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Manifest Creative Research Gallery: BODY OF WORK and APPETITE AND CONSUMPTION - 25 Jan 2008 to 22 Feb 2008 Current Exhibition |
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Alastair Adams
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BODY of WORK: The Human Form in Contemporary Art and Appetite and Consumption: Works on Paper by Kelly Jo Asbury Curated by Jason Franz Manifest Creative Research Gallery and Drawing Center January 25 - February 22, 2008 BODY OF WORK The Human Form in Contemporary Art -main gallery The human form has been a central subject of artwork since well before it was called 'art'. From Lascaux to Willendorf, to Matthew Barney and Jenny Saville, artists have found ways to provide forms of self-reflection to society. Body of Work invited artists to submit works in any medium or genre that investigate or incorporate the human form in some way. A range of types of entries were strongly encouraged. Manifest received over 450 entries representing this spectrum, from purely academic examples of anatomical figure drawing, to conceptual and less-obvious interpretations. Over 130 artists from 34 states and 9 countries submitted entries to this exhibit. The final selection includes 17 works by 12 artists from eight states and the United Kingdom. Works of painting, sculpture, collage, drawing, and printmaking promise to make Body of Work an exceptional exhibit marking the first exhibit of Manifest's fourth year in operation. (Manifest's third year anniversary open to the public was January 7th.) Manifest is proud to present this exhibit of works by: Alastair Adams (Oakham, United Kingdom) Carrie Rebecca Armellino (Valparaiso, Indiana) Nathan Bond (Brooklyn, New York) Matthew Davey (Indianapolis, Indiana) Gary Gaffney (Cincinnati, Ohio) Gerard Huber (Dallas, Texas) Laurie Lisonbee (Salem, Utah) Beauvais Lyons (Knoxville, Tennessee) Bethany Pierce (Oxford, Ohio) Michael Ruback (Chicago, Illinois) John Sabraw (Athens, Ohio) Ed Wong-Ligda (Comstock Park, Michigan) APPETITE AND CONSUMPTION Works on Paper by Kelly Jo Asbury - drawing room Manifest Gallery is proud to present a solo exhibit of large-scale works on paper by Kelly Jo Asbury. An intimate drawing room experience of larger than life scale, this exhibit will present works which the artist states are intended to arouse and discomfort the viewer by means of subtly familiar imagery and suggestions of sensuality. The artist states: "These paintings/drawings explore our primordial link to water and our relentless search for one another... The use of symbolic references to water, metamorphosis and adaptation are linked conceptually to herpetology, more specifically amphibians through various cultural views (especially Mayan) of fertility, growth and birth." Asbury received her MFA degree in painting from the University of Cincinnati in 1997, and her BFA degree with honors from Northern Kentucky University in 1995. Her work is exhibited nationally, most recently at Woman Made Gallery in Chicago, Illinois, and Brand Library Art Galleries in Glendale, California. Manifest is funded in part by: The City of Cincinnati, The Carol Ann and Ralph V. Haile, Jr./U.S. Bank Foundation, the Ohio Arts Council, the Fine Arts Fund, the Greater Cincinnati Foundation, and the NLT Foundation. |
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