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FEBRUARY 2002 EXHIBITIONS
Main Gallery: JENNIFER van BEELEN, PAINTINGS ;
DIANE CUMMINS, LIGHT TO DARK PLACES
Jennifer van Beelen and Diane Cummins are two Illinois artists who
both seek out light and environment as source material for their work.
However, whereas van Beelen's paintings address ideas of light and its
conversation with an organic surface, Cummins' photographs first look towards
an environment as the influence of darkness becomes the background music
for her images. Although each artist approaches the audience from
a different perspective, ultimately, they both present us with their taste
for the ephemeral--the impermanent passing moments of time.
Gallery A: GEORGE TKABLADZE, FROM ZERO TO THE
SUN
Sculptor, George Tkabladze, comes to Artemisia Gallery from the Republic
of Georgia. His intimate, abstract stone sculptures are fraught with
personal observation, delving into the age-old unanswered questions of
existentialism. Tkabladze's fascination with stone derives not only
from its history as a piece of the larger whole, but also due to the fact
that as it has an "unforgiving nature, it becomes a challenge to bring
it to a new life." Mixing a variety of media and technique (stone,
wood and steel) Tkabladze identifies ideas of past, present and future,
thereby formulating his internal creative process for self-discovery.
Gallery B: JUDITH A. HLADIK, REPEATING HISTORY -
Wallhangings and Monoprints
Chicago-area artist, Judith Hladik's presents us with her latest series
of monoprints that whimsically toy with the idea of illusion and historical
truths. As Hladik challenges yesterday's assumptions, she asks the
viewer to explore "how history is 'made' and how distortions and propaganda
have seeped into the canon of received knowledge." In tandem with
her playful edge, yet veering not far from her historic ideology, Hladik's
wall hangings investigate the changing status of women's cultural roles
through time, identifying a different facet of women's experience through
each piece.
Gallery C: MELANIE A. FEERST, INFORMED CONSENT
The seeds of Melanie Feerst's provocative work were first planted while
working as an assistant to a cardiac surgeon. In her most recent
body of sculptural work, she continues to examine today's medical culture
by exploring the notion of informed consent. Her investigations through
bioethics literature along with past and present health care controversies,
firmly advocate patient rights with respect to the "universal fears of
suffering and illness." Feerst is this year's recipient of the Linda
Kramer Award.
Gallery D: KAREN HANMER, SECTION 19, TOWNSHIP 104, RANGE
28, FAIRBAULT COUNTY
"I give and bequeath the building site and grove which I own, located
in the Southeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of Section 19, Township
104, Range 28, Fairbault County, MN...."
so state the words that point to the newest works by Artemisia member,
Karen Hanmer. Her textile installation and artists' books are an
eloquent collage of familial storytelling, exposing mythologies that lie
behind the ancestral land belonging to her immigrant grandparents, their
children and their grandchildren, as well as "their connection to it, and
my connection to them."
Gallery web site address http://www.artemisia.org
For additional information and press packets,
call the gallery 312 / 226-7323