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PUNCH + SOIL
International Juried Exhibition
A bell is a cup until it is struck
December 6 – 30, 2007
Two Venues. One Exhibition.
Opening Receptions and Awards: 6-9pm
First Thursday, December 6, 2007
PUNCH
and SOIL
team-up to present the work of 16 artists from across the US
and beyond. Nearly 1000 entries were submitted from more than
300 artists. Juried by Eric Fredericksen, director of Western
Bridge, this exhibition includes a focused assemblage of photography,
video, sculpture, ink on paper, cough drop labels and other
mixed media. Themes include spills, spots, piles, trash, smoke,
mirrors, bread, sunsets, Jesus, trees, motor homes, and a poodle.
Juror’s statement:
“Given the rich assortment of work submitted for this
exhibition, a juror could make any number of exhibitions. Given
the two spaces and their divergent histories, I chose to make
two linked, loosely thematic exhibitions. At SOIL, a series
of confrontations with geometry, at PUNCH, confrontations with
nature. Documentary imagery dominates, though what is being
documented is often a constructed situation. Responding to tensions
in the work between structure and entropy, as between representation
and abstraction, the exhibition remains unresolved. Each space
will also display work which does not fit into this scheme,
in order that the scheme not completely destroy the illusion
that an exhibition juried by a single juror could result in
an objective accounting of the best work submitted.”
–Eric Fredericksen
Artists Include:
Gretchen Bennett – Seattle, WA
Sarah Bergmann – Brooklyn, NY
Jamey Braden – Seattle, WA
Collin Bradford – Urbana, IL
Mike Bray – Eugene, OR
Chris Fennell – Brooklyn, NY
Douglas Gast – Richland, WA
Margo Geddes – Durango, CO
Richard Gilles – Folsom, CA
Sol Hashemi – Vancouver, WA
Florian Japp – Berlin, Germany
Danielle Kelly – Las Vegas, NV
Lisa Liedgren – Seattle, WA
Jenene Nagy – Portland, OR
Brett Walker – Seattle, WA
M. Laine Wyatt – DeLand, FL
Award Winners
Juror's Choice – $500
Sol Hashemi – Vancouver, WA
PUNCH Choice – $400
Florian Japp – Berlin, Germany
SOIL Choice – $400
Mike Bray – Eugene, OR
About the Juror
Eric Fredericksen is the director of Western Bridge, a collection
exhibition space in Seattle's SoDo industrial district. He has
curated exhibitions at the Bodgers' and Kludgers' Cooperative
Art Parlour, Vancouver, and the Noorderzon Festival, Groningen,
the Netherlands. He has served as juror for the Artist Trust
Fellowships and several video and time-based exhibitions at
the University of Washington. He was a mid-career fellow of
the National Arts Journalism Program, Columbia University, in
2000-2001. A former editor at Architecture magazine and The
Stranger, his writing on art and architecture has appeared in
Nest, Metropolis, and Art on Paper.
Venues:
PUNCH Gallery, 119 Prefontaine Pl South
SOIL Gallery, 112 3rd Ave South
Seattle, WA 98104
December Hours:
Noon-5pm Thursday-Sunday,
or by appointment.
Next Exhibition:
Ries Niemi
(more info)
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Florian Japp, Skadi,
color photograph, 2007
Download
Press Release
in Word format
Jenene Nagy, Meadow,
installation proposal, 2007
Brett Walker, 40 Feet of Bread,
still from color video, 2006
Danielle Kelly, Inter,
mdf, bondo, acrylic, mirrored plexi, 2007
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