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Uncanny Valley At Make.Shift
Emily the gallery director at Makeshift invited me to join October's group exhibit. She wrote: The uncanny valley is an interesting phenomenon that happens in our brains when we see something human-LIKE. Key word "LIKE". The thing were looking at will register almost all the way as "human" but not quite and so there is a funny feeling we experience. I think your pieces really fit this :)
"In aesthetics, the uncanny valley is a hypothesized relation between an object's degree of resemblance to a human being and the emotional response to the object. The concept suggests that humanoid objects that imperfectly resemble actual human beings provoke uncanny or strangely familiar feelings of uneasiness and revulsion in observers"
*from wikipedia
Below are the two 18x24 collages from my people project, an ongoing and developing collective of work exploring the topic of people.
The opening for this show is October 7th, 2022 and runs through October
TEN by TEN Hosted By Jackson Junge Gallery
I am absolutely delighted to be participating in a group exhibit with Jackson Junge Gallery. I have a history with this dynamic Chicago gallery and have always felt welcome and at home here. The staff continues to make the exhibiting experience personal. This is the first group show since things pandemic, and it is the largest show of the galleries existence.
The theme of the show is TEN by TEN, meaning....submit anything you want just as long as it measures EXACTLY 10x10. The art also MUST hang with a wire.
As many of you know hanging my collage work with a wire is a challenge. My stitched pieces are made a very specific way out of paper. Each piece is finished and two sided. a wire doesn't fit well into that aesthetic. my work is usually hung with mini clips.
and yet, thanks to the wonderful brainstorming with staff they came up with an alternative to the wire, and a solution that fit into the theme.
thread!!
and
while the solution isn't perfect, after much trial and error...I did it!!
The collage is threaded to hang!
See the front and back below
In the past I have exhibited photography with this gallery
This is my first time submitting stitched collage work.
artist statement: I created “parted” originally in 2016 when I was collaging daily. I had just moved to the PNW and landed an unbearable roommate circumstance. The 8x10 collage and other art almost got ruined by moisture while storing in my car. I decided to upcycle the work to see if I could save it and made it in my current stitched crazy quilt like style.
The collage is black and white on the left and brightly colored on the right to show how I've left that bleak circumstance behind me. 2022 is much brighter.
This is what I added to make it the correct size. The piece has a binding to finish the look. It measured a perfect 10x10
Bio: Karen Hanrahan found her way to WA State in her mid-50's after living most of her life in the midwest. She has grown children, a cat, she loves road trips, scratch cooking and anything made out of glass. She lives small in less than 300 square feet and values light, quiet and privacy. She makes quilt like mixed media pieces out of paper. Her materials are gifted or found, which keeps her making very low cost and sustainable. She has been a collage artist for over 25 years. Her collage and photography work has shown in galleries all over the country. She teaches others the creative subconscious mind collaging process.
The exhibit begins on Sept 27, with an official opening on Oct7th, and will hang until Nov 6th
About this event. CHICAGO— Jackson Junge Gallery presents TEN by TEN, their sixth exhibition of the 2022 season, and very first open-submission group show since the COVID-19 pandemic. The exhibition includes over 100 artists based mostly out of the Chicago area and serves as a celebration of the artists that have worked with the gallery over the past thirteen years along with welcoming new artists the gallery hopes to build relationships with over the coming years.
TEN by TEN is an exhibition for the artists and for the people, with a wide variety of styles and works by both established and emerging artists. In hopes of inspiring new creation, the only prompt given to TEN by TEN artists was a size restriction; everything must be exactly 10”x10” in terms of width and height and be able to hang on the gallery wall with a wire. Most of the pieces in TEN by TEN are new works made in 2022 and range from traditional painting to sculpture that is 20” in depth to quilting and photography.
A welcoming space that truly has something for everyone, Jackson Junge Gallery has always made it part of their mission to carry fine artworks that appeal to a wide variety of clientele and to keep accessible options available. 10”x10” is an extension of this philosophy that the gallery is excited to share with their friends, artists, and patrons as the show includes works with values ranging from under $100 to over $2,000.
Collage of participating artists:
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Schacktoberfest 2022
I think what I love the most about Schacktoberfest is the absolute blast of the color orange. The entire gallery is just beaming with orange-ness. It's pretty great. The show includes 1000 blown glass pumpkins that are also a sight to see.
The large group exhibit opens Sept 8th and runs through October 1st
This year I submitted photography. As a photographer submitting photos means an expense of producing said photo, and then finding a way to present it. I chose to print on aluminum.
Because this gallery is several hours away, I additionally have to pay for shipping not only to the event but for the return shipping should the art not sell. The advantage of metal prints is that they are very light weight which lowers the shipping dollar pretty nicely.
I submitted 2 photos. This urban fallen leaf perspective was chosen. This was taken at the drive-thru of my bank.
The other image I submitted was a leaf on top of a car. I flipped the image. I've done that with other photography in the past, and it is pretty abstract.
A fellow artist suggested that I present the image both upright and flipped next. I really like that idea.
Time Goes By Group Exhibit At Make.Shift
The Title Of My Collage is Timelessness
Artist Statement: Timelessness is a feeling where time doesn’t exist. A day goes by at the whim of however it lands. No pressure, no place to go, nothing to do by a certain time. No worries.
I created this collage using the creative subconscious mind collage process with the topic of the wonder of time in my mind. I selected a few magazines that I thought might have time pieces in it. I looked for persons within those magazines that might be feeling things time. I pulled from these resources for about 10 minutes. I then created this collage from the images I had pulled. When I create this way I have to trust the process. The images pulled seem to guide the creation into its being. I always feel like the inside of me is crafting what it all might mean. I ask where should I stitch and it tells me. I know when to stop, because it lets me know. It will say to me stop. this is your message. I see in this stitched collage that time is multi-dimensional, that it intersects. I see the pressure and the freedom of time. I see how time becomes you, or pulls at you, I see time telling all, I see when time is no longer in your hands or when time is bigger than all of us.
exhibit can be found here.
Thank you Make.Shift for this provoking prompt!
This group exhibit will also feature an additional community project titled The Art Of Aging, which includes remarkable portraits by painter Sarah Lane and short recorded interviews of local elders.
Photography = a never ending opportunity to capture visual celebrations.
