Opening Fri 1/7 @ 6PM
Runs through Sun 2/6
Image / Object / Material is a showcase of new works from artist siblings Christi & Jerry Birchfield. Jerry deals with the idea of conceptual space, imagined geometry & meta-lines, whereas Christi plays w/ decay, beauty, color & nature. Check out their work @ Arts Collinwood from Fri 1/7 – Sun 2/6. The opening reception on Fri 1/7 runs from 6 – 9PM. Stay after for Art de Rockus Concert Series #1 featuring Jukebox Value, User and Madame and the Moist Towelettes.
About the artists:
As Morris Louis chose to pour paint onto canvas as opposed to using brushes, or as Sol Lewitt created specific rules by which he or others could make drawings, Christi and Jerry look to these modes as (controller) of process as well as surrender to process to make images. The Birchfield’s depend on tools to create distance between themselves and their work. As light reacts and morphs inside a camera, or as objects become imbedded into paper via the pressure of an etching press, tools become another participant in the process. Their influences range from Malevich’s White on White, to Kosuth’s idea of a chair, as well as surrealist techniques for drawing. Be it flowers, ink, or film, as material, one thing is for sure, paper is the substrate, and besides that, the rest is left to random rules and serious play.