Last night was the artist reception for our current show COLLECTOR'S CHOICE Selected Photography, and it was a smash! Congratulations to Steven J. King for curating this energetic collection of photography from featured artists Skip Dye, Susan Evans Grove, Rick Hauser, Peter Kolonia, Greg Leshé, Jeremy Moss and Lauren Rutten.
Group exhibitions are like treasure hunts and always generate an electricity of activity and interest as they bring together such a varied and wide demographic of people, personalities and artistic orientations. Familiarity with a particular artist and their work gives way to discovery and intrigue as their selected piece(s) is/are given a new voice and platform to reach out to the viewer by creating a new context in which to view it.
In this setting, the creative monologue typically generated by the exhibition of a singular artist's vision now becomes a group dialogue with multiple discussions occurring simultaneously, filling the room with a stream-of-consciousness buzz and heat like that of a curious and impetuous child. The big question is, "Do the individual works play nice with one another, or are they further isolated by bringing them together?".
Well, this time the sermon was delivered, the choir sang, the congregation said "Amen" and harmony prevailed!
Thank you to the featured artists for accepting the invitation and challenge of the group dynamic. Without your work our walls would be bare.
Thank you again to Steven J. King for spearheading this exhibition. As curator, you are vulnerable to the potential barbs and bullets, but today it's all BRAVO !!
As always, many many thanks to all our attendees and guests for staying out late on a school night. Your presence is always encouraged and appreciated, and your interest and warmth inform our humble space with a life and history of its own!
Don't stay away for too long now, you hear?! See you soon...
