Opening Reception: Three New Shows
Events: Opening Reception Friday, August 7, 5 – 8 pm Shows Open Online Saturday, August 8, at 10 am CT.
S.V. Medaris – Looking Up
For S.V. Medaris Looking up is both literal and directional. While creating this new body of work Medaris has been thinking about the state of the world and that can seem overwhelming. She decided that after you’ve done what you can to fight power with truth, then fight back with optimism by creating. “Making art and hope go hand in hand ; I can’t have one without the other.” I need both to survive.” This new body of work, comprised of oil paintings and prints, celebrates the beauty and joy in this world which can be an act to resist despair.
In some of the pieces the characters are literally looking up physically in the vista or in others the scene’s viewpoint is looking up into the sky; another metaphor for hope. Medaris lives on a farm in the Driftless area of Southern Wisconsin with her family, where she raises dogs, cats, chickens, peafowl, turkeys, and pigs from which she draws further inspiration for life and art.
Interior Spaces-group show
Ariana Vaeth, Jonathan Wilde, George Shipperley, Alicia Czechowski, Barry Roal Carlsen, Richard Jones, Mary Fischer, Rob Cartelli, Jessica Calderwood, Lisa Belsky, Yeonsoo Kim, Wendy Olson, Josie Jurczenia
This exhibition focuses on artworks that use interior spaces as their subject matter or inspiration, exploring how our homes shape our daily routines and relationships. Some of the work in this show will depict interiors and others will focus on the rituals of everyday living—from morning routines to shared meals—and how these repeated actions create meaning and connection within our private environments. The show presents varied perspectives on comfort, routine, and the relationships we build within the walls we call home.
no. 5: Post Utopia - Bobby Aiosa and Brooks Dierdorff
Artists Bobby Aiosa and Brooks Dierdorff are interested in visualizing the alluring qualities,
but futile attempts of finding Utopia through the many influential facets of contemporary culture. Working through the constant promotion of idealized values often promoted in modern consumerism campaigns and tactics within architectural and urban planning, both artists often utilize photography, installation and sculpture to highlight the realities and shortcomings of utopian theory in society. Post Utopia is an opportunity to reflect on this desire as well as the consequences of utopian theory in American society, such as, alternative motives, mimicry of materials, decimation of natural landscapes and loss of cultural identity. Both artists research the desires of past visionaries and reformers throughout recorded history to better comprehend the
motivations to implement theory into living practice.
