Heart of the Matter - a conversation with the artists of Heartwood
When:
Saturday, Apr 22, 2017 4:00p -
6:00p
Saturday, Apr 22, 2017 4:00p -
6:00p
Where:
13FOREST Gallery
167A Massachusetts Avenue
Arlington, MA 02474
Admission:
FREE
Categories:
Alcohol, Art
Event website:
http://13forest.com/heartwood/
Join us on Sat 4/22 from 4-6 pm for a conversation with Boriana Kantcheva and Andrea Tishman, the artists of our current exhibition Heartwood. Find more information about Heartwood here: http://13forest.com/heartwood/
Heartwood refers to the oldest and strongest wood at a tree's core, which supports its supple, growing outer layers. Through their disparate styles, Kantcheva and Tishman's work further expands on the contrasting character of forests.
Just as a tree contains stillness and vitality, Kantcheva's paintings express many contrary qualities. Using hybrid bodies that combine humans and animals, Kantcheva draws on the visual languages of nature and folklore to create imagery that is at once familiar and unfamiliar, humorous and unsettling. Her surreal images focus on the complex relationship between humans and the natural world.
While Kantcheva's work highlights the narratives of the forest, Tishman takes an abstracted approach that focuses on the patterns of light and shadow formed by tree trunks in the woods. Her paintings heighten reality by turning organic forms into rhythmic repetitions that welcome the viewer with their tranquil regularity, while also invoking a sense of foreboding.
Heartwood invites the viewer to explore the forest as a place of imagination and transformation through the unique aesthetics of Kantcheva and Tishman.
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