Imbued:

Artists and Materials 2

January 23– February 24, 2023

Samantha Fields, Venus of Ramsdale

Imbued: Artists and Materials 2
January 23– February 24, 2023

Thursday February 2, 2023
Gallery Talk with the artists at 4:30pm

The inquiry continues with this second group of artists:

How do materials serve and express ideas? How are ideas translated into form?

We respond to materials. We respond to objects. We respond in particular to certain kinds of objects and the materials they are made of. How do makers of all kinds breathe life into these materials? How do they imbue those materials with ideas?

The ‘stuff’ that artists use when they make a work of art influences both form and content. Every material brings something particular to the creative process and the finished work. Materials influence how artists make their work and how viewers perceive it.

Sometimes the materials evoke a dissonance which is revealed in the way the form serves the content. The artists in these two exhibits use materials in both expected and subversive modes. Additional questions arise: What are material materials? Wood, metal, textile, paper, paint, stone, plastic. What are immaterial materials? How do we make meaning through and with them?

Imbued: Artists and Materials 1 + 2

Artists and Materials 2:

Laura Evans
https://lauraevansart.com/home.html

Samantha Fields
https://samanthafields.com

Tory Fair
https://toryfair.com/home.html

Kathleen Volp
https://www.kathleenvolp.com

Artists and Materials 1:

Jai Hart paintings
https://www.jaihartstudio.com

Michelle Lougee
https://www.mlougee.com

Liz Shepherd
http://lizshepherd.com

Artists who have strong relationship to their materials:

Kathy Butterly
https://kathybutterly.com