Solo exhibition Entwined at the Imperial Arts Centre, Rocky Mount, NC

My exhibition opened on Octoer 8th with the opening reception on Sunday October 9th, 2011. The show was curated by Catherine Lloyd and looked lovely! Thank you so much to Catherine, Andre and all the team that enabled this show to happen.  And also, a big thanks to those that turned out for the show. I appreciate your support!

The picture to the right is the Imperial Arts Centre. As well as my show opening, there were two other artists work that opened as well. My former colleague and friend, Amy Freeman, a painter, also opened her painting exhibition. Amy is an awesome painter and her work can be seen here. Also the work of Robert Tynes was opened who is a contemporary Trompe L'oeil artist. He also gave a very informative Artist talk and demonstration of his painting style. Awesome illusion and a nice artist talk. Thanks Robert!

As you can see, its a large space and my works hung well together with large and smaller works contrasting to give some 'movement' to the viewing experience. Following are a few installation shots that include works from the Double Vision series, the Asymmetry series and the Bloodline series:

 

Last of the boxes went today!

Ah Joy! Ah relief! The last two boxes of work went to day to Rocky Mount. Ye har. Fabulous. 

Hopefully between Catherine Coulter and I we can pull a show together that is conceptually sound and rich with connections that aren't too abstract!

I have been working hard and quickly these last weeks to finish the preparations for the show.

Last Box off my hands today!

Phew! Celebrating the fact that I posted the last two boxes today for my show in North Carolina! I am relieved to say the least!

I have lots of new work in this show, and between the curator Catherine Coulter and I, I am hoping for a minimally powerful show that speaks to the heart of my concerns about history, its interpretation, the lands we live on and our connection to them, and the waters (especially the Albermarle sound in NC and the Atlantic ocean) that connect the Carolinas to Barbados.

Stereography gone awry is brought to life as forced snippets of two different moments in time.

New Works for Rocky Mount

I have been really excited to work on this new work. Conceived in December 2010, I've just realized some pieces that take in my love of water, seaweed/coral, cyanotypes, beach, history and process. This work is made in memorium. It is made for those persons whose anscestors lie in the middle passage. A burial ground lies between England and Barbados and this is known as the Middle Passage. There are some 2 million people who never made the journey after being captured and then placed on a boat bound from Africa to Barbados. As slaves in appalling inhumane conditions, millions died on the journey.  

The new works, waterlogged, consist of cyantoypes/photograms of coral and seaweed found on the beach at Foul Bay, Barbados. 

The Welcome Back Show

Last Wednesday night was the opening of the Welcome Back exhibition for Faculty and 2nd Yr MFA students at the Mason Gross Galleries, Rutgers University in New Brunswick.

This is the poster for the show...I think its great! Kudos to the person that designed it!

My pieces 'Bombs Away Dream Baby (Red, White and Blue) were featured in the main gallery. These mural sized works were originally 8 x 10 pinhole images of the Capitol Building in Washington DC. These were also originally cyanotypes but I scanned them and made one red, one white and used a white mask and the blue is the cyanotype blue. The images are 60" x 40" x 3. Thanks to the Grads for installation and especially Derek! Cheers mate!

Anothere installation view of the works with Julie Langsams handsome collages in the background and Gary Keuhn's stunning scrolls next to mine.