Aesthetica:
Evocative Objects
A visual display of pattern: BRUSHED
SHAPED CAPTURED
Opening Reception:
November 9th, 5-8pm.
Art Lab Fort
Collins, 239 Linden Street
, Fort Collins, CO 80524
Three artists in
three mediums - Paint, Ceramic and Photo - display a quantitative conversation on the value of pattern in art. Artists
Athena Hahn, Shana Salaff and Scott Angus graduated from the MFA
Program at California State University, Fullerton. Tri-geographical, iconic and tactile, this show
runs November 9-20th.
Open Hours: Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays, 12-5. Other hours available
by appointment.
Athena
Hahn hails from California and is a painter. Her large-scale work The Periodic Table represents everything
we think we know at a certain level. This is contrasted with Chick, which reminds us of the uncertainty of daily life that exists in
apparent opposition to the type of scientific reason presented in Periodic Table. Both present a different
type of patterned behavior and different ways of seeking answers to one of
life’s pressing concerns: which came first?
Shana Salaff
lives in Colorado and is a ceramic artist. Of her work, she writes: “I see the
items that I make as being useful “jewels” - shiny, small in stature, and made
with as much care as possible. Decoration versus content, beauty versus
pragmatism; these are the dialectics that inform my work. I use pattern as a
language to communicate a mood, a feeling, an energy, that permeates the bodies
of the users of my functional vessels.”
Scott Angus resides in Missouri and is a
photographer. His work in Aesthetica is a series of small images that
investigate the processes of being human. These images shot all over the
world hold one thing in common - they are quirky and simple. They remind us
that we need to pause and not get so hectic, complicated and insane. Together,
they form a visual pattern of interconnected moments.
Contact: Shana Salaff
714-914-3009
shaneshane@csu.fullerton.edu
Event Website: http://shanasalaff.com/aesthetica-art-exhibit
Art Lab Website: http://www.artlabfortcollins.org