The show case gallery within Compônere where every month one or two different artists are featured. Follow the Calendar link to review the upcoming shows for 2009.
September Exhibits:
"Mix of Styles, I"
Dave Marlow - digital photography
"Earth and Fire" David Andrew Midkiff - ceramics
Reception - Friday,
September 4
6 to 9 PM
View Exhibit Catalog:
Dave Marlow
David Andrew Midkiff
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Dave Marlow - Bulldozer Wall
These photographs in this show have been taken throughout my last 35 years, and are some of my favorites. The "Raggedy Ann Fantasy" girl, and "Paper Rosie" were published in the California Living Magazine in the 1970's. Since using digital capture, I have been able to convey color and impact more accurately, and when it benefits the image, to augment the contrast and saturation.
David Andrew Midkiff - Lucy's New Do
Over ten thousand years ago, early humans discovered that they could manipulate specific earthen matter, which we call clay, into forms, then subject them to the extremely high temperatures of fire, to create useful and durable objects. Thus the long history of ceramics developed and evolved from craft which aided in everyday survival to art which enriches everyday life. Although numerous technological advances have been made in the art and science of ceramics, clay and heat, or earth and fire, are the two basic components which remain ever constant.
This exhibition presents an eclectic range of ceramic technique, style, and function. Included are hand-built and wheel-thrown forms, functional pieces and sculpture. Some forms are symmetrical; others are asymmetrical. Some pieces were made from a single form; others were made by assembling several forms. Some are drawn and painted upon; others are highly textured. Firing and glazing techniques very. Low-firing temperatures produce bright, clear glaze colors; raku produces mat black clay and metallic-flashed glazes; high-temperature reduction firing produces muted, earthy glaze colors.
As a body of work, this group is characterized by dissimilarity and heterogeneity, and reflects more contrast than consistency. It is a exploration of various approaches to the art of ceramics. However, just as it is possible, because of a common heritage, for people with diverse appearances and personalities to belong to the same family, it is possible for these multifarious ceramic forms to relate as a cohesive group. They are related by the most basic of ceramic elements which have united all works of ceramic art since the first pot was made: earth and fire.
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