contemporary art center of Virginia's
UPCOMING exhibitions:
>September 16-January 16, 2011
John R. G. Roth: Conveyance and Movement
Opening Reception: September 16.
5:30-8pm. Gallery talks at 6:30. Short film screening throughout the night. Free and open to the public.
John R.G. Roth is a sculptor who constructs his ideas, dreams, memories and fears into complex dioramas and anthropomorphized forms. His knowledge of industrial design, wood-working and model-making allows Roth to give voice to his rich inner life, referencing movement and travel both in his personal experience, and the communities in which he has lived. The socio-political nature of the work references the shared experience that the entire world is facing as the cost of travel and transportation become clear.
Roth is an Assistant Professor in Sculpture at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia. He received his Master’s of Fine Arts degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The artist is the recipient of numerous awards including the Juror’s Award from The Sculpture Center in Cleveland, Ohio. He was the first place winner of the Down East Sculpture Exhibition in New Bern, North Carolina.
Roth’s work has been seen in group and solo exhibitions throughout the nation including the Slowinski Gallery, International Showcase, and the Allen Stone gallery in New York City and the Contemporary Art Workshop in Chicago. For more information on the artist, please visit: http://johnrgroth.wordpress.com/
image:
John R. G. Roth, Cretaceous Mode, 2009
Styrofoam, epoxy resin, sheetmetal, MDF board
16" x 66" x 26"
Photo by Shane Butler.
September 16-January 16, 2011
Heidi Fowler>>Re:USE
Opening Reception: September 16.
5:30-8pm. Gallery talks at 6:30. Short film screening throughout the night. Free and open to the public.
Reston, Virginia-based artist, Heidi Fowler, makes paintings inspired by photographs taken from the car window. Using the photo as a point of departure, Fowler then uses collage materials, such as junk mail and fabric, along with acrylic paint and vinyl tape, to reconstruct the landscape.
While her images are serene and beautiful she dually illuminates cell phone towers, bridges, transformer boxes and other steel impediments. While these devices are necessity to contemporary society they also interrupt our the aesthetics of the natural world. Fowler attended Columbus College of Art and Design, Columbus, Ohio and is represented by Glave Kocen Gallery in Richmond, Virginia and Gallery Plan B in Washington, DC. For more information on the artist please visit www.heidifowler.com.
image:
Heidi Fowler, No. 031.72.007, 2007
Acrylic, junk mail, work shirt, vinyl tape, ink jet transfer on panel
36"x36"
Courtesy of the artist
February 10-March 13, 2011
New Waves 2011
New Waves 2011 is CAC's annual, multi-media, juried exhibition. As the leading contemporary art institution in Virginia, CAC provides an opportunity for Virginia artists to gain professional and public recognition through New Waves 2011 Many works in the exhibition are available for purchase--it's a great time to start collecting contemporary art and support Virginia artists at the same time!
Special Thanks to our Partners in the Arts:
The Contemporary Art Center of Virginia is funded in part by the citizens of Virginia Beach through a grant from the City of Virginia Beach Arts & Humanities Commission. Additional support is provided by Virginia Commission for the Arts, National Endowment for the Arts, Business Consortium for Arts Support and The Norfolk Foundation.
Additional Partners in the Arts:
PHILIP J. GEIB, Attorney at Law
