FRESH PERSPECTIVES
On View January 21st, 2022 - March 12th, 2022
Artists use varying techniques to create a realistic impression of depth, while humans in general create their individual realities from personal points of view. The way you interpret the world around you, as well as the artwork you view, is all influenced by your vantage point. By contemplating the multi-faceted meaning of perspective, the six artists in this group exhibition showcase their navigations through a variety of mediums. Approaching these notions from micro or macro lenses, each artist questions and portrays their individual meanings of space, home, environment and what it all means to them in FRESH PERSPECTIVES.
“The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new lands, but in seeing with new eyes.”
-Marcel Proust
This group exhibition features the work of BRANDON REESE, CONOR KING, AARON MORGAN BROWN, MALCOLM EASTON, ELLEN MOERSHEL, and DERRICK BREIDENTHAL
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BRANDON REESE’s current works are constructed of salt-glazed stoneware and reclaimed native wood. His work is motivated by life; an amalgamation of memories, images and relationships inspire all that he creates. Reese’s work wears the fingerprints, cuts, dents and other texturing as a roadmap and documentation of its creation.
CONOR KING presents photographs from his series “Cultural Parasitism”. Created in 2003, these Polaroid shots were initially taken in the context of capturing emotions surrounding the events of September 11th and its aftermath. In 2009, the series was revisited with a different lens as King separated from his undergrad community, and again a few years later in relation to climate change. The interpretation changed yet again in 2020 as we navigated a new global challenge; thus “Cultural Parasitism” is a conceptually evolving series that speaks of separation in general.
AARON MORGAN BROWN’s paintings are pictorial orchestrations; views of an alternate interior universe that are sewn together from daily observations, memories, impressions of the world at large, cultural ephemera and his own imagination. These works are both a prismatic lens through which Brown reviews reality, and a transcription of his subconscious directives. With his latest series, he continues his efforts to illuminate intersections of the seen and unseen.
MALCOLM EASTON creates photographic prints form a variety of sources. He shoots studio photographs that are made from found objects, as well as photographs of outdoor natural scenes, botanical images from vintage sources, and digitally generated images. Within each piece, he explores the juxtaposition of looking close and looking far away.
ELLEN MOERSHEL has been thinking about what creates a fantasy. What images cause a viewer's mind to wonder? Why is surrealism so captivating when it is so nonsensical? How can a painting spark a viewer's nostalgia while being a unique picture? With this series, she investigates these questions by painting enclosed spaces of a surreal environment.
DERRICK BREIDENTHAL uses color and landscape as a universal entry point to discuss broader concerns and observations we share as humans. Breidenthal is interested in using his art to promote positive discourse rather than divisive dialogue. This series of large-scale landscapes emphasizes our shared perspective and places the viewer squarely in front of the vast land we collectively need to preserve.