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Manifest Creative Research Gallery: FACE FIRST | EXTREMITIES | LOSING YOUR HEAD - 8 Nov 2014 to 5 Dec 2014 Current Exhibition |
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FACE FIRST Exploring the Human Face Opening Reception: Friday, November 7, 2014, 6-9pm during Walk on Woodburn Main Gallery + Drawing Room + Parallel Space EXPLORING THE HUMAN FACE We consciously and unconsciously categorize identity based on the human face. It is, for most people, their social thumbprint and emotional signpost. Inevitably the face is the ‘I’ in first person statements. As we stated four years ago when we last approached this theme, technology exacerbates people’s retreat into the upper limb of their body, encouraging portraiture on a mass scale in the form of social networks such as Facebook and Instagram with their flood of 'selfies'. Facial recognition tools which help sort photos of friends and family based on images of their face, and video conference calling also put the focus on the front of the human head. The center of our humanity has coalesced into the mind, behind the face. When we think of each other, we (usually) start with the face first. Manifest's seven-member jury reviewed 613 works by 215 artists from 41 states, Washington D.C., and 7 countries. Thirty-seven works by the following 31 artists from 17 states and 2 countries were selected for exhibition and will also be featured in the Manifest Exhibition Annual publication (MEA) at the close of the season. Presenting works by: Jeffrey Abt Huntington Woods, Michigan Louis Alvarez Roure Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey Jimmie Arroyo Tenafly, New Jersey Debra Balchen Chicago, Illinois Angela Cunningham Marshall, North Carolina Daniel Dallmann Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Hélène Delmaire Lille, France Thomasin Dewhurst Livermore, California Yuxiang Dong Rochester, New York Phil El Rassi Nashville, Tennessee Reed Govert Cincinnati, Ohio Tanja Gant Plano, Texas Mark Hanavan Middletown, Ohio Willie Jones Chapel Hill, North Carolina Ricki Klages Laramie, Wyoming Eileen MacArthur Arthur, Ontario, Canada Louis Marinaro Ann Arbor, Michigan Omalix Orlando, Florida Martin O’Connor Rocky River, Ohio Miriam Omura Birmingham, Alabama Keith Parks La Mesa, California Ann Piper Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania Matthew Schenk Grand Rapids, Michigan Sohail Shehada Norman, Oklahoma Isaac Smith Bowling Green, Ohio David Stanger Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Judy Takacs Solon, Ohio Derek Wilkinson Emporia, Kansas Ben Willis Tempe, Arizona Dennis Wojtkiewicz Bowling Green, Ohio Caomin Xie Atlanta, Georgia --- EXTREMITIES Exploring Hands and Feet Central Gallery EXPLORING HANDS AND FEET They're a part of us we take for granted, like everything else we've lived with all our lives from birth. Naturally they feel less just a part, and more an inseparable extension of our wholeness. Yet when lost, paralyzed, or wounded, our hands and feet are recognized for what they are–the outermost point of contact our minds have with the world outside our bodies. Anthropologically they define our specie, served its propagation around the globe in distant pre-history, and even provided the hand-stamp signature on our oldest surviving paintings from 40,000 years ago. The hand and the foot remain a powerful reminder of our humanity, our physicality, and our origins. Not solely practical tools for locomotion, survival, and the manipulation of our environment, they also carry our expression. We can speak fluently with our hands, punctuate vocal speech, and express love and tenderness with our touches, trust and agreement with a handshake, or great violence and anger with a simple gesture. One could claim that all we are, all we have accomplished in our time on Earth–both good and ill–is an expression of these extremities. Manifest's seven-member jury reviewed 334 works by 126 artists from 30 states and 8 countries. Nine works by the following 9 artists from 5 states were selected for exhibition and will also be featured in the Manifest Exhibition Annual publication (MEA) at the close of the season. Presenting works by: Jamie Bates Slone Kansas City, Missouri Cynthia Gutierrez New York, New York Jee Hwang Hoffman Estates, Illinois Carrie Lingscheit Chicago, Illinois Daniel Maidman Brooklyn, New York Elena Peteva Providence, Rhode Island Hyeyoung Shin Kansas City, Missouri Rachel VanWylen Jackson, Michigan Erica Young Brooklyn, New York --- LOSING YOUR HEAD Exploring the Skull North Gallery EXPLORING THE SKULL We vertebrates are really not all that different under the skin. The thing that cradles our concept of identity, and houses our intellectual and emotional organ–our command center if you will, the skull–has long been the subject of visual art. The articulation of our interest in the subject runs the gamut from cliché to horrific, from the ironic to the tragic, and all points between. Contemplating the human or animal skull is akin to contemplating a star-rich night sky. It can often serve as a talisman of self-reflection, of proof of mortality, endurance, and commonality. Our fascination with the skull goes far deeper than the common symbolism it is burdened by today, and broader than its past use in phrenology or to support theories regarding sexual dimorphism. Ultimately the skull is evidence, after all, that we are in fact made of dust. Manifest's seven-member jury reviewed 342 works by 131 artists from 32 states and 7 countries. Eleven works by the following 10 artists from 8 states were selected for exhibition and will also be featured in the Manifest Exhibition Annual publication (MEA) at the close of the season. Presenting works by: Angela Cunningham Marshall, North Carolina David Dorsey Pittsford, New York Mitch Eckert Louisville, Kentucky Alia El-Bermani Apex, North Carolina TyRuben Ellingson Midlothian, Virginia Marshall Harris Fort Worth, Texas Todd Kunkler Athens, Ohio Josh Raftery Athens, Ohio David Stanger Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Derek Wilkinson Emporia, Kansas --- General Info: FREE PUBLIC ARTIST'S RECEPTION: Friday, November 7, 6-9 p.m. Refreshments will be served, in-part sponsored by the Echo Restaurant (this will be the 84th Manifest reception featuring Echo Restaurant fare!) WALK ON WOODBURN - CINCINNATI'S INSTANT ARTS DISTRICT!: visit galleries, shops, and restaurants all along Woodburn Avenue, all with special events and fare for the evening. SAY HELLO TO TWO MANIFEST ARTISTS IN RESIDENCE (MAR): At every opening reception for the next year, the MAR space and new Resident Artists Christina Weaver and Taylor Wooline will be open for visits, discussion, and viewing of their recent and ongoing work in their one-year Manifest residencies. This will be the first chance for the public to meet these two artists, originally from Alabama and West Virginia respectively, as they launch their one-year programs with Manifest. EXHIBIT RUNS THROUGH December 5 GALLERY HOURS (free admission): Tuesday through Friday 12 – 7:00 p.m., Sat. 12 – 5 p.m. or by appointment for groups - school groups welcome and encouraged LOCATION: 2727 Woodburn Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio 45206 (Just south of Madison Rd. at DeSales Corner in East Walnut Hills.) PARKING: On street and parking across the street in DeSales Business Parking Lot CONTACT: Jason Franz, Manifest Executive Director at [email protected] GALLERY PHONE: 513-861-3638 FOR MORE INFO: http://www.manifestgallery.org A NEW HARDCOVER MANIFEST EXHIBITION ANNUAL PUBLICATION WILL DOCUMENT EVERY EXHIBIT OF THE SEASON: Members at the Craftsman or Artist level will have the option to get this large-format book for free. Pre-orders will begin soon! http://www.manifestgallery.org/manifestpress JOIN MANIFEST: http://www.manifestgallery.org/support |
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