| For more information about this article or gallery, please call the gallery phone number listed in the last line of the article, "For more info..." |
June Issue 2008
Beet Contemporary in Charlotte, NC,
Offers Works by Meredith Hebden
Beet
Contemporary Craft & Functional Art in Charlotte, NC, is presenting
the exhibit, Laughing Earth, featuring the photographs
of Charlotte artist Meredith Hebden, on view from June 6 - 30,
2008.
Hebden's photographs are sensual and magical - a tribute to nature, an homage to the glory of flowers. She challenges us to look closely as delicate floral beauty interplays with architectural complexity.
"Sturdy yet delicate, flowers are precision instruments which exist solely to pass on genetic instructions. For the most part I am merely an incidental beneficiary. When I slow down and take time to observe, my senses are delighted with riots of color, texture, flavor, fragrance, the music, and designs of nature. Although portraying sensuality is not my intent, in exploring the nuances of nature sensuality is often revealed. As one of the myriad rich connections in nature, it only makes sense that voluptuousness is universal to both plant and animal worlds. It doesn't happen by accident.," says Hebben.
Hebden received her BS in Photojournalism and Botany from Northern Arizona University. She received a Charlotte-Mecklenburg Arts and Science Council Emerging Artist Grant in 1995 to complete her first portfolio. She was a featured artist at the Light Factory in 2005 - 06, and an affiliate artist at the McColl Center for Visual Art in 2007.
For further information check our NC Commercial Gallery listings, call the gallery at 704/334-3558 or visit (www.beetonline.com).
Carolina Arts is published monthly by Shoestring Publishing Company, a subsidiary of PSMG, Inc. Copyright© 2008 by PSMG, Inc., which published Charleston Arts from July 1987 - Dec. 1994 and South Carolina Arts from Jan. 1995 - Dec. 1996. It also publishes Carolina Arts Online, Copyright© 2008 by PSMG, Inc. All rights reserved by PSMG, Inc. or by the authors of articles. Reproduction or use without written permission is strictly prohibited. Carolina Arts is available throughout North & South Carolina.