So Long to a Zeller

Dave & Heidi again
Originally uploaded by Lawrence Percolator

Our partner Heidi has left town for new adventures out west. We'll miss her.

When I learned the roots of Mondrian

This reminded me of my learning of Mondrian's trees.
Over easter or spring break in 1991 I had an assignment to make a composition based upon a thing found in the natural world. I chose ball moss. Ball moss is a tangle of long tendrils and delicate flowers that grows on Texas shade trees. The assignment consisted of a 20x30 illustration board and a glazed ceramic plate, which I believe is a riff playing off of some Bauhaus lesson. I drew an oak branch with a ball of ball moss that morphed into a composition of "L"s and squares. An upperclassman pointed out to me that Mondrian started with trees.

Trees I Have Known is a juried exhibition featuring artwork and ephemera made by and collected by a diverse group of over thirty artists, thinkers, and neighbors who have created work that reflects upon the tree as subject, metaphor, and inspiration in many media.

Charles Boone (Illinois)
Kyle Bravo & Jenny LeBlanc (Louisiana)
Stacey Cluppert (Wisconsin)
Eric Farnsworth (Lawrence)
Jon Feinstein (New York)
Jenny Lee Fowler (New York)
Justin Guilbert (France)
Mirka Hokkanen (Washington)
Paul Hotvedt (Lawrence)
Chancey Jahnig (Lawrence, currently)
Lora Jost (Lawrence)
Mindy Kober (Texas)
Jeff Krolick (Oregon)
Dave Loewenstein (Lawrence)
George Lorio (Texas)
Robin Masi (Massachusetts)
Karen Matheis (Lawrence)
Eleanor Matheis (Lawrence)
Elaine McKay (New York)
Michele Monseau (Texas)
Melanie Mowinski (Massachusetts)
Colleen Mullins (Minnesota)
Tim Obrien (Lawrence)
Erika Osborne (West Virginia)
Sarah Nicole Phillips (New York)
Jim Proctor (Minnesota)
John Reeves (Lawrence)
Katherine Sehr (New York)
Erika Shearer (Lawrence)
Matthew Szosz (California)
Suzanne Szucs (New York)
Jake Vail (Lawrence)
Erika Villareal (Indiana)
KT Walsh ( Lawrence)
Roscoe Wilson (Ohio)

Unmonumental 130

Found Art (East Village): Unmonumental 130

from Joy Garnett's NEWSgrist: where spin is art

Quote

Trees
smell good,
feel good,
sound good,
and look good.
And as if that weren't enough,
they point beyond themselves.
-Robert Adams
courtesy of Philip Heying

Trees I have Known opens
6PM Saturday Night



Branching Out: Tree-themed art exhibits sprout up across town
Lawrence Journal World article March 10, 2009

Katie Hunt in the Percolator Alley Gallery

"Heirloom"
Beads and embroidery on vintage cotton doily

Katie's Artist's statement:

I am a senior from Memphis, Tennessee studying Textile Design, Architecture, French, and Art History at the University of Kansas.

My most recent body of work deals with the enlarged and stylized microscopic images of viruses, bacteria, algae, and fungi. The organic forms, vibrant colors, and repetition of similar shapes are the key components to my embroidered and beaded pieces. It is through the creation of these small pieces that I have begun to realize how crucial an effect these tiny organisms can have on our daily lives. In addition, there is a sense of grotesque beauty conjured up by the fact that something so attractive and fascinating has the potential to cause so much harm.

The incorporation of vintage doilies adds a familial aspect to my work that is a trend even in my pieces not related to microorganisms. I have utilized these recycled remnants of a domestic sort in hopes that they will bring about the idea of family heirlooms that are passed down through the ages. When we think of inheritance, it is most often a positive idea associated with the passing down of items that are of value to a family’s ancestry. It is rare, however that we view our physical traits as something we also fall heir to whether we would like to or not. This inheritance of disease and other illnesses is not an aspect of our family history that we enjoy conjuring up, nonetheless it is fascinating to look a little deeper into our lineage to discover how truly interconnected we are with the members of our family.

Percolating at the Spencer

Come spin "The Wheel of Willing Diversion" - a Percolator project

by Dave Loewenstein and Eric Farnsworth installed in front of
the Spencer Museum of Art.
Opening Tonight, March 5
6:30 - 8pm

Spencer Museum of Art
1301 Mississippi
Lawrence, Kansas

Wander to the Wonder Fair

Our friends at the Wonder Fair have an opening on Saturday night. Rust Still Dreams new works by Jordan Briceland & Charles Ray. OPENING RECEPTION: Saturday, March 7th 6-9pm

Jordan Briceland


Charles Ray

Humankind often views rust as a corrosive nuisance to its industrial advancements. However, rust is the footprint of a material transformation. It is a metaphor for human existence as a marker of time past. The antithesis of paint, rust disrupts the conformity of a surface with organic texture and tonality. It re-imagines the aesthetic of it's landscape while dreamily re-inventing the form from which it came.

The show is up March 7th - March 29th, 2009

Wonder Fair Gallery/Shoppe/Studio
803 Massachusetts St.