April Issue 2001
Gallery 80808 in Columbia, SC, Features Vista Studio Artists & Invited Guest
Gallery 80808, inside Vista Studios, in Columbia, SC, will offer the exhibition Fuse for this year's Artista Vista, which takes place Apr. 27, from 5-9pm and Apr. 28, from 11-4pm. The exhibition pairs the artists of Vista Studios with guest artists. The exhibition continues through May 17.
Fuse offered
the Vista Studio's artists, the opportunity to share the art of
inspiring colleagues, to present the work of emerging artists,
to encompass additional media in a Gallery 80808 show, as well
as to collaborate.
One of several Vista Studio artists who turns to an inspiring
colleague, painter Mike Williams invites painter and friend Stephen
Chesley, who, like Williams, draws his inspiration from the southern
landscape: Williams from cypress swamps and Chesley from landscapes
at evocative half-light. Vista Studio sculptor Bob Allison invites
photographer Bradley Holiday. Allison admires the sculptural quality
of Holiday's black and white photographs which present inanimate
objects as intricately designed bodies. Member artist Pat Callahan
pairs with Troy Wingard, who shares her passion for drawing the
figure. Wingard considers drawing a sacrament in his life and
views his tightly-rendered pastel portraits as living representations
of his experiences and most personal relationships.
Vista Studio painter Robert Kennedy also invites an artist who
shares his iconography of the human form. Kennedy pairs with his
daughter "Way Way" Kennedy, an emerging artist who paints
large-scale details of the figure. Vista Studio sculptor Carol
Barks likewise invites an emerging artist, Kitsy Armato.
Vista Studio artist Charles Dillingham invites Richard Morgan.
Dillingham works in a variety of media including Morgan's choice,
stained glass. Morgan brings contemporary design sensibility to
this ancient art form. Further widening the media selection is
Vista Studio painter and printmaker Ethel Brody who pulls in electronic
media with her invitation to Beau Bonnoitt. Bonnoitt collaborated
with local film contractor Lynn Cornfoot to produce the as-yet-untitled
video triptych which will be installed at the gallery for Artista
Vista. Vista Studio painter Laura Spong invites painter Liisa
Salosaari Jasinski, whose work has branched into new media. Jasinski's
canvases evolved into metal works after a life-changing visit
to a scrap-metal yard - "the ultimate sculpture garden".
Vista Studio painter Janette Grassi teams with
Bernadette Vielbig to create the site-specific installation Googly
Eyes. Vielbig is a visiting artist assistant professor with
the department of art, University of SC, Columbia. Her installations
tap - with ample humor and sarcasm - into the ever present chaos
of our culture.
Paintings by Vista Studio artist Tonya Gregg will complete the
expanded offerings of Fuse.
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