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Which Came First? Drawing Conclusions
by Kari Minnick
Exhibition Dates: November 2, 2007 – December 20, 2007
Which Came First? Drawing Conclusions, featured kilnformed glass by local artist Kari Minnick. Minnick's glass "collages" combine bold composition, sensitive drawings and fluid edges to create a body of work expressive in its content and form alike. Using flame-worked linear elements and images drawn directly into glass powders, Minnick creates signature pieces reminiscent of gestural drawings. Her use of still life elements in her work nod to traditional painting, while her layering of colors, images and hand cut glass break new artistic ground.
Beyond The Margins: Selections from Soweto, South Africa
Exhibition Dates: October 5, 2007 - December 14, 2007
Beyond The Margins: Selections from Soweto, South Africa, exhibited a total of 15 works by 15 artists both established and emerging from Soweto, South Africa from the 1970's to the present. The subject matter, ranging from family and heritage to urbanization and industrialization, was reflective of emotions of black South Africans as they struggled to gain equality before, during and after apartheid. Beyond the Margins was produced in cooperation with Petalouth Gallery, Alexandria, VA and the South African Fine Arts Congress (SAFAC).
Hechinger Collection: Tools As Art
Exhibition Dates: September 17 - October 23, 2007
The collection inherited from Washington collector and hardware pioneer, John Hechinger, celebrates the ubiquity of tools in our lives with art that magically transforms utilitarian objects into fanciful works of beauty, surprise and wit. The unique collection of 20th century art represents the theme of tools and hardware while maintaining a paradox between the autonomous, mass-produced tool and a unique expression of an artist’s imagination. The exhibition featured some highlights of the exceptional collection.
Ice Stories: Digital Prints
by Lisa Sheirer
Exhibition Dates: September 7, 2007 - October 25, 2007
To create her Ice Stories, artist Lisa Sheirer takes photographs of natural landscapes through ice coated windows, then manipulates them to create abstracted compositions. Minimalist in shape, but complex in their detail, Sheirer sculpts the images digitally in order to accentuate the symmetry and repetition found in the pattern of the ice crystals. The Ice Stories radiate the natural color of the landscape and appear illuminated from within. No longer resembling a traditional landscape, Sheirer’s abstract forms instead exude the inner energy of the landscape.
Eve: A Series
by Mia Rollow
Exhibition Dates: August 3, 2007 - September 20, 2007
Eve: A Series by Mia Rollow featured the artist’s latest ventures in video and sound. Rollow’s large-scale video projections explored microscopic facets of natural phenomena, which transformed under her lens into ambiguous morphing landscapes. Sensually rich environments composed of movement, sound and light emerged onscreen and confounded the viewer with their mystery. Presenting poetic depictions of the epic within the infinitesimal, Rollow allowed viewers to access a realm of the unknown.
Monica Tinker: Out of b[Order]
Exhibition Dates: July 6, 2007 – August 30, 2007
Monica Tinker: Out of b[Order] was a site-specific installation that incorporated the use of natural and man-made materials to create a live studio where experimentation and play, rather than the results of those processes, took center stage. Out of b[Order] evolved organically over the course of two months, as Tinker returned to Hillyer Art Space on multiple ocassions to alter her work. Her adjustments reflected the challenge to find order among disparate fragments of experience while confronting the passage of time.
RENEWAL: Printmakers from The New Northern Ireland
Exhibition Dates: May 4, 2007 – July 20, 2007
Initiated by the Arts Council of Northern Ireland, Renewal presents selected works from Northern Ireland’s two most active printmaking workshops for artists: the Belfast Print Workshop and the Seacourt Print Workshop. Featured artists include: Anushiya Sundarlingam, Valerie Giananndrea, Simon McWilliams, John Breakey, Fiona Joyce, Struan Hamilton, Veronica Wallis, Ivan Frew, Terry Gravett, Lynda Hamilton, Frances Gordon, Jessica Hollywood, Jill McKeown, Cecilia Stephens, Deirdre McCrory, Sara Brown, Jean Duncan, and Lucy Turner. Renewal reflects the diverse styles, interests, and concerns of Northern Irish printmakers. The exhibition is held in conjunction with the Rediscover Northern Ireland program launched by the Northern Ireland Bureau and the 41st annual Smithsonian Folklife Festival program, Northern Ireland at the Smithsonian.
Washington Color School and its influences:
Selections from the Artery Collection
Exhibition Dates: April 13, 2007 – June 22, 2007
This exhibition is held in conjunction with the city-wide Colorfield Remix program led by the Kreeger Museum. The exhibition features four artists who originally showed works in the "Washington Color Painters" exhibition at the Washington Gallery of Modern Art in Washington, DC in 1965; these include Gene Davis, Howard Mehring, Thomas Downing, and Paul Reed. Added to the mix of first generation color field painters are Willem de Looper, Alma Thomas, and Anne Truitt. While each of these artists is not necessarily defined by their relationship to the Washington Color School, they are eternally linked in their emphasis on color and light. IA&A sincerely thanks the Artery Collection for loaning works to the exhibition.
Erin Cluley: Veiled
Exhibition Dates: March 2, 2007 – April 6, 2007
Veiled, an exhibition of paintings and mixed media works by Baltimore-based artist Erin Cluley, explores the nature of religion and its divergent symbols and rituals. Inspired by her up bringing in the Catholic Church, Cluley questions the religious values that shaped her existence, particularly the ritualistic practices of confession, penance, and the sacrament of the mass. A recent visit to the Alhambra, a group of palaces in southern Spain, informs Cluley’s use of tranquil ornamentation found in Moorish art. By utilizing light, shadow, and pattern metaphorically, she creates an atmospheric space for rigidity and expansiveness to coexist. Inanimate adornment placed against veils of iconic characters found in Catholic art results in a spiritually textured and experimental style.
Northern Light/ Nordic Visions
Exhibition Dates: February 9, 2007 – April 20, 2007
Northern Light / Nordic Visions introduces audiences to the realist painting revival happening in Scandinavia and the U.S. by Nordic painters. The four artists included in the exhibition are united by their excellent craftsmanship, the emotional power of their work, and their visual links to Nordic light, landscape, culture and art history. Each ot the participating painters, Michael Knud Ross, Vaino Kola, Reiner, and Jan-Ove Tuv originates from a different Nordic region and represents a different approach to realist painting.
It’s Not You, It’s Me:
A series by Bridget Sue Lambert
Exhibition Dates: January 12, 2007 – February 16, 2007
It’s Not You, It’s Me, a series of graphic photography and video by Bridget Sue Lambert is the first individual show in a series of local solo exhibitions at Hillyer Art Space in 2007 and 2008. Bridget Sue Lambert continues her investigation of the near-universal experience we all share in the game of love and interpersonal relationships. Referencing loss, emptiness, and the after-effects of moving on, Lambert draws on memories and images from both childhood and adulthood as she distills personal experiences to engage in a contemporary discourse.