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September 9 – December 23, 2011 This international exhibition features contemporary artists whose works—in image, methods or materials—are simply = unbelievable! Artists, representing a range of media, include: CarrieAnn Baade, Cynthia Holmes, Jennifer Lederhouse, Jennifer Maestre, Carol Prusa, Brian Ransom and collaborative artists, Comenius Roethlisberger & Admir Jahic. Where: The Dunedin Fine Art Center 1143 Michigan Blvd. Dunedin, FL 34698 727.298.DFAC Website: Dunedin Fine Art Center

October 1 – 31

The Art of the Lowbrow Tarot

Opening Reception: Friday, October 1st, 8-11 pm

LOWBROW TAROT PROJECT
Exhibition, Book and Card Deck

“There are 22 cards in the Major Arcana, each showing some aspect of the human experience. The cards of the Major Arcana are focused on three themes: the realm of the material world, the realm of the intuitive mind, and the realm of change.”

The Lowbrow Tarot Project will showcase 23 amazing artists who will use their creative genius and unique style to take on the 22 Major Arcana [+ the card back] and create 23 new works of art in the rugged glow of the lowbrow art movement to be displayed in an exhibition at La Luz de Jesus in October 2010, along with a hard cover tabletop book and full color tarot card deck.

August 13, 2010 – January 2, 2011

In Canon

Guest Curator: Margaret Winslow

Carrie Ann Baade
The Temptation of the Penitent Medusa, 2010
Oil on panel, 12” x 18”
Courtesy of the artist

This exhibition assembles paintings, drawings, sculpture, and installation by artists who mine artistic precedents for source material, style, or technique. A common practice throughout the history of art, these methods of visual quotation allow viewers a point of recognition and artists a means of critique. Carrie Ann Baade’s autobiographical parables combine fragments of Renaissance and Baroque religious paintings, resulting in surreal landscapes inhabited by exotic flora, fauna, and figures. Addressing 21st century consumerism and production, Laurie Hogin’s monkey portraits infuse 17th-century Dutch still life with pointed social commentary. Julie Heffernan’s large-scale self-portrait landscape paintings quote a variety of 17th and 18th century old masters—Northern Renaissance and Spanish Baroque, among others—with an underlying consciousness of notions of femininity. In her whiteware vases and lush paintings, Jane Irish combines references to conceptual artists working in the mid-20th century—such as Marcel Broodthaers and Joseph Beuys—with elements of French Rococo painting, architecture, and porcelain production. Works by artists such as Annette Davidek, Sara Sosnowy, and Susan Chrysler White draw influence from plant illustration and William Morris wallpaper designs, while recalling the female-dominated Pattern and Decoration movement of the 1970s. René Treviño layers Victorian wallpaper designs with figures and animals associated with masculinity as an exploration of the artist’s self-identity (as a gay Latino male). Whether exploring the human condition, notions of beauty, or personality in popular culture, the artists included work both within and outside of the art historical “canon.”

—Margaret Winslow

Margaret Winslow holds an MA in Modern and Contemporary Art, Theory and Criticism from SUNY Purchase College and a BA from Mary Washington College. She has curated for the Neuberger Museum of Art, New Wilmington Art Association, and assisted with exhibits for the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum. Winslow currently lives in Wilmington, DE, and is the Assistant Curator at the Delaware Art Museum.

Julie Heffernan
Self Portrait as Sea Monster, 2006
Oil on canvas, 67″ x 58″
Courtesy of PPOW Gallery

Laurie Hogin
Dutch Masters, ”3:12, Lord X. Onmobil”,
“5:12. Lord Dow”, “6:12, Lord Merck”,
“8:12, Lord Oxy” 2003
Oil on panel with artist-made frame, 6 3/4” x 6” each
Courtesy of Littlejohn Contemporary