School 33 Art Center
1427 Light Street
Baltimore, MD 21230
SCHOOL 33 ART CENTER INVITATIONAL: VISION QUEST CURATED BY JASON HUGHES
School 33 Art Center and the Baltimore Office of Promotion & The Arts are pleased to announce the opening reception of Vision Quest, curated by Jason Hughes, School 33 Art Center's exhibitions coordinator. An opening celebration takes place Saturday, August 23, 2008 from 6-9pm. The exhibition runs from August 21 through October 4, 2008. The featured artists in the exhibition Vision Quest include Seth Adelsberger, Sarah Gamble, James Johnson, Patrick O'Malley, and Christine Buckton Tillman. Through the use of painting, drawing, and sculpture each of these five artists employ subject matter intended to elicit a sense of connectivity through the mysteries of what we experience. Electromagnetic fields, radiation, meditation, prayer, hallucinations, melancholy, transcendence, paranoia, and the subconscious are all themes used by these artists in expressing the infinite, unknown, or unavoidable, which ultimately binds us all irrevocably. Landscapes, mindscapes, faces and eyes are introduced over heavily worked surfaces, painstaking patterning, and intricate representation. As a result there is a dynamic shift in perspective that occurs between the visible and the invisible or the observed and the observer. While this dualism can be interpreted in many ways, Vision Quest emphasizes the longing for balance between the psychic realm and the physical world, while paying tribute to the process in striving to do so. The gallery is open Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday 10am-4pm, with extended hours on Thursdays from 10am-7pm and Saturdays 12-4pm. This exhibition is free and open to the public.
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