Friday, February 27, 2009

Exhibition announcement

History of the exhibition

The exhibition was originally scheduled to open on Thursday, February 19 in the Beth K. Stocker Art Gallery at Lorain County Community College. I was in the gallery finishing the installation on Wednesday evening, February 18, when an alarm went off around 5:30 PM, and we were told that the entire campus of Lorain County Community College was being evacuated. An arsonist had set a fire in the tunnel area under the Business Building, and smoke from the fire spread through the tunnels to many of the other buildings on campus. Luckily the gallery was located far enough away from the smoke that only a minor odor was noticeable in the gallery area, and my artwork was not damaged. Other parts of the campus were not so lucky - it is estimated that the cost of repair and replacement will be at least $1M. After much discussion and reevaluation of when facilities could be used, the opening reception was held one week later on February 26. The following photos are of the installation and the opening reception.

Entering the gallery

The artist with Codex Bab(b)el-On

Artist's statement and exhibition record

Installation view

Installation view

Installation view

Sketchbooks and notebooks

Installation view

Installation view

Artists' books

More artists' books

Relic/Fragment and Presence series

Installation view

Various prints

Collaboration(Reid Wood, Karl Young, John Fowler)

Installation view

Collaboration (detail)

Collaboration (detail)

Collaboration (detail)

Installation view

Installation view

Mail art

More mail art

Installation view

Fossil Head series

Mixed-media collages

EYE re CALL (collaboration with 18 artists)

EYE re Call (detail)

Mixed prints

Installation view

Ontology

Installation view

Artifacts

Artifacts (detail)

Installation view

Bab(b)el-On 100105 series

Installation view

100103 series

Codex-B (numbers)

011805 series

Bab(b)el-On 31405

Installation view

031404 series

Codex-B series

Installation view

Work Anonymously/C'est Mon Dada

Live Matter portfolio

Installation view

Installation view