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April Issue 2009
Ciel Gallery
in Charlotte, NC, Presents a National Juried Exhibit
Ciel Gallery in Charlotte, NC, is presenting, Sticks and Stones, a national juried exhibition, on view though May 1, 2009.
Sticks, stones, bones, and pods will grace the walls of Ciel Gallery. The show features art created from natural elements, from Susan Springer Anderson's couture dress of dried grasses, to Kate Strickland's tangerine tree thorns cradled in hand cast paper nests, to Brooks Tower's intarsia work with marble and granite, to Amber Zavada's twig towers.
Says Zavada of her work, "As humans, we are continually constructing and manipulating the natural world, often with poor results. My structures deal with ill-conceived intentions of protection: fragile nests and towers that offer little security."
The theme was selected with spring nest-building in mind, the season when birds and bees innately create structures that man has never been able to duplicate. Here, then, artists from across the US offer their own attempts at manipulating bits of grass and fiber into fine art. Says California artist Kris Kesey, "I work in a variety of materials, all of which are of the earth - clay, metal, glass, wood, paper, bone. Each has its own way of connecting my spirit to the physical earth, to this planet. I strive to understand the materials I work with and how the work I make bridges the realm between human existence and the natural world."
For more info check our NC Commercial Gallery listings, call the gallery at 704/577-1254 or visit (www.cielcharlotte.com).
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