A group of five Austin-based artists push the boundaries of drawing and examine spatial relationships, scale and forms in “At the Edge,” a Sept. 13 – Oct. 12, 2016 exhibit that kicks off the 2016-17 Wright Gallery schedule. An opening reception is scheduled 4:30 – 6:30 p.m. Sept. 20.
“The graphite, ink and opaque watercolor pieces will vary in subject matter, but each artist plays with shifts in perception and the definition of drawing,” said Rebecca Rothfus Harrell, one of the exhibit’s artists and its curator.
Each artist brings a unique perspective and style to the exhibit.
Shannon Faseler bases her work on climate change and its effects, including floods, glaciers and drought-affected landscapes that evoke the fragility and instability of society’s “seemingly certain” reality.
“I seek to make paintings, drawings and installations that challenge customary views of aesthetics in our natural world,” she said.
Alyson Fox, who holds university degrees in photography, sculpture, installation art and operates a thriving business designing limited-edition clothing, handmade jewelry and much more, is, “quite simply, boundless,” said Leigh Patterson of FvF, an online publication that profiles people with diverse creative and cultural backgrounds.
“Alyson’s work can be defined by her unique aesthetic, which quietly connects her projects in seamless yet subtle ways through the use of geometry, clean lines, soft palettes, rudimentary shapes and simplicity that is careful but never boring,” said Patterson.
Rebecca Rothfus Harrell‘s work is rooted in a longstanding interest in ever-evolving landscapes, human interventions in the natural world, and microscopic and macroscopic intricacies.
“My paintings and collages are explorations of form, color, structure and space, used to create feelings of surreal environments that bounce back and forth between natural and man-made,” she said.
Bethany Johnson‘s drawings refer to the mathematical measurement of a grid, as well as a mechanical recording process. Her images explore information loss and fragmentation.
In “True Believers,” a Wright Gallery exhibit of Ohio-based artist Mark Schatz’ sculptures that debuts Oct. 24, 2016, Schatz imagines a population trying to make sense of an indifferent universe.
An exhibit opening reception is scheduled 4:30 – 6:30 p.m. Oct. 24.
Drawing from utopian communities, geological forms, insect behaviors, folded maps, and chance occurrences, Schatz explores people’s desire to create order, and even wonder, out of chaos.
Schatz, whose sculpture, installation, drawings, and photography and has shown widely, is associate professor and Foundations Program coordinator for the School of Art at Kent State University.
Patty Carroll’s photographs of women and various objects covered in drapery —commentaries on women and their obsession with the home — have won awards in international competitions and have been featured in the Huffington Post, the British Journal of Photography, The Cut, and many other publications. Her work will be displayed in the Wright Gallery Jan. 24 – March 16, 2016.
An opening reception is scheduled 4:30 – 6:30 p.m. January 24.
Brian Piana’s abstract visualizations of data mined from the Internet, which provides him with much of his source material, will be featured in “Blocks,” an exhibit in the Wright Gallery March 21 – May 25, 2016.
An opening reception is scheduled 4:30 – 6:30 p.m. March 21.
Piana, who earned a Master of Science In Visualization in 2000 and a Bachelor of Environmental Design degree in 1997 at Texas A&M, is a professor of art and design at San Jacinto College. He has exhibited his work at FotoFest and the Lawndale Art Center in Houston and the Maryland Institute College of Art.