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910 Santa Fe #15, Denver, Colorado, USA upstairs in the 910 Arts Complexin Denver's Art District on Santa Fe720.230.4566 • alicia (at) abecedariangallery.comOpen by appointment |
This exhibition features the work of the four artists awarded the Gallery Director's Exhibition Award in 2013 for the Modest in Scale juried exhibition. See below for more details about the Modest in Scale exhibition. for more about the Modest x 4 artists, click links below: Aram's website Erin's website Gary's website article about Wendy There is not an online catalog of the Modest in Scale. Click here to see images from the show.
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Modest x 4November 1 - December 14, 2013 Aram Han (Chicago, Illinois), Erin Paulson (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Gary Voss (Ft. Collins, Colorado) and Wendy Kywonia are the four recipients of the 2013Modest in Scale exhibition award. They each clearly recognize that modestly scaled works dictate that the creator understands that, ultimately, size is irrelevant; that relevance is found in finding visual complexity and clarity on an intimate stage. As artists, they have agreed to step into intimacy and expect that we, as viewers, are willing to do the same. These four artists in particular, have work methods consistent with this invitation. Each in their own fashion has found a relationship with method and material that brings them ever closer to a meditative, connective way of being in the world. Aram Han - Licked Aram Han creates work in reaction to the hectic and often mindless pace of life. She makes ‘slow work’; she hand stitches. The work calls for tremendous diligence and discipline. It is a tedious process that, by her own admission, sometimes seems futile, this rthymic act of patiently build lines, images and surface, stitch by stitch. Han is interested in under--appreciated, invisible, and Sisyphean labor practices. Through the repetitive use of her materials she pulls upon social histories and meanings, utilizing them to create a personal mythology of materials. Erin Paulson - Nebula 2 (detail) Erin Paulson’s work also relies heavily on time-intensive processes such as the fiber techniques of embroidery and papermaking, printmaking and bookbinding structures. In addition to exploring notions of process as content, Paulson uses the element of labor invested as a metaphor to grapple with “our smallness in the vastness of the cosmos”. Her use of repetitive motion techniques can be seen as representative of human kind's endeavors, while simultaneously serving as reminders of an essential need for connection. Gary Voss - 106.S(A)
Wendy Kowynia - Iteration #10
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