April 23- May 28
Friday, April 23
5:30-8:00 Public Opening
6:15 The Artist Talks with Stefan Chinov
7:00 The Artist Talks with Andréa Keys Connell
Andréa Keys Connell: Un-Home-Like
Main Gallery
A 2010 W2S Exhibition
Subconscious memories of traumatic events from one's past are brought to the surface in Andrea Michele Keys' work as she examines how these memories affect one's identity, behaviors, and actions. Refusing to straightforwardly or even ever answer how these are intertwined, Keys combines the familiar and comfortable with the uncanny and, in doing so, creates pieces that lead to questions instead of concrete conclusions. Asking the viewer to interact with the scene, Keys brings us into "a world that is a combination of the real, the surreal, the dreamlike, the familiar, and the disjointed." She leaves "the viewer to decide the flaws of the characters, the scenario that is about to or has occurred, and the viewer's role as a witness to the event."
about the artist
Ms. Keys, of Athens, OH, is Assistant Professor at Longwood College, Farmville, VA. She has instructed in ceramics since 2002 at the Maryland Institute College of Art, Louisiana Pottery in Baton Rouge, LA, Louisiana State, and Ohio University. She completed her MFA in Ceramics in 2009 at Ohio University, was a special student at Louisiana State (2003-04), and received her BFA in Ceramics from the Maryland Institute College of Art (2002). She has exhibited in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Louisiana, and Maryland.
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Andréa Keys
Fractured Fairy Tale, 2007
Hand built stoneware, polychrome paint, MDF
10 x 11 x 13 ft.
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Stefan Chinov: The Device Laid Bare
Euclid Avenue Gallery
A 2010 W2S Exhibition
Sculpture and drawing come together in the works of Stefan Chinov as he explores the question of "whether an object is identified by the fact of its physical presence or by a reassuring image that represents it." In The Device Laid Bare, Chinov places both the object and the representing image together for the audience to examine. In his recent experiences, Chinov has found that "an object is formed by complex physical and discursive forces which, in their constant flux, are often impossible to distinguish from each other." Interested in this indistinguishable result, Chinov questions whether the process of interpretation can ever be free from one's own desires or rationales and, therefore, ever not fall victim to the "perceptually deceptive" object.
Stefan Chinov
The Device Laid Bare (Partial)
2009
Steel, Plexiglas, polyester film, wood, plaster
Variable dimensions
Image courtesy of the artist
about the artist
Stefan Chinov is Assistant Professor of Sculpture and Drawing at Wright State University and formerly taught at East Central University in Ada, OK, Brookhaven Community College School of the Arts in Dallas, TX, and Southern Methodist University also in Dallas, TX. He received his MFA from Southern Methodist University (2000) and his MA/BFA from the National Academy of the Arts, Sofia, Bulgaria (1994). He has exhibited extensively in Ohio, Oregon, Colorado, Texas, and Pennsylvania. Chinov's sculpture was exhibited at The Sculpture Center in On A Pedestal and Off The Wall, the Fourth Annual Exhibition of Smaller Sculpture from the Region (2008). |
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