March Issue 2000
Vista Studios in Columbia, SC, Celebrates Women's History Month
An exhibition entitled, She: A Celebration
of Women and Art, will open Mar. 24 at Gallery 80808 at the
Vista Studios in Columbia, SC. The exhibit which will celebrate
Women's History Month will continue through Apr. 4.
The exhibition assembles the work of 10 Columbia artists, including
works by: Anne Boudreau, Carol Barks, Cass Brucker, Pat Callahan,
Shelby Duensing, Janette Grassi, Anne Hubbard, Doni Jordan, Gina
Langston and Ursula Pallares.
Each of the 10 participants in She explores
a personal vocabulary in her art or pursues a unique form for
expression. Anne Boudreau constructs suspended forms of wire armature
and fabric in an investigation of desire. Her installations entice
with motion, color and texture. Carol Barks intuitively carves
non-objective stone sculptures, which she invites the visitor
to touch. Her "co-creations" reflect a balance of masculine
and feminine.
Cass Brucker turns to more personal and less traditional materials.
Her assemblages in the exhibition incorporate journal entries
and toasters. In contrast, Pat Callahan embraces traditional media
and a classic subject, the nude. Her drawings convey women of
mass and muscle, who are sensuous and enduring.
Potter Shelby Duensing addresses surface as
well as form with vases and boxes of white crackle raku. Janette
Grassi explores surface and marking-making in her paintings. She
selects universal symbols, like the cross, as vocabulary for personal
process. Ann Hubbard likewise "marks" the surface of
her paintings, imitating natural and deliberate forces. She pairs
dichotomies such as dark with light, tension with harmony, and
complexity with simplicity.
Artists Doni Jordan and Ursula Pallares, use color as vocabulary.
The graphic designer and interior designer, respectively, teamed
to sew a color study of 16 pillows hung as a single "painting".
Gina Langston likens painting to "dreaming out loud."
Her abstracted figures are both inventive and universal.
For this exhibit, Gallery 80808 will be open Thur. & Fri., from 11am to 7pm and Sat. & Sun., from 1 to 5pm.
For further information check our SC Institutional Gallery listings or call the studios at 803/252-6134.
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