Amber Kempthorn & Sarah Kabot

Opening Reception: 7 to 10 pm November 22, 2013

Mutually interested in books, ephemera, and overlooked artifacts, Amber Kempthorn and Sarah Kabot will exhibit their work together at 1point618. Their process and materials are analogous, but they approach similar content differently. Using sculpture, drawing, and collage, the exhibition explores the complexities of memory, memorials, and preserving the forgotten evidence of human lives.

 

Mark Keffer: We Don’t Exist

Opening Reception: 7 to 10 pm January 10, 2014

Mark Keffer’s current paintings reflect his difficulty in understanding what is specifically addressed by pronouns. Pronouns do not represent anything in a literal, concrete sense like ‘rock’ or ‘tree’; they merely represent ideas about an unclear source. ‘Be yourself’ or ‘I exist’, for instance, are mind-bending statements for him.

The paintings are consistently made up of an amorphous void, with hard-edged geometric ephemera dotting the periphery (geometry is used for its objectivity). This ephemera can be seen as representing our quantifiable views on the unknown realities of existence. The voids are undefined expanses. This is to say that at the core of all of ‘us’ is an open-ended place that is forever out of reach.

There is an existential mindset at work — a philosophy of no philosophy — guided by a bent toward the ridiculous and a fascination with the fringes of consciousness. The work contains symbols for the unknowable and hints of the far reaches of outer space, which serve as wry metaphors for the occupations of the mind.

 

Project Space: Laura Ruth Bidwell: Song of Desire

Opening Reception: 7 to 10 pm January 10, 2014

Captivated by the striking beauty, charisma, and strength of what the artist describes as, “the celebrities among us”, Laura Ruth Bidwell has produced a series of portraits that capture the experience of encountering and celebrating the extraordinary.

 

 

 

Amber Kempthorn & Sarah Kabot

Opening Reception: 7 to 10 pm November 22, 2013

 

Mark Keffer: We Don’t Exist

Opening Reception: 7 to 10 pm January 10, 2014

 

Project Space: Laura Ruth Bidwell: Song of Desire

Opening Reception: 7 to 10 pm January 10, 2014

 

 

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