“ALOE A Language of Exaltation: Seven Artists Reflect on their Work” Exhibition
FiveMyles
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Featuring work in a variety of media by Amy Jenkins, Christopher K. Ho, Erika Ranee, John Jurayj, Rob Swainston, Sally Webster, Tyler Vlahovich
Selected by Larry Qualls
From the literally tens of thousands of artists whose work the editor, writer, and documenter Larry Qualls has seen over the past five decades, he has selected seven, who, over many exhibition viewings, have presented works that continue to resonate long after the shows they were in closed.
Each produces work that is steeped in a knowledge of tradition, yet is uniquely subversive, daring to challenge current customs, practices, and parameters. Some he had met or written about, others he knew only through their shows, but all had created pieces that challenged their chosen media, exploring themes and processes that resonated beyond the hermetic confines of the art world.
For this exhibition he asked each to choose pieces they had made, of whatever vintage, that held particular relevance for their practice, even if these are not characteristic of what they had shown commercially. The works chosen for ALOE may be observational or inner-directed, abstract or narrative, constructed digitally or crafted through traditional means, yet they share a fierce commitment to challenging accepted ideas of the relation of sign and meaning; they both exacerbate and soothe, tearing apart settled conventions, while pointing to future possibilities.
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Schedule
from September 10, 2016 to October 10, 2016
Opening Reception on 2016-09-10 from 16:30 to 19:00