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Downtown Forestville
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In Material:
Conversations on Qualities of Materiality
Art-Making and Material Transformation
March 4, 2011�April 10, 2011
The Quicksilver Mine Co. presents In Material: Conversations on Qualities of Materiality, an exhibition featuring three artists whose approach to their materials differ but combine to explore the transformative and connective qualities of substance, texture and medium through their shared artistic process. This exhibition opens on Friday, March 4th, and continues in the Gallery through April 10th.
Northern California artists Susan Field, Brooke Holve and Elizabeth Sher met after each participated in separate artist residencies at the New Pacific Studio in Mt. Bruce, New Zealand. After returning to the United States, they began a conversation that slowly evolved into a shared creative process, culminating in this exhibition at Quicksilver.
Addressing materiality through interactive artistic conversation, their three paths have come together to reflect the ways that process and (a variety of) materials affect the quality of artistic emotional engagement.
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"Chair (detail)," by Susan Field |
Susan Field's work embodies her interest in material and texture, using fur, metal, beads, stones. Connecting unlike things though the labor of sewing allows her to transform disparate objects through her own slow, reflective work process.
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"Beaded Stones," by Susan Field;
stones, beads, thread; 2008 |
Together in this Show, Sher, Holve and Field use material and process to express a collective sense of tangible artistic mystery though visual works that waver between thought and sensation, feelings and ideas.
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"Storm," by Elizabeth Sher |
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Brooke and Elizabeth installing the show |
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"Ball & Chain" (Nod to Susan D), Susan Field,
mixed media, yarn, fabric, found objects, 2009 |
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Left: "Low Flow," Elizabeth Sher; Center: Algae Installation & Video, Brooke Holve & Elizabeth Sher;
Right: To Mnemosyne, Brooke Holve |
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"Remnants," Susan Field, recycled fabric, rabbits feet, waxed twine, canvas backing, 2010 |
"Remnants" (detail) |
(Encaustic paintings in background by Kathleen Thompson) |
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An Artist Reception for In Material: Conversations on Qualities of Materiality will be held on Saturday, March 5th from 4�6pm.
Also, join Susan Field, Brooke Holve and Elizabeth Sher for a Gallery Talk and Conversation on Thursday, April 7th beginning at 7pm.
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"Gourd Blinks," by Brooke Holve; book board, cloth, covers, silk, silkscreen print; 28" X 19"; 2010
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Looking at the changing role of books in the face of technology, Holve uses silk, book remnants, prints and her own distinctive process of cutting and recombining parts and pieces to explore material interaction and tangible emotion.
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"1111," by Brooke Holve; algae/mixed media
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Film and artwork are unified through Elizabeth Sher's intangible storytelling, mixing medium and process, handwork, digital images, paint and mixed media, leading to aesthetic decisions and new artistic possibilities.
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"Portrait of the Artist as a Sucker," by Elizabeth Sher; archival ink on metal; 11" X 14"; 2010
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"Bars n Tone," by Elizabeth Sher
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Joint Artists' Statement
Brooke's solo show in 2004
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Installation, Susan Field, used toy railroad track, zippers, metal snaps, film strips, thread, 2010
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"Bars n Tone," Elizabeth Sher, ink, acrylic paint, mixed media on canvas & panel, 2009
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"Book Blinks #2," Brooke Holve,
book board, cloth, covers,
organza silk, 2010
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"To Mnemosyne" (diptych), Brooke Holve,
book covers, piano parts, metal, 2007 |
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