NICHOLAS NAUGHTON, ROBERT MULLENIX, NATALIE AVONDET, TED DENTON, BYRON WILLIAMSON
MAY 11 - JUNE 22, 2012
NICHOLAS NAUGHTON‘s work explores Naughton’s personal motivations. This exhibition will explore work as exertion, migrant labor, and the politics relating to social class and the existence of an underclass in the developed world. Naughton delves into the meaning of the word through a diverse array of medium including prints and collages. “Work is sweat on a brow, a wrinkled forehead, or callused hands. Work is etched in the dust on the face of one laboring.”
ROBERT MULLENIX‘s works are a fusion of photo-montage and hand-painted imagery. Mullenix’s intention for melding these two methods together is to create a visual reference to the role that the filter of media and cameras play in our perception of and relationship to the landscape. He even goes so far as to repaint photocopies and then takes the next step to paint photocopies of photocopies, thus calling the audiences attention to painting in the age of mechanical reproduction.
NATALIE AVONDET The strong markings of Avondet’s works are the basis of these bold abstract pieces.
TED DENTON The assemblage creations of Denton’s work are spontaneous and built with a concentrated state of playfulness.
BYRON WILLIAMSON These delightful ceramic pieces by Williamson are meant to entertain the viewers as they take a deeper look.