Organized By Cross Contemporary Art
81 Partition Street, Jen Dragon, Director,Saugerties (42.077470, -73.952110)
The group show TREAD LIGHTLY with Josh DORMAN, Brian FEKETE, Christy RUPP & Rodney Allen TRICE opens with a reception for the artists on Sat. October 29th, 5-8pm at Cross Contemporary Art, Saugerties, NY and remains on view through Nov. 27th, 2016 TREAD LIGHTLY with Josh DORMAN, Brian FEKETE, Christy RUPP & Rodney Allen TRICE is a group show of artists who use various original, appropriated and repurposed imagery to tell an open-ended poetic story. The combination of unexpected elements (tires, old prints, machine parts, animals, maps, medical texts, decorative papers) creates unique spatial experiences and artistic commentary. The collaged and recycled sensibility evokes layered memory while creating new and incongruous visions. When seemingly unrelated images and objects are juxtaposed, visual poetry is made and dream-like stories about the past, present and future emerge. About the Artists: Josh DORMAN: Josh Dorman's paintings have a long association with the pre-photographic pictorial images found in textbooks, newspapers, map cases and other antique paper ephemera. These literal elements become abstractions as Dorman creates paintings allowing "fractal forms echo infinitely, from the microscopic to the cosmic." More information about Josh Dorman: http://bit.ly/ccajdor Interviews with Josh Dorman: "Bomb Magazine": http://bit.ly/ccajdint1 and "Too Much Art": http://bit.ly/ccajdint2 Brian FEKETE: Originally from Detroit, Brian Fekete has been a New York artist since 1997. His use of a wide range of painting media and imagery "as far flung as zoology and theology, body parts and auto parts" creates unexpected associations and spaces. Fekete's mastery of gouache painting technique-usually associated with textile design-becomes an elevated art form and a convincing story teller. More information about Brian Fekete: http://bit.ly/ccabfek Christy RUPP: Ms Rupp has long been on the forefront of Eco-Artists living and working in the Lower East Side of New York City since 1977. Her wry humor paired with a biologist's curiosity explores the Universe and its multi-layered systems. More information about Christy Rupp: http://bit.ly/ccacrupp Interviews with Ms. Rupp for "Hyperallergic": http://bit.ly/ccacrhyp and "The Daily News": http://bit.ly/ccacrdn Rodney Allen TRICE: Mr. Trice is a graphic designer obsessed with repurposing every day objects in unexpected ways. His recycling of actual truck tires into a rocking chair gives new life to mundane objects. More about Rodney Allen Trice: http://bit.ly/ccatrice and on Green Art Digest: http://bit.ly/ccarturban Tread Lightly with Josh DORMAN, Brian FEKETE, Christy RUPP and Rodney Allen TRICE opens Sat. October 29th and continues through Sun. November 27th, 2016.