The use of text and language elevates a work of art to become a visual code. A layer of mystery is added, and as humans, we begin to decode what we see to translate it into our minds—the boundless perspectives of text probe ideas and concepts, where a new layer of storytelling occurs. ConTEXT highlights the power of words and meaning as we explore language as an equation in a piece of art. This exhibit intertwines poetic statements such as isolation, memory, our past, remaining silent, social justice, and so much more!
ConTEXT
First Place- Graffiti
Second Place- The Mona Lisa
Third Place- Sleep on it (detail)
Linda Marcus
recycled bed sheets, fiber reactive dye , embroidery neon
Fox Point, Wisconsin
Paper like me
Christine Kern
handmade paper, a hair, dye & typewriter text
Granville, Ohio
Twice Told Tales
Barbara Tabachnick
book spine and papers collaged on birch cradle board
Granada Hills, California
Blue, So Blue
Malcolm Glass
mixed media / photograph + sheet music & text
Clarksville, Tennesse
A Bad Influence
John Greiner-Ferris
acrylic paint, collage, pastel on board
Quincy, Massachusetts
between us
Everyone's Story Fades
Embellished Subliminal H Study
Subliminal Message
Caren Akers
acrylic on canvas
Jensen Beach, Florida
a phrase in several languages painted over and over creating a subliminal message
target5
Carol Baum
watercolor
Newbury, Massachusetts
Several years ago I started drawing circles and filling them in with the 238 colors from my paper palette. Then on Feb. 14, 2018 I learned of another school shooting and decided to print the names of students and teachers killed at the 3 schools as a way of acknowledging deaths from gun violence.
The Internet's Finest: A Flip Book
Nikyra Capson
resin, paper, acrylic
Pocatello, Idaho
Light the Space in Between
Collapsing Under Our Own Weight
Childish dreams
Teresa Lewis
photography
Katy, Texas
Sakura Nipponica/Complex Simplicity-Kanji, Kana, Romaji
Fruit Snacks
Michael James
acrylic on canvas
San Jacinto, California
First in my “Narcan” series and my social commentary on the opioid epidemic in America.
With the pandemic, I fear it would only get worse.
Queer and Quarantine
Silence Is Complicity
Virginia Mahoney
reclaimed fabric, vegetable net, thread, copper
Brockton, Massachusetts
Restoring Herstory
Heather Stivison
pencil and acrylic paint on vintage cookbook pages
South Dartmouth, Massachusetts
The Language of Lines
Be See
Her Hem
My Bird Enza
Pennie Fien
collage, ink, paint
Redondo Beach, California
West Of 5th Avenue
Gail Coito
torn book pages, fabric, acrylic and hand painted paper, lined paper, ink on 140 lb. watercolor paper
Petaluma, California
Karver, sherry
Sherry Karver
oil, photos, narrative text, & resin surface on wood panel
Oakland, California
Totemic
Bluesman; Doors of Segregation Project
Bodyscape
Malcolm Glass
photographic image printed on scanned and reprinted map
Clarksville, Tennesse
Jelly Fish Japan/Palau
Alpha Omega
Smile
Spinning
Prayer
Inside Truth
Taser! Taser!
Caroline Loftus
single linoleum relief carving
Johnson, Vermont
60 percent of sales will go to The Daunte Wright Sr. Memorial Fund.
WILL YOU MAKE
BREATH/LESS: June 2020
Rosie Connelly
poly-plate lithograph, screenprint, thread, mask
Honolulu, Hawaii
My Tongue, Letters to Her
Tree Shùmù 樹木
Look/See
Love
POE-VID 21
DIGGING DEEP
White
Steve Heine
laser-cut steel, small-diameter magnets, primer, and poplar
Louisville, Kentucky
Drowning Not Waving
Accumulation (Script from Within)
Marcia Haffmans
thread on polymer
Richmond, Virginia
Part of a visual arts dialogue with women experiencing incarceration. Participants create form and content as part of the project "Script from Within". I sculpt by hand-stitching their voice for inclusion in the permanent 3-D archive of mass captivity in America.
Exposure
Anna Carlson
cotton canvas, silk, pigment, machine stitching
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Flüsser's Landscape
Michael Emme
palladium print merging film negatives, ink drawings and digital elements
Victoria, Canada
Ma cosmogonie ajoute au chaos primordial une infinité..1
Broken A
Untitled (You)
Franks at Webers Drive In
Her Voices
Christina Polosky
burned and stained wood panel
Davenport, Iowa
This piece contains the last names and dates of death for each of the female Soldiers KIA as part of the War on Terror, OIF, OEF, and most recently in Syria (2002 - 2019) most before Congress approved women ‘in combat’. However, their deaths aren't any more important than their male counterparts.
Adverse Reactions To Cymbalta Include: aeiou and sometimes y (detail)
Lara Myers
fabric, wool roving, text
San Rafael, California
GONE
Ideal Sign, purple
Soulmates
Respect
Jessamine Sison
acrylic paint, newsprint, magazine images, mixed media paper
Santa Monica, California
Stop Holding Back
Untitled A (16)
Moving Forward
Build It Up to Burn It Down
Cassie Hester
branded paper-burned using custom-made letterform brands
Starkville, Mississippi
In The Air
John Diephouse
photography
Lansing, Michigan
Love: Redux, No. 1
Grateful Journey
En Mass[e]
Notes Written Along the Horizon Line
Fun
always...maybe
Anna Carlson
screen-printed cotton, machine stitching, construction
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Fun on the Run
Clearly Misconstrued
Brightness Falls
Untitled
John Clarke
acrylic, pastel, graphite, gesso on paper mounted to board
Great Barrington, Massachusetts
Dishonest
As Noted
Anagram 2.2
I Think About it Every Second of Everyday
Depot Master
Kimi Bruzas
paper collage on painted canvas with metal cuff buttons and chain
Waitsburg, Washington
Anamorph
Lesson Erased: Dunces Prevail
Tina Ybarra
oil
South Gate, California
The Park
Victoria Smits
tea wash, acrylic ink, topographical maps, vintage Boy's Life magazine and children's book, batik fabric
Eugene, Oregon
Mellow Out
Mended poem
I Will Fly Away…, Letters From My Father series
Sharon Steuer
fabric print of traditional and digitally collaged letters (from my father), mounted on three 30x30 boards, with watercolor-pencil drawing, digitized, reworked, and enlarged
San Francisco, California
faux font
Thomas Cooke
mixed
Oakland, California