Rotunda Gallery exhibit examines liquid and solid states
Rick Nixon's unforms is featured in the Rotunda Gallery for the month of March. Nixon, a Waterloo artist, strives to animate lifeless templates so viewers can construct their own thoughts about art-making.
He does this by taking basic elements of painting - specifically the drip, the puddle, and the support - and making variations of drips and blobs. These are epoxied and handled in a way that heightens their non-liquid state. His pieces stand in sharp contrast to their form, introducing new ideas about the barriers between symbols and objects.
"Everything I make is meant to be cast at some point in its history. I like the way that molds are inhabited by liquids and other substances before they become solid," says Nixon. "It is easy to recognize something but it takes a lot of focus to know it."
Meet Rick Nixon on March 27 from 5-7 p.m. in the gallery. |
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Six artists from the CEI Studio 'coalesce' in the Berlin Tower ARTSPACE |
Six artists who are tenants of the Creative Enterprise Initiative Studio on Erb Street East in Waterloo are exhibiting art in the ARTSPACE for the month of March.
The exhibit is titled Coalescing, meaning to grow together, to unite so as to form one mass or community, or to blend or come together. It features the art of Meaghan Olinski, Roslyn Ramsay, Martina and Jasenka Vigini, Mark Essner and Stefan Myles.
"Our goal is to share our individual and collective vision of local art and artists," said Myles.
Meet the artists on March 22 from 1-4 p.m. in the gallery. |
