Opening Reception: Saturday, December 7 from 6–8 pm
Gallery Location: 432 Julia Street, New Orleans, LA 70130
Hours: Tuesday–Saturday, 10 am–5 pm
Contact Info:504.522.1999; www.arthurrogergallery.com
The Arthur Roger Gallery is pleased to present Still Life / Nightscape, an exhibition of object scans on dye infused aluminum by Kate Blacklock. The exhibition will be on view at Arthur Roger Gallery, located at 432 Julia Street, from December 7 – December 28, 2013. The gallery will host an opening reception, Saturday, December 7 from 6-8 pm.
Primary, 2013. Dye infused aluminum (Edition of 10), 32 x 32 x 1.25 inches.
Still Life / Nightscape is Kate Blacklock’s first exhibition with the gallery. The artist’s medium-scale works on metal present choreographed tableaus reminiscent of Dutch Vanitas paintings in one series and nightscapes, recalling Japanese screen paintings, in the other. The compositions, which are created using a flatbed scanner as a camera, are captured on dye infused aluminum. They are described by the artist as existing in an ambiguous space, not subject to the laws of gravity. Each of the works conjures an enigmatic moment frozen in time.
Beauty, imperfection and the aging process fascinate the artist. The spirited still life compositions, often framed by bold solid colors, unpredictably group objects such as plastic animal replicas, jewelry, game pieces and food items often past their prime. Like the still lifes, the nightscapes present vibrant, yet obscurely aged floral arrangements. Each, one symbolic and narrative and the other lyrical and illusive, is linked by an awareness of the transience of life.
Kate Blacklock received her undergraduate degree from University of California at Santa Cruz and her Master of Fine Arts in Ceramics from Rhode Island School of Design. She has taught at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Rhode Island College and for nine years co-chaired the Ceramics Department at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, where she was Associate Professor. She has been teaching in the Industrial Design Department at Rhode Island School of Design since 2002. She has had solo exhibitions around the country including the Franklin Parrasch Gallery in New York, The Works Gallery in Philadelphia and Shaw Guido Gallery in Michigan. In 1996 she was an artist in residence at the Manufacture National de Sèvres, outside of Paris. Her works are in many private and public collections including The Mint Museum and Musée National de le Céramique.