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With their upcoming exhibition, projectART will challenge viewers to consider the spaces in between things, particularly the land and sky.
Called “In Suspension: A Conversation Between Land and Sky,” the exhibit, which opens February 13, introduces the work of two Austin-based artists, Shannon Faseler and Shawn Camp, to Wimberley art lovers.
projectART board member Heather Carter and advisory board member Jules Buck Jones were hoping to focus on landscapes but from a different perspective.
“We wanted the land work to be reminiscent of maps, looking straight down onto the land from this suspended space above, and we wanted the sky work to have this same quality of almost laying down and staring up at the sky and clouds,” said Carter.
“It was really born out of the idea of moving beyond the traditional landscape show and into a more contemporary take. [There are no] horizon lines in either of their works; they each focus entirely on the up and down, the gas or the solid, what we can touch and what we can’t. At the same time they are both viewing their subjects from this shared suspended space in the middle.”
Camp was excited about the prospect of working with projectART for this show. The pieces he is contributing to the exhibit can be described as “[exploring] the boundaries between the physical and the transcendent.”
With his work, Camp attempts to bring about a feeling of being suspended between these two nebulous spaces–real and conceptual. “These paintings try to articulate that reality through imagery that infers rather than clarifies. They’re purposefully subtle and slightly confusing–something like when you have a word or idea at the tip of your tongue and can’t quite call it to mind. I think of my paintings as sort of an oscillation, or suspension, between the physical matter of the paint and the transcendent light that forms what we see,” he said.
An opening reception will be held Friday, February 13, from 6 to 8 p.m. at ARTSPACE, 111 River Rd, Suite 100. The exhibit will continue through April 18.
ARTSPACE hours are Wednesday 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., and Thursday through Saturday 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. To learn more, visit projectartwimberley.org.
