Incarnations / Relative Maximum / Book Art Uncovered
Artists Archives of the Western Reserve and Archived Artists, Jon Barlow Hudson and John Saile present solo exhibitions titled "Incarnations" and "Relative Maximum" respectively, while Art Books Cleveland will present a group exhibition, "Book Art Uncovered".
Jon Barlow Hudson, who was archived in 2017, is an extraordinarily successful sculptor, who has completed over one hundred public commissions located throughout the United States and internationally. While his early works were typically made of stainless steel, brass, cast bronze, glass, water and fiber optic light, Hudson’s study of Tai Chi later refocused his work on more natural materials like stone, which he now employs symbolically in works using it as a contrast to man-made materials. On display will be smaller works from the AAWR collection often made as maquettes for the larger works. Some photographs of commissioned pieces inspired by these smaller works will be displayed as well as a few newer works directly from Hudson’s Yellow Springs, Ohio studio.
John Saile came to art later in life and made up for lost time by producing a staggering amount of work in fifteen years. Self-described as leaning towards abstraction, he pushes boundaries in his art by working experimentally, often combining printmaking with painting and photography. Much of his work, including some very elegant black and white iterative digital studies on view from the AAWR collection, is very sculptural, and the juxtaposition of this work with Hudson’s creates a beautiful flow between the adjacent galleries. Saile’s self-professed goal when making art is to create work that maximizes visual stimulation. Underlying themes explore his personal memories, as well as the idea of using the bits and pieces of experience that make up the human “collective memory” that we all share on some level.
Art Books Cleveland is a community of book artists and friends who live and work in Northeast Ohio. It is dedicated to exploring, encouraging, and teaching both contemporary and traditional artistic practices of handmade books. They exhibit themed and retrospective exhibitions several times per year in a variety of venues and will be curating a group show, entitled Book Art Uncovered, of member’s work for the Archives. (Source: ohio.org)
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Jon Barlow Hudson, who was archived in 2017, is an extraordinarily successful sculptor, who has completed over one hundred public commissions located throughout the United States and internationally. While his early works were typically made of stainless steel, brass, cast bronze, glass, water and fiber optic light, Hudson’s study of Tai Chi later refocused his work on more natural materials like stone, which he now employs symbolically in works using it as a contrast to man-made materials. On display will be smaller works from the AAWR collection often made as maquettes for the larger works. Some photographs of commissioned pieces inspired by these smaller works will be displayed as well as a few newer works directly from Hudson’s Yellow Springs, Ohio studio.
John Saile came to art later in life and made up for lost time by producing a staggering amount of work in fifteen years. Self-described as leaning towards abstraction, he pushes boundaries in his art by working experimentally, often combining printmaking with painting and photography. Much of his work, including some very elegant black and white iterative digital studies on view from the AAWR collection, is very sculptural, and the juxtaposition of this work with Hudson’s creates a beautiful flow between the adjacent galleries. Saile’s self-professed goal when making art is to create work that maximizes visual stimulation. Underlying themes explore his personal memories, as well as the idea of using the bits and pieces of experience that make up the human “collective memory” that we all share on some level.
Art Books Cleveland is a community of book artists and friends who live and work in Northeast Ohio. It is dedicated to exploring, encouraging, and teaching both contemporary and traditional artistic practices of handmade books. They exhibit themed and retrospective exhibitions several times per year in a variety of venues and will be curating a group show, entitled Book Art Uncovered, of member’s work for the Archives. (Source: ohio.org)