Gallery 110
November Exhibition Archive
November 6 - 29, 2008
Preview Reception: Wednesday, November 5, 6-8pm First Thursday Opening: November 6, 6-8pm
Main Gallery:
On the Same Side of the Circle: Recent Work by Robin Harlow and Shawn Ferris
Marked with a profound and sweet sadness that is offset by beauty, Robin Harlow’s work combines 19th century Victorian imagery with contemporary surrealism, drawing attention to the illusions that provide our lives with wonder. When she works, she is unencumbered by social restrictions, allowing herself to paint freely.
In contrast, Shawn Ferris creates a set of rules of constraint inspired by the literary group Oulipo, limiting herself in palate and motif. Using this as a point of departure, she embraces the idea that structure is liberation, or a trigger for the potential of new ideas and inspiration.
Harlow and Ferris met at the Evergreen State College where Ferris was instructing an intensive foundational art program. When Harlow completed her education and became a professional artist, she and Ferris remained close friends and colleagues. This exhibition celebrates the similarities and differences between student and teacher.
Images:
Right: Shawn Ferris, White Birds, Acrylic, opague ink in panel, 25 x 22 inches, 2008
Left: Robin Harlow, Queen Bee, Acrylic on canvas, 34 x 46 inches, 2008
Loft Gallery:
Mistie Erickson: New Work
Mistie Erickson reveals her experience of the northwest landscape through mixed media drawings and paintings. The work goes beyond reiteration of experience by observation. Instead, it is the artist's emotional response to the environment; light, shadow, movement and sense of place. The images are presented in multiple panels and emerge sensually through her art making process.
Mistie Erickson, Two of four panels of Early Autumn, acrylic on canvases, 18 x 96 inches, 2008