Tag Archive for ‘East Crossroads’
From Life: Anna Zimmerman
Anna Zimmerman’s “Hidden Interlopers” explores the uneasy relationship between human creation and the natural processes which, if left unchecked, would overwhelm it.
Entropy meets Enterprise: Chad Cogdill
Whether he’s juxtaposing past and present or shooting a close-up of a sound board or store window, Chad Cogdill works with a keen eye toward color, line and composition.
Park Places: Peter Cole
Peter Cole’s work is unabashedly affectionate, drawing on a deep cultural vein familiar to anyone who has ever passed through the gates of an amusement park, hung out with friends at a county fair or watched a fly-by-night carnival set up in an empty lot at the edge of town.
Making Her Own Way: Mariana Abadie
Abadie’s creations are awash with color, reflected light and influences from both the Old and New Worlds. That’s in perfect keeping with the multicultures of both her home nation (she’s from South America, but of Italian descent) and her adopted country.
Blackfish, Red Brick and Gunmetal Gray: Matt Shepherd
A careful balance between intuition and meticulous planning makes Matt Shepherd’s work both rigid and organic, a combination which seems unlikely on its face … yet he manages to make it work.
Two of a Creative Kind: Scarlett Garnet Jewelry
Garnet Griebel and Katie Miller work both jointly and severally on Scarlett Garnet pieces, with a shared ethic of juxtaposing natural materials and unconventional bits of such artifacts as vinyl records, antique keys and chandelier crystals into bold, often asymmetrical compositions.
Serious Fun: Meredith Host
Meredith Host’s ceramic artwork displays the subtle but unmistakable influence of classic animation from the mid-20th century, mixing whimsy with nostalgia to produce work that’s good-humord, eye-catching and completely functional.
Tugging at the Heartthreads: Kate E. Burke
Burke has created an exhibition true to its title, filled with heart images … not the stylized Valentine’s Day shape, mind you, but depictions accurate down to the ventricle. At the same time, it’s apparent at first glance that this is no coldly anatomical body of work.
Bright, Warm Contemplations: Teresa Dirks
Teresa Dirks’ mixed-media paintings fairly pulse with light in the “ROY” segment of the “ROY G. BIV” rainbow mnemonic — an effect heightened by Dirks’ judicious use of greyscale tones and complementary colors.
His Memory’s Shot (with a Camera): Patrick Andrew Adams
How can we hope to recount our histories to others with full accuracy, when we can’t even tell ourselves absolutely true stories? That’s the question posed by Patrick Andrew Adams’ photography show, “I Could Not Land A Plane,” which is on display this month at Plenum Art Space in the East Crossroads.
Tree Tales: Leto Blackman
Viewing Leto Blackman’s mixed-media work is like looking at a picture storybook with no words beyond the title. You know something’s going on … but it’s up to you to write the tale.
Pixels and Ciphers: Matthew Huff
Huff has come up with an intriguing premise — blowing up cell phone photos and combining them with a graffiti-inspired code of his own divising — and made it work on both the visual and conceptual fronts.
The Potter’s Slow Hand: Daniel Ricardo Teran
Daniel Ricardo Teran’s intricately decorated pottery invites slow, thoughtful (and repeated) viewing.
Painting a Mystery : Jeanette Powers
Powers’ work is intense without bludgeoning, personal without bleeding all over the canvas and possessed of just enough mystery to make it intriguing rather than frustrating.
Pop Life: Tiffany Sappenfield
It’s clear that the self-taught Sappenfield has her Pop Art shoes laced up tight … and they look good on her.
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