Cloud Eaters in the Sky

Coming in one weeks time. 

Adam Little - The artist man

Cloud Eaters - the title of the show-li-oh

6:00 pm until 8:00 pm, Friday June 17th - The time to do your looky-loo. 

The show will hang in the gallery from June 17th until August 19th.

                               

                               "Men had made those masks and other objects for a sacred purpose, a magic purpose, as a kind of mediation between themselves and the unknown hostile forces that surrounded them, in order to overcome their fear and horror by giving it a form and an image. At that moment I realized that this was what painting was all about. Painting isn’t an aesthetic operation; it’s a form of magic designed as a mediator between this strange, hostile world and us, a way of seizing the power by giving form to our terrors as well as our desires. When I came to that realization, I knew I had found my way."

   

                                Pablo Picasso

"On a fundamental level my work is an exploration of the nature of parenthood, the parent-child dynamic, and the ways in which I relate to human beings though examples gained from interactions with my parents.  The work uses images and fragments of images that have been drawn from a reinterpretation of various origin mythologies.  Through the invention of an origin mythology I am able to create characters and tell personal stories with universal applications.  In this regard, I’m using the images to tell stories about my parents and children.  Those relationships, the one with our parents and the one with our children, are the most important factors in determining the way that we see our individual space, and the way that we chose to impact the larger world.

My work uses a reappropriation and reimaging of popular religious narrative and mythology to address issues of personal importance.  The work moves in and out of issues other than parenting like; nature, environment, politics, and sex.  The work draws heavily on an illustrative style that borrows vocabulary and technique from Byzantine art, Inuit art, comic books, children’s books, religious icon painting, and science fiction. "  

Be there...eat some food, sweat a little bit, maybe buy a piece...who knows.

Now How About That

Before Amanda's show we had a little show by Mari LaCure. (You may remember it) For whatever reason we also forgot to take pictures of the Opening for that as well. Sneakily we were able to sequester these several images to show the unsuspecting public the inspiring beauty of the Quiet Garden. 

Mari was kind enough to not only come for the Opening, but to also do a demo at St. Ambrose, two lectures and submitted a kind donation of two prints for our Open House. She's a swell artist and if you ever find yourself in Lawrence, Kansas you should seek her out. (get in contact with her first...don't be creepy) 

Unfortunately, in order to evade a dastardly and shady character we had to hide the film for the exhibition for several months until "business" was taken care of. Now that MacGillicutty is out at the "farm" and the entire backyard has been dug up trying to find the darn thing we can safely show you what needs to be seen. 

That's a convincing excuse right. 

The little fellas...we should have bought them all.

 Oooohhh...how striking.

 Closer up on some meticulous gorgeousness. 

It's ok to stare. 

Two on the left and a table (the title for every stilllife from now on)

I want to be framed like this.

That's all for now. I'd say see you soon, but really...it could be a while. (or maybe not?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?)

Finally Some Images From That Gall Darned Show.

Ever the procrastinator, eh Mr. Lappie? It only took me two months to get images of Amanda Thomson's show onto the blog. Now keep in mind we forgot (for the second straight exhibition) to bring the camera to the actual Opening so we do not have any "action" shots. I know, you're mighty disappointed, but take solace in the fact that we were able to snap these snazzy pics on a quiet, and incredibly hot, evening. 

The show is still up for a few more days. If you read this before it comes down, don't you think you owe it to yourself to take in some fresh art and perhaps a pastry? 

Just a suggestion. 

We start off with the westside pretty wall. 

DYNAMIC ANGLES!!!

Giving all the sitters something to ponder as they eat their cream horns. 

I love this book! Love it and lust it. 

Star-crossed lovers though, it wasn't meant to be. 

detail of etching

Damn you inconsistent florescent lighting. A curse!

In retrospect I probably should have moved that fan. Did I mention the heat?

A three-fer

I stacked these incorrectly...Amanda was kind enough not to be angry 

and also kind enough to place them appropriately. 

Do you see the vanishing point?