September 14, 2016 at 11:57 a.m.
Ceramic exhibition headed to ArtStart
Ceramic exhibition headed to ArtStart
"Ceramics artist Craig Clifford, who currently resides in Appleton, exhibits his work nationally and internationally," according to a press release announcing the show. "His work was included in the 2007 and 2009 World Ceramic Biennial in South Korea. His pieces are made by the assemblage of hundreds of press molded kitsch forms to create texture that, at first glance, seems to be a mere surface. He uses the trite, sentimentalized images that come from commercial plaster molds and transforms these hollow, commercial reproductions of 'art' to create his work."
"As an artist, I am interested in where high and low culture intersects and how images carry meaning within a society that consumes a huge amount of visual information," Clifford said. "The pieces show themselves in layers of information that take time to reveal themselves to the viewer."
New Visions Gallery, founded in 1975, holds one of the most extensive collections of Australian Aboriginal art in the Midwest. The gallery also maintains and interprets a fine collection of contemporary original art, Japanese prints, fine art posters, Haitian paintings and West African sculpture and masks. It is located in the lobby of the Marshfield Clinic in Marshfield. "The Art of Print" exhibition includes works by David Hockney, James Rosenquist, Chema Cobo, and Robert H. Cumming.
Following the reception, ArtStart will host an "Arty Party" including an art project, photo booth, and refreshments. Admission is by donation to ArtStart.
ArtStart Gallery is located at 68 S. Stevens St. in Rhinelander. Gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday through Saturday beginning Thursday, Sept. 22.
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