{"id":16444,"date":"2023-09-24T13:12:29","date_gmt":"2023-09-24T17:12:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/?p=16444"},"modified":"2024-02-27T19:35:09","modified_gmt":"2024-02-27T23:35:09","slug":"my-solo-landscape-show-litter-ally-kentucky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/archives\/16444","title":{"rendered":"My solo landscape show: \u201cLITTER-ALLY KENTUCKY\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cAt some point, the virtuosic construction of these works seems to fade in the mind, leaving in its wake only the images themselves: soft, somber, complicated skies worthy of Turner or Constable; rolling fields that would have attracted Thomas Hart Benton or Grant Wood.\u201d
\n\u2014 Kevin Nance
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A year after an update here<\/em><\/a> about progress on my grant-supported body of new collage landscapes, I\u2019m pleased to announce that this en plein air<\/em> artwork will be revealed next month.<\/p>\n

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\nThe exhibition will open on October 5 at the Woodford County Library<\/a> in downtown Versailles, Kentucky, and continue through November during regular hours. The library will host an opening reception on Sunday, October 8, from 2pm until 4pm. I\u2019ll give a gallery talk Thursday, October 12, at 6pm, and again on Saturday, November 11, at 2pm. <\/p>\n

I\u2019ve devoted much creative time and energy to this project over many months. Public funds have provided support and enabled me to bring a higher level of presentation to the most in-depth investigation that I\u2019ve made into representational collage, <\/a>but the endeavor could not have been possible without the hospitality of those who opened their rural places to my grateful scrutiny. Fortunately, only one person declined to grant permission for me to \u201cpaint in papers.\u201d Everyone else was astonishingly trusting and helpful. Of course, they know who they are, and I can\u2019t thank them enough.<\/p>\n

The artworks that I created at locations in six Central Kentucky counties are infused with fragments of litter accumulated along local streets and roadways. The concept of using collage art to bring awareness to the ongoing problem of littering was the theme of my application for support during the aftermath of lockdowns. I received a Kentucky Artist Rescue grant from the Kentucky Arts Council with federal funding from the National Endowment for the Arts. <\/p>\n

Since I intend to have this show travel around a bit over the coming months, I want to acknowledge the individuals in Woodford County who offered my first opportunity: Karen Kasacavage and Tommy Dennison.<\/a> Leave it to a pair of helpful librarians to get me out of the starting gate! Because part of my overall effort is to engage both children and adults during the show\u2019s run, this will be an ideal setting to carry an unconventional message about achieving a cleaner environment in the Commonwealth. With this recent body of work, I\u2019ve repurposed the products of our \u201ctoss-it\u201d culture as interpretations of specific natural places. My hope is to bring awareness to the role of individuals in reducing consumer waste and to promote a more conscious stewardship of the land that surrounds us.<\/p>\n

Each of the 16 artworks (ten verticals and six horizontals) is matted and framed in the \u201cgallery style\u201d within a 16×20-inch proportion. In order to allow a series of showings in different counties, the originals will not be available for purchase at this time. Instead, collector-quality glic\u00e9e prints of all the landscapes on display will be offered through Fine Art Editions<\/a> of Georgetown, Kentucky. You are invited to visit the exhibition and attend associated events. I also will have original collage artwork for sale across the street from the library at Art Space Versailles<\/a>. <\/p>\n

As LITTER-ALLY<\/em> makes its journey around Kentucky, stop back here for more information, new developments, and to dig a bit deeper into my adventure creating collage landscapes en plein air<\/em><\/a>.
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High Bridge Vantage<\/em><\/strong>
\nGarrard County, Kentucky<\/em>
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\ncollage en plein air<\/em> by J A Dixon
\n10.9375 x 7.9375 inches
\n20 x 16 inches, framed
\ngicl\u00e9e print available<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cAt some point, the virtuosic construction of these works seems to fade in the mind, leaving in its wake only the images themselves: soft, somber, complicated skies worthy of Turner or Constable; rolling fields that would have attracted Thomas Hart Benton or Grant Wood.\u201d \u2014 Kevin Nance   A year after an update here about […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,216,8,18,249,219,55],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16444"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16444"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16444\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17891,"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16444\/revisions\/17891"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16444"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16444"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}