Curator / Randy Wood

The Gallery of Collections and Creations: SOIL at Bumbershoot

Bret Marion
Carrie Whitney
Claire Johnson
Claude Zervas and Chris Zervas
Debra Baxter
Helen Curtis
Jana Brevick
Jodi Rockwell
Juniper Shuey
Karen Liebowitz
Kelley Kempe
Kiki MacInnis
Margie Livingston
Randy Wood
Samantha Scherer
Toi Sennhauser
Yuki Nakamura

August 27 – September 6, 2003, Noon – 8pm
FREE Entry / August 26 – 28
FREE Opening Gala / Wednesday, August 27, 6–9:30pm

Location / Bumbershoot, Seattle Center
The Lopez Room (in the Northwest Rooms, corner of Republican and 1st Ave near Key Arena)

Artists' workspaces are cluttered not only with the tools of their trade but various collections from which they derive inspiration. Some collections are formal, such as carefully labeled fossils under glass and others are considerably less, like a stack of dog-eared fashion magazines.

Collections and Creations examines the relationship between that which an artist accumulates and that which an artist creates, showcasing collections and art by the diverse group of artists who make up SOIL. The exhibition is divided into sections for each artist. Each section includes a sample of the artist's collection, examples of their work, and a statement by the curator on the relationship between their collection and work. In some of the work, the influence of their collections is obvious, while in others it is not.

Text by Randy Wood

Show made possible in part by One Reel and by Boeing Surplus.