Collage by Eron Boyd
A show happens in a gallery and a gallery takes daily care and management.
The behind the scenes actors are essential.
When a show is in process everyone does extra time.
We are such a good team at the gallery that it is easy to take it for granted just how smoothly we all step up
but this is why the atmosphere of the gallery can be so enjoyed by visitors.
Sincere thanks to Eron Boyd, Mark Tai, Ed Drass and Cathy Stilo.
It would take many words to describe all that you do.
Building a show;- ideas born in another time and place enter into the now.
The space of the gallery has its own nature and proportions and ideas must reshape to accommodate factual reality. This is not a concession but an opportunity for something unexpected to be revealed. We created a form to support an idea and that form took up occupation in the space in a way that could not have been imagined before. If we become rigidly tied to our ideas we can not recognize these gifts and will miss the possibility to grow creatively.
After all is not creativity the ability to continually improvise with our surroundings and circumstances?
This show is a collaboration between the works of Gustavo Jabbaz and Joachim Oepkes photographers, Lysias Harris builder designer, Manny Parmar print installer, Sae Kimura mixed media artist and assistant to every possible task invented by deborah harris, her impulsive and erratic cohort and curator.
Collage by Eron Boyd
Yesterday Sae and I (deborah) took on the challenge to interpret the Gauguin painting in collage. We sat at the same table but did not see each others work til we were finished.
Surprisingly each of us had focused on
opposite aspects of the painting, background and foreground. We were curious to see how they merged. The results are shared here.
This is our latest video from the online collage workshop...#17. Enjoy!
Collage by deborah harris
Collage by Eron Boyd
In Illo Tempore by Ana Maria Pacheco