Middle Ground @ CommonWealth Gallery November 6 - 12, 2021 855 Commonwealth Avenue Boston, MA 02215 I'm excited to share news about my two-person show, Middle Ground, with Benjamin Hawley @ BU's Commonwealth Gallery! As part of our second-year graduate seminar class, we have been working collaboratively to create a proposal and install a show of our work, and I'm so proud of it!
Made to engage with the quiet act of looking, the paintings and prints in Middle Ground reflect routines and memories. In this show, Emily Manning-Mingle and Benjamin Hawley examine cherished objects and collected observations, extending the life of these things by painting them into psychological and ethereal spaces. The imagery in their paintings is inspired by long walks, states of matter, inherited and found objects, material explorations, and iconic architecture. Often returning to the same objects again and again, each artist develops ongoing relationships with the things they repeatedly depict. Applying layers of thinly veiled paint, ink, thread, and fabric, Hawley and Manning-Mingle translate their observations into intricate and expansive experiences that blur the boundaries between observation and abstraction. The resulting works highlight a shared devotion to perceptual painting and an appreciation for the sublime within the natural and mundane. We will be having a closing reception on Friday, November 12 from 6-7:30pm. In accordance with BU's current visitor policies, if you would like to see the show, you must RSVP in advance.
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My piece Love Quote is currently on view at BU's Sloane House. On Monday President Brown and his wife, Dr. Beverly Brown hosted a reception to celebrate the artwork currently on view as part of a rotating show of student artwork.
Image: Love Quote, 2020, repurposed clothing and mesh on sewn canvas, stained with fabric dye, and oil on pre-primed canvas, 22 x 18 inches This semester I"m taking a silkscreen class. Our first assignment was to create a reductive silkscreen using layers of one color of transparent ink. My first idea was to translate a plein air ink drawing I had done, but after learning more about the reductive technique, I realized that the drawing wouldn't work well because instead of adding dark marks on top of each other, I had to build value by blocking out lighter and lighter areas. I looked around my studio and noticed a collection of rocks that I had placed on a gessoed panel with the intention of painting them. Because they were all shades of white and gray, I thought it would work well for the project and took a photograph of the rocks. I printed the photograph in color and black and white. I was surprised when the color photograph appeared so turquoise. Turquoise is one of my favorite colors, so I decided to highlight the color in my print. I mixed two containers of ink--a container of dark turquoise and a container of transparent with just a little bit of the dark turquoise. Then I began to block out sections of my image using screen filler. First, I blocked out only the whitest highlights. After printing my first layer of ink, I blocked out the next lightest value, mixed a slightly darker color of ink, and printed that layer. I continued the same process, printing a total of ten layers of ink. I was interested to see what the ink would look like on different types of paper. I chose a range of colors, transparencies, and textures. Above are a few examples of what the same image looks like printed on different types of paper.
I really enjoyed this technique and can't wait to print more! |
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