June 2012 / New Members Show
Seth Damm
Continuous Strand, 2012
Cotton rope with hand dying and spray paint
Paul Komada
In the Trench, 2012
Watercolor on paper
14 x 19.5 inches
Amanda Manitach
Wise Virgin Eating Rock, 2006–2012
Graphite and colored pencil on paper
50 x 30 inches
Allyce Wood
Worth Two (constructed refuge), 2012
Handcut plastic, paint pen, wood
5 x 5 x 3 feet
Serrah Russell
With Dazzling Perception, 2012
Collage
New Members Show – 2012
Seth Damm
Paul Komada
Amanda Manitach
Serrah Russell
Allyce Wood
June 06 – 30, 2012
Reception / Thursday, June 07, 6–9pm
The New Members Show will feature work by five of SOIL’s newest additions: Seth Damm, Paul Komada, Amanda Manitach, Serrah Russell, and Allyce Wood. This diverse group of artists will exhibit surveys of their current work in mediums such as video, textiles, sculpture, collage, and painting.
Seth Damm's jewelry series "Neon Zinn" are constructed from raw materials and quotes from Howard Zinn, then deconstructed, twisted, and enhanced. Paul Komada's recently made watercolors could be described as Indeterminate Geometric Abstractions. Transparent and opaque shapes dissolve and fuse together at once. Amanda Manitach Investigates and reacts to the 12th century French liturgical drama about three wise virgins who make themselves immune to men by eating blue rocks and an except from Rudolf Schwarzkogler's 1965 performance "Wedding" which shares similar symbols. Serrah Russell's work is currently dealing with identification by means of appropriation as she draws attention to the ambiguous resting place between remembrance and abandon. Allyce Wood deconstructs the phrase 'A Bird in the Hand is worth Two in the Bush', applying its symbols to societal constructs through structural sculpture.