florian Kristy Leverock Christian Mickovic Ruth Poor Marna Shopoff John Tibbs Kathryn Whistler Tyler Wilkinson
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Complementary Exchange by Marna Shopoff
You'd Better Get Used to It by Kristy Leverock
Bag Lady by Tyler Wilkinson
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drawing room + parallel space MAGNITUDE 7.8 Back in 2005 we launched the Magnitude 7 project with the idea that small works would be easier and more affordable for artists to send to Manifest from anywhere in the world. This proved true, and right off it was this project that lead to Manifest gaining the tag line 'a neighborhood gallery for the world.' This iteration of the exhibit is no different, with works coming together from all across the U.S. and the countries of Argentina, Canada, and Latvia. Lauren Baker Mike Binzer Kate Budd Bethany DeVries Erin Enderle Mallory Feltz John Ferry McGarren Flack Inguna Gremzde Robin Hextrum Ryan Horvath Ben Hosac Justin Kim Carole P. Kunstadt Noriko Kuresumi Terri Lindbloom Eileen MacArthur Dora Natella Marya Roland Julia Romano Patricia Schappler Ian Shelly Mimi Solum Sally Schluter Tardella Andrew Wapinski Polly Yates Kim Young
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Block 2 by Marya Roland
Borrowed landscapes - Van Ruysdael by Julia Romano
It Is There In The Quiet by Mike Binzer
Pale Bivalve by Kate Budd
Clementine by Bethany DeVries
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| July 13 - August 10 |
main gallery + drawing room + parallel space MASTER PIECES 6 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. Devin Balara Robert Beam Julie Chabrian Joanne Easton Amanda Forrest - Chan Chelsey Hammersmith Nathan Hatch Andrew Hendrixson Wonjun Jung Mel Keiser Sarah Knill Rahshia Linendoll-Sawyer Zahra Nazari Matthew O'Brien Samuel Preston Niv Rozenberg Carol Salisbury James Schenck
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Feist by Chelsey Hammersmith
Replica by Matthew O'Brien
Untitled (green couch) by Samuel Preston
Self through Binary Fission No. 22 by Mel Keiser
Iron Neckpiece #1 by Carol Salisbury
16 Years by Andrew Hendrixson |
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| August 17 – September 14 (SEASON FINALÉ) |
main gallery + drawing room NUDE 4 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 today in art to achieve these goals and more. This year we received 522 entries from 221 artists from 34 states and 15 countries. Our jury selected 20 works from the following seventeen artists from Georgia, Ilinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and the countries of Hungary and Scotland.
Martin Arnold Ken Beach Donald Beal Tamie Beldue Grace Benedict Daniel Dömölky Steven Hudson Travis S. Little Jeffrey Markowsky Alan McGowan Eric Penington Michael Reedy Shane Snider David Stanger Sheldon Tapley Erick von Hoffmann Danny Warner
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Torso by Alan McGowan
Model with Puppy by Donald Beal
Golden Age by Daniel Dömölky
Lauren by Travis Little
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parallel space Darkfire and The Waiting Room To initiate "Darkfire" and "The Waiting Room," Caulfield, Hart and Colberg used themes and poetic images taken from Dante's "Inferno" and "Purgatory" as a common start for each of their image/text pairings (eventually working towards responding to all three volumes of Dante's famous work). They share an ongoing interest in the "Divine Comedy," as well as with the long history of illustration associated with this work (Blake, Botticelli). These compelling images, often inspired by earlier classical and medieval myths, have a power that endures in contemporary society in the face of drastic cultural, social and environmental change. Although the work looks to the past for inspiration, its merging of mechanistic and organic languages is intended to point viewers towards a contemporary context in which advancements in technology are rapidly changing our relationship to the natural world, biology, and our own bodies. In a broad sense, then, these artist's books are intended to encourage individuals to engage in reflection and dialogue about the changing environments of our daily lives. Further, by investigating the formal and conceptual dynamic of relations between text and image, "Darkfire" and "The Waiting Room" are a celebration of poetic language and imagery for its own sake, as well as artifacts that pay homage to the artist's book as an important part of contemporary culture. Sean Caulfield is a Centennial Professor in the Department of Art and Design at the University of Alberta, and has exhibited his prints, drawings and artist's books extensively throughout Canada, the United States, Europe, and Japan. Recent exhibitions include: Perceptions of Promise, Glenbow Museum; Return to the Surface, Davidson Gallery, Seattle, WA, USA; Imagining Science, Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta; among others. Caulfield has received numerous grants and awards for his work including: Triennial Prize at the 2nd Bangkok Triennial International Print and Drawing Exhibition, Bangkok, Thailand; SSHRC Fine Arts Creation Grant; Canada Council Travel Grant; and a Visual Arts Fellowship, Illinois Arts Council, Illinois, USA. His work is in various public and private collections including: Houghton Library, Harvard University, USA; Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, England; Blanton Museum of Art, University of Texas, Austin, Texas, USA, among others.
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The Reed (The Waiting Room)
The Spill (Darkfire)
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