Nichole DeMent
photographic based mixed media works on clear film

May 2008 Exhibition
Artist Reception :: May 5th, 5:30-9pm

Recently created works and new installations from Nichole DeMent's "Shadow" series along with a new collaborative Rock|DeMent installation (above).

"The Shadow" series are photographs of silhouettes behind a veil which explore inner states of human nature through archetypal imagery. The underlying Jungian concept of the shadow is built upon through the presentation of a stark image on clear film, which when hung away from a wall, creates a three dimensional effect and symbiotic relationship between image and environment. Each figure examines diverse myth-based cultures and archetypes, including contemporary western ideology; the series as a whole reflects a collective global consciousness, past and present.

 

Stephen Rock
Conversation with a Lake
paintings and other works inspired by a Morris Graves' Foundation residency

The Jeffrey Moose Gallery willl be exhibiting
Suite IV: Meditation on Simplicity (scrolls, sumi ink and dried pigments on rice paper)
in the Rainier Tower Mezzanine at 1301 Fifth Avenue, Seattle.
March 28th - June 30th



During the month of April, Stephen Rock presented select work
inspired by a 2005 Morris Graves Foundation residency at The Lake in
Northern California. Rock was given access to the property, studio and
artist's library of the late Morris Graves. During the stay he explored
themes dealing with a retreat from technology and how that effects our
world view, our relationship with nature and the change of pace when
disengaged from a modern lifestyle. The work presented is from 2 of 7
suites the artist developed: Suite II, The 6 stages of not being Morris
Graves (watercolors on handmade paper) and Suite VI, Simple observations
in nature (sumi ink on rice paper).

Stephen's work is also up at ArtsWest Gallery in West Seattle through June 21st.
For more information go to www.artswest.org

For more information or press pictures, please contact Stephen at 206.935.5788 or for
information regarding the Rainier Tower Mezzanine seen above
contact Jeffrey Moose Gallery at 206.467.6951

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