IA&A's Member's GalleryJanuary 2012 Member's Show Fritz Horstman: A Wayfaring Nature
Human society spends a lot of time and energy combating its natural origins. When an aspect of humanity bears too many markers of a natural process, we either privatize it or ritualize it. Over time, those aspects are elaborated upon in the form of clothes, ceremonies, architectural motifs, laws, and other modalities. Those privatized and ritualized aspects are the grounds for culture’s existence. It is this membrane between nature and culture that the artist is interested in exploring. It is a virtually indefinable territory, because it permeates every corner of our lives. The modes of presenting Horstman's findings are diverse, reflecting the ubiquity of the subject. The artist employs drawing, photography, installation, objects, sound, and video. The photographs are hung as a frieze around the gallery depicting a natural pond as it transitions through the seasons. They are significantly placed in a position of cultural reverence and presented in a very linear and rational way. So is this nature or is it culture? Horstman's work examines the underlying principals of how human culture is constructed and how it relates to the natural systems in place. He sees ecology as the system through which an organism interacts with its environment. In that sense, this work is entirely ecological. Horstman received his BFA from Kenyon College and his MFA from Maryland Institute College of Art. He has exhibited nationwide, as well as in Paris, France. You can view more of his work at www.fritzhorstman.com.
December Member's Show Amy Boone- McCreesh
Amy's work is a tribute to craft and the long human tradition of making. She is interested in exploring the cultural lines between functional items and decoration while revisiting these themes in the context of contemporary art. Found objects, second-hand fabrics, celebratory ephemera, repetition and the amassing of materials and mark-making are her primary vehicles for expression. Referencing the visual vocabulary within her 3D works have acted as a way to inform and ground the abstract compositions of her 2D work. Amy's primary goal is to evoke imagery of rituals, tradition and ceremony while maintaining a contemporary aesthetic. Amy Boone-McCreesh received her BFA from the Pennsylvania College of Art and Design in 2007 and her MFA in Painting from Towson University in 2010. She has had exhibitions across the Mid-Atlantic in Baltimore, Wilmington DE, Fairfax VA, Lancaster PA, and Brooklyn NY.
November Member's ShowMichelle Gomez and Jonathan Wille: The First Supper
A collaboration between Michelle Gomez and Jonathan Wille, The First Supper is both an installation and three performances that deals with cultural and identity issues by looking at the idea of a non-traditional family. During the performances, viewers witness the artists enacting dysfunction at a family dinner, exploring the notion of Hillyer Art Space Photo Contest Winners Through the month of October, Hillyer Art Space sponsored a photo contest to accompany Keith Lane's iPhone exhibit iwishyouwerehere. The contest was a fantastic success with over sixty submissions from artists around the nation and world. The winners were selected by the gallery staff for their interesting compositions, subject matter, and execution. Jennifer Markely's photo Ticket to Ride was taken at the 2011 Virginia State Fair with her iPhone 4 and was processed with the Instagram app. Morgan Marinoni's photo, Prete Operaio don Battista Mignani, was taken in 2009 in Azzone Italy and depicts a priest celebrating his first mass in Azzone, a small town of 437 residents. Both works were on display in the gallery during the month of November and were available for purchase. October Member's ShowFeaturing: Seth Remsnyder & Everitt Clark
The October nin9 exhibition is a group show contrasting black and white images of member artist Everitt Clark with the intense colors of Seth Remsnyder’s works. Though dramatically different in media and subject matter each artist highlights the beauty of abstract form in both obvious and hidden ways.
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February's exhibition eatured work by Hillyer Art Space's Artists' Advisory Committee (AAC) members. The Artists' Advisory Committee is comprised of well-known artists from the Washington, DC area and is primarily responsible for selecting artists for Hillyer Art Space's exhibitions. AAC members are also very involved in our membership community, often mediating Members' Critiques and curating Members' Shows. Several AAC members have agreed to show their own work this month, lending their already generous support to the membership program and to Hillyer Art Space as a whole. Thank you to Billy Colbert, John Blee, Tom Wolff, Manon Cleary, Pat Goslee, Barbara Liotta, Judy Southerland, and Foon Sham for making this Members' Show possible. Sales from this show will help support Hillyer Art Space in 2011.
January's show featured the work of Craig Kraft, Lauren Kotkin, and Ellyn Weiss. Utilizing his “found” stream of consciousness sketches as inspiration, Kraft creates neon sculptures designed to remind his audience of the maze of thoughts and emotions that remain unnoticed and unappreciated in the human mind. Kotkin’s paper cut-out arrangements mime the patterns of Prague’s mosaic sidewalks, in the process exploring and reassembling her personal emotions, which she feels are analogues for broken, shifted, and reshaped mosaics. Weiss’ vision is to create art which bypasses the need for explanation and mediation and which speaks directly to the heart. The energy of her pieces bespeaks a furious creative process. Unifying the aesthetically dissimilar styles of these artists is an appreciation for the intensity and unpredictability of the human mind and for its rapidly shifting thoughts and emotions. 