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Wickford Art Association GalleryAvant Garde/Abstract/New Media Open Juried Show
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Juror's Comments:Yizhak Elyashiv The term Avant-Garde (New and Experimental) was used during the last century, usually marked an attempt by an artist or a group of artists to move towards a realm that was never before considered to be a form of expression in the context of the contemporary art of that time. Few of the works considered for the show I felt had that relationship to today’s Art. Instead, the issues in the work submitted tended to be in the context of the beginning of the last century when Abstraction was Avant-Garde. Abstract became the norm over fifty years ago and has now become, with representation, one of many accepted ways to make art. I believe that the obsession with the new and experimental in contemporary art is not necessarily as exciting as the process of making art that is connected to thinking, learning and educating. My criteria for the selection process in the “Abstract Avant-garde Show” have been the same as those I use when I teach. I follow the same formal and visual principals that I use when critiquing the work of my students as well as in my own work. The same fundamental properties of visual language are to be considered in the process of making Art whether one is a student or a mature artist. A well-considered composition makes me want to spend more time with the work. It will make me want to ask questions, not to gives me an answer. Although I always tell my students that there are no formulas for what makes a “good Composition”, it is true that visual relationships between different parts of an image leads the viewer on a voyage between the elements inside and outside the image, the variety of shapes and the space around them -- all these properties are what make me want to stay with an artwork. The definition of space in a work of art, the placement of the different fragments and layers, the hierarchy of elements, the variety of the kinds of space created. The pieces that I have selected have, in some successful way, dealt with these questions. They are intellectually and visually satisfying. Thank you for permitting me to see and judge your work. Gallery Hours:
Tuesday through Saturday, 11:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. and |
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