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October Issue 2005
Artspace in Raleigh, NC, Offers New Exhibits for the Fall Season
Artspace in Raleigh, NC,will present several exhibitions including: The Hall of the Guardians, featuring works by Jeff Pender, on view in the Upfront Gallery from Oct. 7 - 29, 2005; New Works by Gustavo de los Rios, on view in the Lobby, from Oct. 7 - 29, 2005; and Textile Towns, featuring photography by Phil Moody, on view in Gallery 2 from Oct. 15 through Nov. 4, 2005.
Jeff
Pender
Jeff Pender creates hot-rolled steel and stoneware installations incorporating light and sound, as influenced by his interest in the interaction of viewer and space. He believes that when the viewer becomes a participant in the work, he or she comes away with a more fulfilling experience. The experience becomes not just a visual memory, but a physical encounter as well. Through the manipulation of space, sound, and visual awareness, Pender aims to take the viewer, the participant, to another place - another world, removed from the everyday, from the mundane.
Pender earned a BFA in Ceramics from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville and an MFA in Ceramics from the University of Florida at Gainesville. He teaches Ceramics and Design at Central Piedmont Community College in downtown Charlotte, NC.
Gustavo
De Los Ríos
Gustavo De Los Ríos was born in Cali, Columbia and began painting at the age of ten as inspired by his older sister. He trained at the University of Antioquia, Colombia. His goal is to develop an identifiable language and iconography. His paintings are an exploration of gestures and body language that express an idea or a message tied to a specific situation or moment. He aims to express these ideas to the viewer through spirituality, sexuality, color, and subjectivity.
Phil
Moody
Over the past few years, Phil Moody has collected
stories, impressions, and artifacts from the textile communities
of the Carolinas. After 150 years of this region being a
dominant force in textile production, it is now experiencing its
demise. Textile Towns developed as a response to the personal
histories of the individuals interviewed and photographed by Moody.
The resulting project is his way of honoring those on which
the past was built and the present is understood.
Moody earned his MFA from the University of Michican, Ann Harbor,
MI, and his Diploma of Art from Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh,
Scotland. His work has been widely exhibited throughout the United
States. Moody is the recipient of numerous awards and honors including
a 2004 South Carolina Arts Commission Visual Arts Fellowship,
Winthrop University Faculty Research Grants, and Charlotte-Mecklenburg
Arts & Science Council Artist Project Award.
This project was made possible by the generous support of the
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Arts and Science Council; Winthrop University
Research Council; the Arts Council of Rock Hill and York County;
the Rock Hill Tourism and Sports Commission; and the South Carolina
Arts Commission (through funding from the National Endowment for
the Arts).
Artspace is a non-profit visual art center dedicated to presenting quality exhibitions and education programs in an open-studio environment. Artspace is fully handicap accessible to persons with disabilities. Needs will be accommodated upon request. Artspace is supported by the North Carolina Arts Council, an agency funded by the State of North Carolina and the National Endowment for the Arts; by the United Arts Council of Raleigh and Wake County, with funds from the United Arts campaign and the Grassroots Arts Program of the North Carolina Arts Council; by the City of Raleigh based on recommendations of the Raleigh Arts Commission; and by individuals; businesses; corporations; and private foundations.
For further information check our NC Institutional
Gallery listings, call Artspace at 919/821-2787 or at (www.artspacenc.org).
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