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Michael deMeng is a mad alchemist. When the assemblage artist finds a discarded shoe or an empty sardine can he doesn’t see garbage, he sees a personal shrine. deMeng’s gift, transforming the common into the sacred, becomes clear when you study pieces like ‘Urning Rubber’, a mixed media reliquary meant to hold treasured objects, and ‘Hell Mask’, that boasts teeth made from a row of matchbook matches.
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Kathy Triplett’s ceramic tiles tease the curious viewer with windows and small openings that reveal something more. Many of the sculptural tiles appear almost like deeply personal shrine offerings. Triplett’s twist on the basic tile form, her use of windows and openings, creates a powerful effect and draws us into the world below the surface.
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Sicily based Anne Mousley has a keen interest in the connection between jewelry, memory and display. Mousley’s collages are meant to capture a moment, a memory, a story – and each is assembled as a display for itself. The detailed metal work and painted canvases come together in a pleasing tumble of color, pattern and texture – then come apart to reveal bangles, brooches, pendants and one small moment in time.
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I know when it is time to take a break from the realities of the adult world and lose myself in childlike fantasy. My body, saturated by mundane daily chores, bucks and stalls like a rebellious horse. Samantha Bryan’s three dimensional illustrations are the perfect antidote.
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