Film still, four channel video installation
By means of photographs, paintings and installation, four artists provide personal insights and perspectives on light and space unaccustomed to examination. The uninhabited spaces provoke consideration of permanence and impermanence—both of the finite quality of time and the infinite quality of light.
The art reveals the grace of time and light in relics of interiors, in density of air and on transgressions of contemporary refuse.
Lea Bertucci Brooklyn NY
Photographer Lea Bertucci will recreate and reinterpret space in the gallery through the use of light and projection. The artist’s experiential work includes haunting video footage projected onto a luminous plexiglass form. Bertucci received a BFA in photography from Bard College in 2006.
Fri, Nov 16
Opening reception
5–6 pm Members preview hour
6–9 pm Public reception
Fri, Jan 4
Gallery Talk and Dance Performance
Join Curator Susan R. Channing for an informal discussion on Masumi Hayashi, Meditations: Heartland and the artist's impact on the Cleveland community.
As an evening benediction, two members of GroundWorks Dancetheater will present an original peice choreographed by Artistic Director David Shimotakahara in honor of Masumi Hayashi that will close the exhibition. The installation created by Light to Spare artist Phillip Andrew Lewis will be incorporated in the performace.
All events are free and open to the public.
Claudia Borgna will create a large-scale installation of man-made objects and waste that transforms our “natural” environment. After receiving a BA in Foreign Literature at Genoa University in Italy, the artist later went on to complete a BA in Fine Art with a focus on sculpture and installation. Borgna has participated in residencies through I-Park (Connecticut), Heinrich Boell (Ireland) and the Kala Institute (Berkeley, CA). She has exhibited throughout the UK and Italy.
Morgan Craig creates large-scale paintings depicting the ruins of factories, asylums and penitentiaries. In the stillness of the decay and absence of life, Craig’s portrayal of light captures energy, movement, a vivid sense of time and space. Craig received an MFA in Painting from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, PA. The artist has exhibited throughout the country and has been featured in periodicals including New American Paintings, American Art Collector Magazine, and Direct Art Magazine.
Philip Andrew Lewis will build a site-specific sculptural/light installation that creates a tangible form out of thin air. Lewis completed an MFA at Memphis College of Art (Memphis, TN). The artist has exhibited at the Brooks Museum of Art (Memphis, TN) and The Art Gallery of the Graduate Center at CUNY (New York, NY), among others. Lewis is director and co-founder of The Medicine Factory, an independent nonprofit art gallery with a focus on presenting work by emerging and established installation artists.
Photo by Dale Dong
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