Craft Alliance in the Kranzberg Arts Center: Friday, 7 September 2012
CLASP
September 7, 2012 – January 20, 2013
Opening Reception: Friday, September 7, 6 – 8 pm
This exhibition features the work of Michael Dale Bernard, Daniel DiCaprio, Iris Eichenberg, Sharon Massey, Bruce Metcalf, Seth Papac, and Maria Phillips. CLASP is curated by Robert Longyear.
CLASP is about making connections. The application of a clasp is a method of bringing artistic concerns to the body as jewelry, while also serving as a conceptual device that connects the individual artists’ differing approaches to making. Longyear describes the exhibition as a “collection of works that define the body as our most intimate of landscapes, while at the same time addressing our collective cultural terrain.” The artists in CLASP bring a fresh look and energy to nontraditional and contemporary materials. Their work establishes an intimate relationship with the body as integrated form that moves and exists in space.
“Metals + Hype + Freshness!” is Michael Dale Bernard’s working motto. His creations include wearable art pieces and small sculpture that draw on the imagery and tools of urban street artists and the language of metal artists working in an architectonic style.
Daniel DiCaprio creates amorphous shapes that reference biological, plant or animal anatomy, while exploring methods of cultural communication and personal adaption.
Narrative is a key component in Iris Eichenberg’s process as she collects objects, piles them up, takes them down, allowing the pieces to converse with each other. She describes her work as, “Fusing and melting the ugly and the beautiful, merging the seductive and the repulsive, just to reach the moment of what is, after all, a form of beauty.”
Sharon Massey finds beauty in rusted steel, peeling paint, and faded fabric—images in a state of decay that suggest layers of history and personal stories. Her jewelry attempts to capture that beauty in an object can be possessed and worn by the viewer.
A skilled metalsmither, Bruce Metcalf creates jewelry in the American Studio Crafts tradition. He is also a well-known critic, writer and speaker on the philosophical and critical considerations of craft.
Seth Papac’s interest in jewelry centers around using the body as a site for art. He states, “Placed on this site jewelry acts as a personal signifier of taste, attitude, belief and history.”
Maria Phillips’ work focuses on themes of time and the aging process. She fabricates forms that incorporate non-precious metals with natural and found objects as well as elements based on industrial and anatomical forms.
Gallery Hours: Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, 12 – 6 pm, Friday 11 am – 6 pm, Sunday, 12 – 5 pm.
September 7, 2012 – January 20, 2013
Opening Reception: Friday, September 7, 6 – 8 pm
This exhibition features the work of Michael Dale Bernard, Daniel DiCaprio, Iris Eichenberg, Sharon Massey, Bruce Metcalf, Seth Papac, and Maria Phillips. CLASP is curated by Robert Longyear.
CLASP is about making connections. The application of a clasp is a method of bringing artistic concerns to the body as jewelry, while also serving as a conceptual device that connects the individual artists’ differing approaches to making. Longyear describes the exhibition as a “collection of works that define the body as our most intimate of landscapes, while at the same time addressing our collective cultural terrain.” The artists in CLASP bring a fresh look and energy to nontraditional and contemporary materials. Their work establishes an intimate relationship with the body as integrated form that moves and exists in space.
“Metals + Hype + Freshness!” is Michael Dale Bernard’s working motto. His creations include wearable art pieces and small sculpture that draw on the imagery and tools of urban street artists and the language of metal artists working in an architectonic style.
Daniel DiCaprio creates amorphous shapes that reference biological, plant or animal anatomy, while exploring methods of cultural communication and personal adaption.
Narrative is a key component in Iris Eichenberg’s process as she collects objects, piles them up, takes them down, allowing the pieces to converse with each other. She describes her work as, “Fusing and melting the ugly and the beautiful, merging the seductive and the repulsive, just to reach the moment of what is, after all, a form of beauty.”
Sharon Massey finds beauty in rusted steel, peeling paint, and faded fabric—images in a state of decay that suggest layers of history and personal stories. Her jewelry attempts to capture that beauty in an object can be possessed and worn by the viewer.
A skilled metalsmither, Bruce Metcalf creates jewelry in the American Studio Crafts tradition. He is also a well-known critic, writer and speaker on the philosophical and critical considerations of craft.
Seth Papac’s interest in jewelry centers around using the body as a site for art. He states, “Placed on this site jewelry acts as a personal signifier of taste, attitude, belief and history.”
Maria Phillips’ work focuses on themes of time and the aging process. She fabricates forms that incorporate non-precious metals with natural and found objects as well as elements based on industrial and anatomical forms.
Gallery Hours: Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, 12 – 6 pm, Friday 11 am – 6 pm, Sunday, 12 – 5 pm.
Craft Alliance in the Kranzberg Arts Center
501 N. Grand
St. Louis, MO 63103
314.534.7528
www.craftalliance.org
501 N. Grand
St. Louis, MO 63103
314.534.7528
www.craftalliance.org
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