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Manifest Creative Research Gallery: TAPPED | THE EMERGENT BODY | ONE: The Manifest Prize... - 21 Jan 2011 to 18 Feb 2011 Current Exhibition |
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Top: Mel Leiserowitz, Robert Schefman
Bottom: Stephen Mishol, Denise Manseau |
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TAPPED An exhibit of works by students and their professors (past or present) The relationship between art students and their professors can be a powerful one. Even when this bond is left unstated, we carry our professors' voices forward in time as we mature as artists and people. We eventually realize that the instruction given by our teachers during our relatively brief careers as students continues to expand within us. We realize that the learning they inspired (or insisted upon) is a chain-reaction process that develops across our lifetime. All of us who have been students carry forward our professors' legacy in one form or another. And those who are, or have been professors, bear witness to the potency of studenthood. Out of respect for this student-teacher bond, and in honor of professors working hard to help their students tap into a higher mind relative to art and life, we offer TAPPED, an exhibit that presents works of art by current or former professor/student pairs in our Main Gallery in Cincinnati. For this exhibit 330 artists submitted 755 works for consideration. Eighteen works by the following 18 artists from Florida, Illinois, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, Ohio, and Texas were selected for presentation in the gallery and catalog. The artists are listed in pairings to illustrate their past or present relationships. Professor Student Brett Eberhardt Kevin Mercer* Lauren Garber Lake Heidi Landau Mel Leiserowitz Robert Schefman Art Werger Carrie Lingscheit Armin M�hsam Caleb Taylor Stephen Mishol Denise Manseau Kristine Schramer Brent Payne Sheldon Tapley Emil Robinson Dana Saulnier Nicole Trimble* * current student Opening Reception Friday Jan. 21 6-9 p.m. drawing room THE EMERGENT BODY Paintings and Drawings by Thomasin Dewhurst Manifest is proud to present a solo exhibit of paintings and drawings by Thomasin Dewhurst. The exhibit continues Manifest's exploration of the human figure, including the nude in contemporary art.* It also provides a snapshot view into the near-side of the lineage of painting by women. Dewhurst's works are inevitably current, but also share a bond in time to those of Gentileschi, Cassatt, Morisot, Kollwitz, Nourse, Saville, and others. Of her work Dewhurst states: The human form, through its contours, texture and the stretch of skin over muscle and bone, conveys an emotional and philosophical aesthetic that is the driving force behind my painting and drawing practice. This aesthetic finds expression in the depiction of tactility: the painted or drawn body presented closely within the viewer�s personal space and giving the viewer a sense of being able to touch the rendered flesh. The body thus becomes emotive. At this point in the development of a work there is a feeling, on my part, of commitment to the work and a fidelity to the story that is presenting itself... The figure is the central means of realizing the narrative, Thomasin Dewhurst was born in Lancashire in the United Kingdom and moved to South Africa as a young child. She received her B.A.F.A. with distinction in Painting from Rhodes University and her M.A.F.A. with distinction in Painting and Theory of Art from the University of the Witwatersrand. Her work has been exhibited in various locations including the Everard Read Gallery and the iArt Gallery (Johannesburg & Cape Town, South Africa), Hodnett Fine Art (Vancouver, Canada), the Blackheath Gallery (London, United Kingdom) and at various galleries in the USA. Her work is part of a number of permanent collections including the Gauteng legislature in South Africa and Ericsson South Africa (with around 20 of her watercolors). Currently Thomasin works as an artist and art instructor in the San Francisco Bay Area in California. Website: www.thomasindewhurst.com * Manifest's studio curriculum is anchored by figure drawing, and the gallery presents an annual Nude exhibit each season. parallel space ONE: The Manifest Prize... Episteme A work by Yun Jeong Hong All of Manifest's calls for entry are competitive. The stiffness of the competition has increased in proportion to Manifest's growing reputation, powerful mission, and international reach. Our mission to stand for quality, to create a system whereby works are judged with objectivity as a primary aim, and assembled with as little subjective ego as possible has gained the respect of thousands of artists from all over the world, and a vast following of arts lovers, patrons, and supporters. We maintain that a smaller gallery enables intensely refined exhibits to take place, and we respect the creative principle of reduction to an essential conclusive statement for each exhibit we produce. This is what has led to the high caliber of each Manifest exhibit, and to the gallery's notable reputation. With this principle of reduction in mind, we were inspired by the intensity of our jury process to whittle down a collection of entries to a suitable exhibit. With this we determined to push the process to the ultimate limit - from among hundreds to select ONE single work to be exhibited in a gallery all to itself. Manifest's jury process for ONE included three levels of jury review of 400 works by 204 artists by a total of 13 different jurors. Each level resulted in fewer works passing on to the next, until a winner was reached. The size and nature of the works considered was not a factor in the jury scoring and selection. The winning work is a sculptural assemblage entitled "Episteme" by Yun Jeong Hong of Champaign, Illinois. It will be the recipient of the $400 MANIFEST PRIZE, and presented in the Parallel Space Gallery as the highlight of the process, an honor to the artist, and a poignant statement for gallery visitors. The Manifest Prize is planned to be an annual or biennial offering. The cash award for the first ONE prize will be $400. Five semi-finalists will also be featured in the full-color exhibit catalog. These are works by John Carrasco, Richard Gilles, Matt Klos, Noriko Kuresumi, and David Smith. |
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