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Manifest Creative Research Gallery: AUNIVERSAL PICTURE - Drawings by Shelby Shadwell | HIGH (realism's realism) - 26 Jan 2013 to 22 Feb 2013 Current Exhibition |
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Rob Anderson, Study of Dan, 2012
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OPENING RECEPTION - FRIDAY JANUARY 25th, 6-9p.m. THE LAUNCH PARTY FOR TWO MAJOR EXHIBITS (free and open to the public) AUNIVERSAL PICTURE Drawings by Shelby Shadwell Main Gallery Opening Friday, January 25, 6-9p.m. Exhibit continues: January 26 - February 22, 2013 This solo exhibition of Shelby Shadwell's drawings is one of six selected from among 150 proposals submitted for consideration for Manifest's ninth season. Shadwell has participated in numberous Manifest projects in the past, including the International Drawing Annual 6 which features his work on the cover. In late February Shadwell will be offering two separate workshops at Manifest's Drawing Center focusing on Tonality (drawing) and the Trace Monotype process. He will also be conducting a public demonstration of his drawing process on Saturday, February 23 from 5-9p.m. at the Drawing Center, including a live auction of the demonstration drawing as a benefit for Manifest's studio program. Learn more about these offerings here. Artist talk in the gallery: Thursday, February 21, 6-7:30pm (FREE) Of his work Shadwell states: My practice is firmly rooted in large scale observational drawing. I have always been interested in facilitating a dynamic interaction between representation and abstraction since I became familiar with the work of Vija Celmins. Although the particular subject of black plastic trash bags is mostly emphasized in this body of work, I am also moving towards other content including the abstraction of entomological specimens. Bio: Born and raised in Springfield, Missouri, Shadwell has spent most of his years in the Midwest. In 2003 he received his BFA from Washington University School of Fine Art in St. Louis, where he studied printmaking and drawing as a Kenneth E. Hudson Scholar. He then accepted a fellowship to attend Southern Illinois University Carbondale and went on to graduate with an MFA in printmaking and drawing in 2006. Shadwell actively exhibits across the nation and is represented by 222 Shelby Street Gallery / 333 Montezuma Annex in Santa Fe, New Mexico. He was one of three artists to receive a Visual Arts Fellowship from the Wyoming Arts Council in 2010, and he was an artist-in-residence at the Center for Land Use Interpretation in Wendover, Utah in the summer of 2011. Another solo exhibition of his work will be held at BOX 13 Gallery Space, Houston, TX, in May of 2013. Shadwell is currently an Assistant Professor in the Art Department at the University of Wyoming, and he greatly enjoys teaching and making artwork in Laramie. AND... HIGH (realism's realism) A view of contemporary realism through the works of twenty-five artists Dedicated to the memory of Aidan Schapera* Drawing Room and Parallel Space Opening Friday, January 25, 6-9p.m. Exhibit continues: January 26 - February 22, 2013 Despite its reputation for respecting and often including works of all genres and approaches, including realism, Manifest has never produced an exhibit designed to survey such works exclusively. Usually the gallery's exhibits and book projects include a wide range of types of works. Some have even focused solely on abstraction, video, or concept-based works. With this we figured it was about time, now in our ninth season, that we see what comes from a straight-up call for works of realism in any media. What is realism? In the context of this exhibit it is work which provides an illusionistic or highly descriptive representation of some visible subject. Whether that be by painting, drawing, sculpture, or other media, it is nevertheless closely aligned to what the eye sees - tangible subject matter, with little distortion, subjective interpretation, or other manipulation of visible 'facts.' This is not to say works our jury considered could not have content, meaning, and drama, nor that they couldn't include other non-realistic components. In fact, the 'real' being depicted could be invented. The goal of the works, however, was that they were designed to convince the viewer by way of the art that they represent something that exists outside the art itself. Within the genre of realism one finds subcategories of photo-realism, hyper-realism, and various other nuanced versions of the practice. Manifest offered this broad call in order to survey how contemporary artists approach such work, possibly in unexpected ways, and to present the public with its findings in a compelling exhibition, and provide a view into the relevance of making things real. Works on view include many paintings, photography, sculpture, and drawing. Nine artists are from within the tri-state region, three of them being from wthin the greater Cincinnati area. *One exhibiting artist and frequent participant at Manifest's Drawing Center, Aidan Schapera, sadly and unexpectedly passed away on January 4th at the age of twenty-six. This exhibit is dedicated to his memory. For this extremely competitive exhibit 265 artists from 43 states and 16 countries submitted 649 works for consideration. Twenty-five works by the following 25 artists from 16 states and two countries were selected for presentation in the gallery and catalog. Rob Anderson Park Hills, Kentucky Bain Butcher Knoxville, Tennessee Shannon Cannings Lubbock, Texas Joseph Crone Indianapolis, Indiana David Dorsey Pittsford, New York Brett Eberhardt Macomb, Illinois Gaela Erwin Louisville, Kentucky Bridget Grady Watertown, Connecticut Nathan Haenlein Santa Rosa, California Mark Hanavan Middletown, Ohio Philip Jackson University (Oxford), Mississippi Ann Pegelow Kaplan Charlotte, North Carolina Hwang (Bo) Kim Lake Saint Louis, Missouri Kent Krugh Fairfield, Ohio Anne Lindberg St. Louis, Missouri Louis Marinaro Ann Arbor, Michigan Laurin McCracken Leland, Mississippi Michael Meadors Jersey City, New Jersey Joseph Moniz Acushnet, Massachusetts Douglas Norman Columbus, Ohio Jose Sanchez "Felox" Medellin, Colombia Aidan Schapera Bloomington, Indiana Elise Schweitzer Indianapolis, Indiana Benjamin Shamback Mobile, Alabama Dennis Wojtkiewicz Bowling Green, Ohio The fourth of the new Manifest Curatorial Talks to be led by Tim Parsley will be held on Sunday, February 10th at 3:00pm. These once-per exhibit free public events will not be ordinary art historical 'lectures' per se, but rather will provide a guided experience and discussion of the exhibitions on view through the point of view of the philosophy of the Manifest organization. This will give the public new in-depth insight into their neighborhood gallery for the world, nine times each year. |
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