{"id":5305,"date":"2015-08-03T08:29:11","date_gmt":"2015-08-03T12:29:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/?p=5305"},"modified":"2016-02-10T09:57:18","modified_gmt":"2016-02-10T13:57:18","slug":"not-so-big","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/archives\/5305","title":{"rendered":"Not So Big"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cShadow boxes become poetic theater or settings wherein are metamorphosed the elements of a childhood pastime.\u201d
\n\u2014 Joseph Cornell
\n <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The creations of Joseph Cornell<\/a> are small, and remained so throughout his unusual life as an artist<\/a>, even as many of his contemporaries responded to the fashion of producing ever larger works. For me, a salute to this influential American seemed like the fitting approach when I decided to enter notBIG(3)<\/strong>,<\/em><\/a> an annual juried exhibition devoted to small art. I am pleased to have had a piece accepted to this show<\/a>, which hangs from 8\/11 to 9\/11 at Lexington\u2019s M S Rezny Studio\/Gallery<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The \u201cpoetic theater\u201d of little shadow boxes is not an isolated medium in collage\/assemblage. To consider one\u2019s activity in this comprehensive oeuvre as anything but an homage to Cornell would be an act of mild self-delusion. His singular, enduring presence overarching the genre must be acknowledged. There was a concern that my taking this approach with the notBIG(3)<\/em> entry might appear to the juror as too derivative, but I pushed ahead with the \u201csincere flattery\u201d of my plan. I had failed to crack this competition in its previous calls to artists, and I had hopes that the third time would be a charm for me. In addition, I wanted to assemble a range of ingredients outside my norm, including metal, wood, organic material, glass vials, and vinyl dimestore figures.<\/p>\n

I created and entered two works as a pair \u2014 Histopia<\/em><\/strong> and Hertopia<\/em><\/strong> \u2014 a dual allusion to Utopia Parkway and its significance to the art history of the 20th century. It was not possible to enter both as a combined entry because the dimensions would have exceeded the size limitation of 12 x 12 inches. Only the first shadow box was selected. I was delighted to learn of my getting in the show, but it came with a small serving of disappointment, knowing that the gender balance of my overall idea would be lost with the \u201cboy scene\u201d presented to viewers by itself. It is something I can accept. Out of 380 works submitted, the 45 artists who make up the exhibition have a single artwork included. At any rate, this is what blogsites are for. Both pieces can be viewed together, and I have the opportunity to explain the whole thing to anyone kind enough to read this far. I also anticipate that many of you will be able to visit what appears to be shaping up as a strong exhibition. The opening reception<\/a> is Friday evening, August 14th, 5 to 8 pm.
\n <\/p>\n

\"Histopia<\/a><\/p>\n

Histopia<\/em><\/strong>
\ncollage\/assemblage in shadow-box frame by J A Dixon
\n10 x 10 x 1.75 inches, available for purchase<\/p>\n

\"Hertopia<\/a><\/p>\n

Hertopia<\/em><\/strong>
\ncollage\/assemblage in shadow-box frame by J A Dixon
\n10 x 10 x 1.75 inches, available for purchase<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cShadow boxes become poetic theater or settings wherein are metamorphosed the elements of a childhood pastime.\u201d \u2014 Joseph Cornell   The creations of Joseph Cornell are small, and remained so throughout his unusual life as an artist, even as many of his contemporaries responded to the fashion of producing ever larger works. For me, a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51,30,1,160,8,150,13,22,18,6,54,148,26],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5305"}],"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=5305"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5305\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6108,"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5305\/revisions\/6108"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5305"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5305"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5305"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}