Gallery 110
Current Exhibition
September 2 – 25
Preview Reception: Wednesday, September 1; 6-8pm
First Thursday Artwalk Opening: Thursday, September 2; 6-8pm
Main Gallery:
I Know You, I Don't Know You: Constructing Recognition
Monika Dalkin, Amy Oates, Natalie St. Martin, Molly Magai
Recognition is the act of identifying someone as having been encountered before - literally "to know again." We all capture, organize and recall specific details of the people in our lives, but our methods of doing so vary, and our emotions and senses further synthesize this information into a new reality, a personal experience of knowing.
Through paintings, prints, fiber arts and sculpture, Gallery 110 artists Monika Dalkin and Amy Oates, joined by guest artists Natalie St. Martin and Molly Magai explore this recognition experience. As they play with notions of being known/unknown, the artists document connections, examine likeness and archetype, and search for the familiar in the unfamiliar.
Above Left: Natalie St. Martin. My Seattle Map, Mixed media on paper. 45 x 45 inches
Right: Monika Dalkin. The Middle Stage, Mixed media sculpture, ceramic, cloth, plastic beads, metal. 55 x 18 x 12 inches
Small Space:
Amy Oates: Ode to Urban Sprawl
Any given crowd will likely never be observed in the same location and spatial relation a second time. Individuals are mobile and transitory, and at the moment of “The Crowd,” people are nameless and faceless set against an unmoving space. Yet the city – that static dot on the map – is built by, altered, and sustained by anonymous persons, fleeting moments, rubbed shoulders, blocked views, stuffy spaces, converging paths, and diverging destinations. Amy Oates explores her intrigue with the common crowd by questioning the effects of time, movement, space, transience, and permanence in cities.
Left: Amy Oates, Ode to Urban Sprawl 1, Mixed media: oil, charcoal, collage on paper, 15 x 44 inches