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Re/Figure: gods + monsters
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Re/Figure: gods + monsters
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January - March 2007
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2007
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University Art Gallery (UMass Dartmouth Galleries)
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Jennifer Pepper
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Organized by Cazenovia College Art Gallery
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"Our final show of Fall 2006 semester, "RE:figure: gods + monsters," is a compelling show of seven national artists who make use of the human figure as subject," said Gallery Director Jennifer Pepper. "The theme of this highly charged visual show is the way in which each artist approaches the subject, illustrating the myriad interpretations and perceptions of the human condition identified as social creature, as hunter, as mother, as lover, as son, street warrior, cultural architect, mythological messenger, to name only a few. Some artists adhere strongly to painting traditions, while others make use of 3-D media that straddle walls and sit on top of intimate shelving. This is a show not to be missed." by Cazenovia College. http://www.cazenovi…
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"Our final show of Fall 2006 semester, "RE:figure: gods + monsters," is a compelling show of seven national artists who make use of the human figure as subject," said Gallery Director Jennifer Pepper. "The theme of this highly charged visual show is the way in which each artist approaches the subject, illustrating the myriad interpretations and perceptions of the human condition identified as social creature, as hunter, as mother, as lover, as son, street warrior, cultural architect, mythological messenger, to name only a few. Some artists adhere strongly to painting traditions, while others make use of 3-D media that straddle walls and sit on top of intimate shelving. This is a show not to be missed." by Cazenovia College. http://www.cazenovia.edu/default.aspx?tabid=782
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copyright notice:
COPYRIGHT NOTIFICATION: Under the direction of the Visual Resource Center digital collections are made available to the UMass Dartmouth campus community for the sole purpose of classroom instruction and study in accordance U.S. Copyright Laws . All other uses are prohibited and are subject to copyright infringements.
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COPYRIGHT NOTIFICATION: Under the direction of the Visual Resource Center digital collections are made available to the UMass Dartmouth campus community for the sole purpose of classroom instruction and study in accordance U.S. Copyright Laws . All other uses are prohibited and are subject to copyright infringements.
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UMass Dartmouth Art Galleries
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artist name:
Slomba, Jeff
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"Jeff Slomba earned a bachelor of arts degree at the College of William and Mary; and his master of fine arts degree from the State University of New York at Buffalo. His recent awards include an Artist Fellowship from the Connecticut Commission on Culture and Tourism; Weir Farm Trust Visiting Artist Grant; and a residency award from the Artist Enclave at I-Park, East Haddam, Conn. In 2005 his work was recognized by the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum for inclusion in Radius: Emerging Artists from Connecticut and Southeastern New York. Other exhibition venues include HEREart, New York, N.Y.; Vose Galleries, Boston, Mass; and numerous college/university galleries in the Eastern United States. Slomba has lectured extensively on figurative sculpture. He is an assistant professor of art at Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, Conn. Slomba wrote, "My most recent work is concerned with acts of selective preservation in response to anticipated forces of change. In this investigation, figurative, animal, and architectural subjects reveal their structural arrangements as being dynamic, layered and malleable. Each sculpture's hybrid morphology stems from inherent contradictions among various agendas for organizing material bodies. Implicit in these recombined forms are simultaneous ideas of structural vigor and failure." by Cazenovia College. http://www.cazenovi… " ARTISIT STATEMENT: " My recent work is concerned with acts of selective preservation in response to forces of change. In this investigation, architectural and figurative subjects reveal their structural arrangements as being dynamic, layered and malleable. Each sculpture's hybrid morphology stems from inherent contradictions among various agendas for organizing material form, and the perpetual tension that exists between past, present, and future development. Through lack of gravity, appropriate scale or context, the functions of these familiar archetypes are called into question. Is their genesis constructed or organic? Is their presence monumental or miniature, historical or foretelling? Is their transformation adaptive or succumbing?"
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"Jeff Slomba earned a bachelor of arts degree at the College of William and Mary; and his master of fine arts degree from the State University of New York at Buffalo. His recent awards include an Artist Fellowship from the Connecticut Commission on Culture and Tourism; Weir Farm Trust Visiting Artist Grant; and a residency award from the Artist Enclave at I-Park, East Haddam, Conn. In 2005 his work was recognized by the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum for inclusion in Radius: Emerging Artists from Connecticut and Southeastern New York. Other exhibition venues include HEREart, New York, N.Y.; Vose Galleries, Boston, Mass; and numerous college/university galleries in the Eastern United States. Slomba has lectured extensively on figurative sculpture. He is an assistant professor of art at Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, Conn. Slomba wrote, "My most recent work is concerned with acts of selective preservation in response to anticipated forces of change. In this investigation, figurative, animal, and architectural subjects reveal their structural arrangements as being dynamic, layered and malleable. Each sculpture's hybrid morphology stems from inherent contradictions among various agendas for organizing material bodies. Implicit in these recombined forms are simultaneous ideas of structural vigor and failure." by Cazenovia College. http://www.cazenovia.edu/default.aspx?tabid=782. " ARTISIT STATEMENT: " My recent work is concerned with acts of selective preservation in response to forces of change. In this investigation, architectural and figurative subjects reveal their structural arrangements as being dynamic, layered and malleable. Each sculpture's hybrid morphology stems from inherent contradictions among various agendas for organizing material form, and the perpetual tension that exists between past, present, and future development. Through lack of gravity, appropriate scale or context, the functions of these familiar archetypes are called into question. Is their genesis constructed or organic? Is their presence monumental or miniature, historical or foretelling? Is their transformation adaptive or succumbing?"
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work_title:
Telepath
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Telepath
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sculpture
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work_date:
ca. 2006
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ca. 2006
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"Jeff Slomba carves wood sculptures that explore the concept of "selective preservation in response to anticipated forces of change." His "Messenger," a human head on the body of an insect clinging to the wall near the gallery ceiling, seems to portend a future of "hybrid morphology." Mr. Slomba, a professor at Southern Connecticut State University, also presents "The Telepath," a giant white head resting on its side. A complex grouping of telecommunications towers have pierced the head, driven in so far that a gaping fissure runs through the form. Here both Renaissance Classicism and the Modernism of Brancusi are buried by 21st century technology. One can only wonder what the next step will be, what future development will eventually topple the telecommunications towers."
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"Jeff Slomba carves wood sculptures that explore the concept of "selective preservation in response to anticipated forces of change." His "Messenger," a human head on the body of an insect clinging to the wall near the gallery ceiling, seems to portend a future of "hybrid morphology." Mr. Slomba, a professor at Southern Connecticut State University, also presents "The Telepath," a giant white head resting on its side. A complex grouping of telecommunications towers have pierced the head, driven in so far that a gaping fissure runs through the form. Here both Renaissance Classicism and the Modernism of Brancusi are buried by 21st century technology. One can only wonder what the next step will be, what future development will eventually topple the telecommunications towers."
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work_reference:
Carter, Catherine. Artists probe contemporary issues through traditional methods. New Bedford Standard-Times . March 02, 2007
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Carter, Catherine. Artists probe contemporary issues through traditional methods. New Bedford Standard-Times . March 02, 2007
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2013/02/02
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2013/02/02
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