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Nicole Charbonnet Cowboy #11, Acrylic and mixed media on canvas, 66" x 84" x 2", Nicole Charbonnet - NiC 08 - sold |
March 3 - April 11, 2008
The West, Then and Now
Nicole Charbonnet’s mixed media paintings, highly esteemed in the contemporary art scene, have texture and depth like rich collage. Images, words and loose washes create multi dimensions. Western imagery and pop culture icons provoke memories of the idealized west. She is mainly using stereotypical images of America, a cowboy, gangster or desert
highway, as a way of exploring our past and present perceptions of
ourselves and others. Which comprises and forms our identity as members of a society, or citizens of a country that once again seems to be in
transition and in the process of redefining its values, agenda and
role in relationships. Her process of painting mimics or simulates the process
of remembering with all its layers and numerous textures. Hopefully,
introducing into this process images that come out of our cultural
memory will result in paintings that will not only serve to illuminate
the past but will also encourage interpretations which function as
starting points themselves. This body of work focuses on the American West.
Recipient of a Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant, Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant and Artist's Fellowship Foundation Grant. |
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James Cook Red Horse - Lakeside #1 , Oil on linen, 40" x 75" UF, James Cook - JaC 448 |
March 3 - April 11, 2008
The Landscape
James Cook’s abstract and impressionistic composition and use of light separate his work from traditional landscape artists. Fallen aspen trees reflected in water and rocky hillsides of brilliant expressionistic color unfolds in thick oil paint that morph into clear view. This body of work displays our beautiful surroundings from the Sawtooths to Silver Creek. Upon first encounter, Cook’s paintings mesmerize and pull us in. Yet it is through their untiring freshness, each is all the more amazing in their ability to hold our attention that removes the din of contemporary distractions. He awakens an internal dimension taking one aback. Cook, however, is not a propagandist, in that he leaves it to each of us to explore the world as we experience and see it.
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