Brachyura Zoea 1
Kathleen Benton’s “Brachyura Zoea 1” is part of a larger series of Zooplankton images captured by microscopic cameras. Her work explores the relationship between figure and ground, “The translucent to transparent nature of zooplankton and their habitat as a visual investigation is fascinating, as transparency confuses the figure and the ground”. Come check out her work at Hillyer throughout the entire month of October!
“Using a lexicon of familiar forms that bind the absurd and poetic, he creates spaces that can be both playful and horrific, in which, like a dream, the delineation of forms can come into question. The contents of these forms exceed their own limits thereby implying the possible collapse of their structures and impending doom.”- Victor Perez
Come see Victor’s painting and experience this play on absurd and poetic! His work will be up through October 31st.
Ruby Yunis Parallel Universes and Parallel Universes II are still up in the exhibition Under the Sun, which is a selection of prints from the Sol Print Studio in Baltimore. Sol Print Studios is dedicated to creating solar plate etchings and using non-toxic forms of print making.
Please join us for Culture Blast on Thursday September 17th from 6:30 to 7:30 for a discussion on the different methods of print making which are employed by the Sol Print Studio.
A sneak preview from our upcoming exhibition, Under the Sun: Artists of the Sol Print Studio which will be open between September 4th and the 26th. Under the Sun highlights the recent works of 14 SPS artists, including Gloria Askin, Catherine Behrent, Oletha DeVane, Jane Eifler, Ken Houston, Joe Kabriel, Katherine Kavanaugh, Michelle La Perriere, Christine Neill, Ruth Pettus, Leslie Portney, Randi Reiss-McCormack, Soledad Salame, and Ruby Yunis. From landscape to text-based and figureative to abstract, the prints reflect an engrossing range in subject, while revealing the rich technical potential in solar plate etching and non-toxic printmaking.
Pictured above are two prints, the first from Randi Reiss-McCormack and the second from Ken Houston. Come by Hillyer on First Friday, September 4th from 6 to 9PM to get a peek at them in person!
The FINAL #Pulse15 highlighted artist is Arlington-based artist, Pam Rogers, whose work focuses on nature and botany in order to “explore how individuals nurture and develop relationships, societies and ideas and then create carefully crafted identities based in these themes.” She collects plant materials from all over the US as she travels to create her own pigments, paints, and dyes.
Allison’s pick is “After Durer” – “I own a piece of Pam’s that is very similar to this one, I believe made around the same time. Pam uses pigments and papers she often makes her self from plants she has grown or collected. This piece is so peaceful, and has a lovely sense of movement with the way the graphite is lightly applied across the panel. The faint application of the pigments and gestural lines reminds me of how everything is transient and fleeting, but can still be beautiful.” $400
