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Artist Exchange

 
SHIN-HEE CHIN   PRITI COX   MATTHEW HILYARD   MICHAEL KRUEGER   MICHELLE MEADE   DEBBIE WAGNER
  
 

 

     
 
   
 
AUGUST 27-October 10, 2010

OPENING RECEPTION WITH THE ARTISTS: Thursday, August 26, 5:00 to 7:00 pm
 
In working toward its mission to create exchanges among art, artists, and audiences that reveal life, the Salina Art Center relies upon creative partnerships with artists who serve their communities as progressive thinkers, leaders, and agents of culture and positive change. The Artist Exchange, initiated in 2006, is one such partnership. Each year, six Kansas artists-working independently or collaboratively in their studios-meet regularly for eight to ten months to share ideas, develop formal skills, and to support each other’s artistic practices. This rigorous interaction culminates in an exhibition at the Salina Art Center, featuring the work produced during this period.
 
Artists participating in this year’s program include: Shin-hee Chin (McPherson), Priti Cox (Salina), Matthew Hilyard (Andover), Michael Krueger (Lawrence), Michelle Meade (Salina), and Debbie Wagner (Bennington).
This exhibition is generously underwritten in part by our 2010 exhibition partner   Cap Fed 
 
RELATED PROGRAMS 
 
IN DIALOGUE: A CONVERSATION WITH THE ARTISTS:  Friday, August 27, noon
Artist Initiaive Director Connie Burket and Executive Director Christopher Cook visit with artists participating in this year’s Artist Exchange to discuss the exhibited works and how the program influenced their individual artistic practices.   
 
 
ATIST PERFORMANCE: Sunday, September 12, 4:00 pm
Artist Michelle Meade will perform a free, public puppet show in conjunction with her multi-media installation Arden’s Garden (2010).
 
MEMBER MIXER: Thursday, September 30, 5:30 pm
Artist Exchnge artists and Christopher Cook, Executive Director, guide Art Center members on a tour and conversation about the exhibition, followed by a round of adult beverages.
All programs take place at the Art Center. For more information visit salinaartcenter.org.

 Artist Exchange is made possible in part by a grant from the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services and the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc., and is presented in part by Salina Art Center donors; the Horizons Grants Program of the Salina Arts & Humanities Commission, City of Salina; the Kansas Arts Commission, a  state agency; and by the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency.

BAREBACK LOVE print on banner / vinyl / magnets 81" x 46"

BAREBACK LOVE / PRINT ON BANNER / VINYL / MAGNETS  81″ X 46″

MONSTERdigital print / vinyl / framed 20" x 30"

MONSTER / DIGITAL PRINT / VINYL / 30″ X 20″ FRAMED

8 YRS OLD / DIGITAL PRINT / VINYL / 41" X 30"

8 YRS OLD / DIGITAL PRINT / VINYL / 41″ X 30″

10 YRS OLD  / MIXED MEDIA ON PANEL / FRAMED

10 YRS OLD / MIXED MEDIA / UNDERWEAR / 42″ X 20″

CANDY / DIGITAL PRINT / VINYL / 36" X 24" FRAMED

CANDY / DIGITAL PRINT / VINYL / 36″ X 24″ FRAMED IN WHITE

LITTLE BOYS TASTE BEST AT 10

LITTLE BOYS TASTE BEST AT 10 / DIGITAL PRINT / VINYL / CHRISTMAS LIGHTS / 72″ X 17″  ( DETAIL )

TRAP / TWIN MATTRESS / POLAROIDS

TRAP / TWIN MATTRESS / POLAROIDS  ( DETAIL )

In this body of work, I am particularly interested in the visual
language of a literal experience. When a traumatic event takes place, it
leaves an imprint. A mental, emotional and physical scar is created. Memory
plays a significant role in the process. Through memory, themes of love, loss,
sexual abuse and illness are explored.


The photo medium helps with this literal experience. Through film I
physically re-create the event or events from my personal experiences. I
scratch, add text and material to the surface that gives each piece a
tactile quality and creates a sort of “moving” narrative that I hope tells a
story and represents the image as touched by time.


Through these visual effects I attempt to create a commentary from a
buried personal experience.

MATTHEW HILYARD

PRESS LINK:  http://www.salina.com/entertainment/story/Artist-Exchange-8-27