11/06/2014
In November, Halcyon Art Gallery is presenting an international juried ceramics exhibition entitled “The 5th International Ceramics Biennial-Cup of Comfort-Personal Voice” juried by Ray Chen. The exhibiting artists included Anna David Hill (TX), Tameria Marrtinez (MD), Joel Pisowioz (IN), Delores Fortuna (IL), Denise Woodward-Detrich (SC), Elaine Buss (MO), Don Relaine ynolds (CT), Kyla Toomey (FL), Lorraine Orderman (NY), Keith Ekstam (MO), Lisa York (MD) and Kate Biderbost (IL). The exhibition is on view from November 7th – December 26th , 2014.
Ray Chen, the Executive Director and curator of the Halcyon Art Gallery comments, “Cup of Comfort International” provides an important mission that explores cultural, educational, and communicative ways of professional artistic aesthetics. It also has unique characteristics which describe its value, creativity, and process. This exhibition shares our daily life through professional artistic experience; as well as cultural and personal expressional learning experience.
Chen also says that “The jury process and making decisions were important as to whether an artist has captured the essence of the subject and moved further to a successful and meaningful presentation. The works in the exhibition have opened a new understanding between form, media and possibility. Technical precision, conceptual aspects, tangible evidence of expression, quality sensitivity, and the ability to move viewers were involved in the selection process. The artists move beyond the boundaries of technical training and express their subject in a way which makes the statement uniquely their own”.
This exhibition provides a response to our daily life uses in tea, water, coffee, drink…with a personal relationship in a cup form. “Cup of Comfort International” is to fine our daily life through a details of the connection to a cup. It also emphasizes the commitment of the Halcyon Art Gallery in art education and the life of art which share to the Terre Haute arts community for the future of its professionalism.
In conjunction of the Cup of Comfort Exhibition, The 5th Contemporary International Ceramics 2014 exhibition-Expression” will also be continuing and displaying at the North Wing of the Gallery. Understanding clay as an expressive material and language - contemporary…; this exhibition is investigating both information on contemporary art and theory relevant to installation art, sculpture, utility as well as design and conceptual aspects, and also the question of concept in craft and/or art…
It is important that “The 5th Contemporary International Ceramics Biannual Juried Exhibition-Expression” is able to lead viewers to think artistic and creatively, to help viewers to evaluate and communicate our artistic thoughts and languages through the three-dimensional contemporary and abstract forms, to make our daily life and conversation on the validity and the importance of the mental ideas through the ceramic and conceptual process to think creatively,
The November Saturday artist talk series (2:00-4:00 pm) included Andy Goldworthy, “River and Tides-Working with Times II”-(Film). In the timeless tradition of winged migration and Koyaanisqatsi the theatrical phenomenon RIVER AND TIDE depicts the magical relationship between art and nature while painting a visually intoxicating of famed artist Andy Goldworthy (November 15th). Auguste Rodin (1840-1917) redefined the idea of sculpture in European Art. “The Gate of Hell”, is the greatest public sculpture of the 19th century…(Film), (November 22nd). The Capital of thousand Years History Series-Xian, China (Film). Exploring the tradition of Chinese history in Xian – The capital of Chinese in the history. From the culture, art, religion and thousands years of cultural movement will be introduced in a documentary film (November 29th).
The public is invited to join us on November 7th, from 7:00 – 9:00 pm for the opening reception. The exhibitions will be on display November 7th through December 26th 2014 . Halcyon Art Gallery is located at 25 S. 7th Street, next to the Swope Art Museum on the corner of 7th and Ohio Streets. Halcyon Art gallery is free admission and the gallery hours are Tuesday through Saturday, 11:00 – 5:00 pm. For more information, please email [email protected]. All events are free and open to the public.
