“ R e p r e s e n t a t i o n a l A r t i n t h e 2 1 s t C e n t u r y ”

2015

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“Representational Art in the 21st Century” A note about the exhibition

The international juried exhibition was organized to support the

University of Hawaii Summer Art Institute - Hilo (SAiH 2015) program

focus on Drawing. In addition to the juried component, the Wailoa

Center presentation included invited works from the Japan Enameling

Artist Association and a suite of mixed media drawings and paintings

entitled “Prairie to Sea” by Marrin Robinson (KS).

Professor Michael D. Marshall

Exhibition and SummerAi Hilo Director

http://hilo.hawaii.edu/~art/summer-art-institute/

2015

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James Lancel McElhinney , JUROR

The juror for this show is a visual artist, writer, educator and oral historian who trained at Tyler, Skowhegan and Yale and has, at various times in his life, lived and taught in many parts of the Lower Forty-Eight States. His work has been featured in more than forty solo exhibitions from New England to Colorado and from Texas to Ireland. He presently teaches at the historic Art Students league of New York, where he is also Special Consultant for Academic Affairs and Outreach. He has published two books on drawing with Sterling Publishing. His third book is on painting, and due to be published by Ten Speed Press in 2016. Shedding 20th century polemics of style, representational art today must seek more nimble points of departure in order to navigate the shifting currents of visual culture that would have seemed preposterous a few decades ago. The resurgence of observational drawing has been led not by representational studio artist but by digital animators and game developers. Advancements in medical imaging also provide artists with updated technology for mining in the search of new forms and ideas. Performance Art re-contextualized the body in relation to artistic practice, and thus exerted an indirect influence on traditional figuration.

Landscape as a cultural construct has been re-envisioned by GPS and ground penetrating radar. Earth and Installation art proposed new ways of configuring and representing terrain. Metamodern, post-studio, post-art practitioners organize light, sound, mobility, storytelling and pictures into a kind of material virtuality; events and installations that parallel web surfing. Digital resources have ignited a hunger for data, and at the same time a desire to transform it. Representational art is under pressure to absorb these changes, follow new vectors, or cling to a life raft of historical paradigms grounded in the primal physicality of the calligraphic mark.

Artists charting new territories, expanding the representational canon through the process of observation are encouraged to submit their work. This exhibition welcomes original works on paper in new and traditional media that embody divergent responses to terrain and the figure, reflecting this moment in time.

James Lancel McElhinney. New York. November 2014

Juror Awards

Charis Carmichael BraunSparkill, New YorkAndrew in the Woodpile(Daemmerung), 2014

Blake Conroy Sparks, MarylandCornfield, 2015

Barbara MilotTurners Falls, Massachusetts East Wall, 2014

Hawaii State Foundation on Culture and the Arts Recognition Awards

John Conbere and Nick Holmgren Ellensburg, WashingtonBonneville #2, 2014Etching, inkjet print, chine colle

Judy Gardner Arvada, ColoradoGhosts and Shadows, 2014 Monotype, Colored Pencil

Ann Johnston-SchusterPuyallup, WashingtonShadow of the Turning, 2015Subtractive Woodcut

Barbara Bartos Soundscape Instrument. Italy:Sabina, Hills, 2012Gouache on paper 2.75” x 27.5”$1,500

Soundscape Instrument. Italy:Isola di San Michele, 2013Gouache and acrylic on paper2.75” x 27.5” $1,500

Therese Bauer Google Shapes Series #3, 2014Pencil and cut paper 16” x 12”$500

Lynn Benson Below Beyond, 2013 Archival Pigment Print5” x 7” $75

Charis Carmichael BraunAndrew in the Woodpile(Daemmerung), 2014Oil on canvas paper8” x 10” $950Juror Award

Noah Buchanan Ariel, 2012Graphite 24” x 19”$800

Blake Conroy Cornfield, 2015Cut paper 35” x 100” x 4” $15,000Juror Award

Diana Corvelle Thailand, September 19th, 2015Miniature gouache on paperLIRR monthly ticket2” x 3.375”$150

Shannon Crider Bee Pile #1, 2015Unique screen print with Inkjet film & collage22” x 30” $550

Brian Curtis Stonehenge Series 2011#11, Kaakwha (Seneca Tribe)Oil on artboard 9.375” x 12.37”$2,500

Brian Curtis Stonehenge Series 2011#12, Huitzilopochtli(Aztec)Oil on artboard 9.375” x 12.37”$2,500

Raymond DeCicco Timberline, Mt.Hood, 2013Aluminum plate litho16” x 24” $1,200

Anda Dubinskis My Father’s Backyard, 2014Gouache onPrinted Rice Paper15” x 19” $1,200

Donald Furst 3:20 a.m., 2015Mezzotint print 12” x 12”$400

Rebecca Gabriel The Traveler, 2015Charcoal, pencil, digital19” x 13”$375

Judy Gardner Ghosts, 2014 Monotype, Colored Pencil28” x 20” $600.00Recognition Award

Judy Gardner Siren Song, 2015 Monotype 28” x 20” $600.00

John Conbere and Nick Holmgren Bonneville #2, 2014Etching, inkjet print, Chine colle22” x 30” $400Recognition Award

John Conbere and Nick Holmgren Bonneville #8, 2014Etching, inkjet print, Chine colle19” x 21.25” $650

Ann Johnston-SchusterShadow of the Turning, 2015Subtractive Woodcut11” x 16” $700Recognition Award

James Kleckner Rome Exploration #1, 2015Pen and Ink Wash 20” x 26” $500

Yvan LaFontaineIslandsis, 2013Digital image and wood cut87 cm x 62 cm $1,000.00

Diego Lasansky The Window (AP), 2015Lithograph 32” x 24”$800

Ana Medina Snorkel, 2014Gouache 5” x 8”$200

Barbara Milot East Wall, 2014Pen30” x 30”$500Juror Award

Barbara Milot West Wall and Beyond, 2014Pen 40” x 30” $500

Roy Nydorf Organic Carrots, 2012Ink, colored pencilWash, and conte,30” x 22” $2,000

Janet Pedersen 2nd St. Ogden, UT, 2014 Mixed media, paper14” x 11” $1,200

Elena Peteva I Am Not Here, II, 2013Charcoal, Acrylic on paper15” x 17.5”$1,200

Catherine Prose American Bison and Two maleCalves: Near Threatened, 2014Screenprint 15” x 22” $425

Catherine Prose Texhoma Landscape, 2015Screenprint 24” x 18”$425

Adam Rake Oklahomie/Texan, 2014 Relief and mixed media24” x 24” $1,200

Kerstin Roolfs MH 371- born to die, 2014Woodcut, print andSumi ink on paper30” x 40” $2,000

Joshua Rose Landscape: Snake River, 2015Mixed media, antique paper40” x 28.5” $2,500

Joshua Rose Landscape: Golden River, 2015Mixed media, antique paper27” x 38” $2,500

Betsy Ward Now What Pen and Digital, 201520” x 30” $1,000.00

Elizabeth Wilson Long Island Sound, 2014Acrylic on watercolor paper6” x 8.25”$1,200

Albert Wong Beyond Illusory Space #049, 2015Watercolor on paper18” x 14”$950