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| [Nettime-bold] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE : NOVEMBER EXHIBITIONS |
ARTEMISIA GALLERY
700 N. Carpenter
Chicago, Illinois 60660
ph: 312 / 226-7232 ... fx: 312 / 226-7756
ANNOUNCEMENT: Opening Reception
. . . ARTIST'S TALKS
Beginning at 7:30 at the opening reception, each exhibiting Artist
will give a short gallery talk .
EXHIBITIONS:
Main Gallery: ANGELA WILLCOCKS, WALLDRAWINGS
Angela Willcocks' mixed media installations are heavily derived "from
the scientific organic, cellular and biomorphic
witha whimsical, humorous, plastic intent." She explores formalities
of painting--mark making vs gesture, drawing vs
illustration, painting vs installation, technology vs emotional, space
vs momentum. In this most recent work, Willcocks
draws on the walls, floors and ceiling with charcoal, cast shadow,
paper and mixed media, creating a piece that addresses
the foundations of space, line color, texture and shape, walking us
through and into her world of biomorphic drawing and
fantasy creatures.
Gallery A: MARNA GOLDSTEIN BRAUNER, CAROLYN
DESCH, HAI CHI JIN
LAPSUS LINGUEA, Slip of the Tongue
Three artists with three different yet interwoven perspectives of the
body physical, present us with LAPSUS LINGUEA,
Slip of the Tongue. Artemisia member, Carolyn Desch, reminds
us of our obsession to keep the body vibrant through
the aging process and all of its inevitable betrayal and poses the
question of personal duty vs cultural phenomena. While Desch offers
a solution of mechanical body parts in our quest for vitality, Brauner
speaks to the inevitability of death in
her altered, antiquated textiles. Modifying objects such as children's
clothes, handkerchiefs and garment parts, Brauner is "...interested in
the layering of imagery that alludes to 'vanitas' themes referring to the
fragility of life...onto the history of
the original textile, which was usually a lovingly made functional
domestic object." Metalsmith, Hai Chi Jihn, on the other hand, holds
us in the present, investigating the body as it moves through domestic
space. Her investigation lies in the simple acts of daily chores
as a young woman crosses over the bridge to motherhood. "To make
an object beautiful is to freeze the precious thoughts in women's lives..."
Gallery B: JI HYUN KIM, NICOLETTA WEST,
MARY ELLEN CROTEAU
HERE, THERE AND EVERYWHERE
Here, There and Everywhere, an installation of photographs
and photo-derived images, explores ideas of travel and ideas relative to
place. While Kim uses the camera as a metaphor for the self in
against
the nature of balloon, Croteau turns
to her recent train trip across the U.S. and Canada and tells us the
story about the state of the continent's forest in Clearcut:
Views From the Train. Finally, West's images
based on postcards recreated in yarn are drawn from architecture and the
archeology of decor and kitsch, confounding our expectations about function.
Gallery C: AYANA EVANS, ALL
AT ONCE
Chicago artist and former Artemisia mentee, Ayana Evans, delves into
the workings of her mind and the chaos of thought
and process. Relying on her influence of folk art and color,
Evans gives us her wall installations of paper mache and plaster masks.
Choosing the option to expose everything, without censor or restriction,
she allows opposing visual styles to exist in the same space. Evans
takes us on a journey through the whirling in her head or what has become
for her a "study in brutal honesty."
Gallery D: JEAN MARIE CASBARIAN,
VOICE(S)
Artemisia member, Jean Marie Casbarian, is "interested in the historical
and genetic code that leaves its imprint on
cellular memory...ideas of division and detachment that are identified
through language, gender, culture and religious
mores." In her latest installation, voice(s) she explores the
subtleties of children's songs and nursery rhymes and their subliminal
impact specific to gender identity. "Silencing (of women) is not
so much a cultural issue but a global epidemic
that carries with it no borders." Join Casbarian and her 'voice'
in this timely and extremely poetic sound/video installation.