{"id":8821,"date":"2017-03-19T12:19:32","date_gmt":"2017-03-19T16:19:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/?p=8821"},"modified":"2017-05-17T13:24:05","modified_gmt":"2017-05-17T17:24:05","slug":"art-green-design","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/archives\/8821","title":{"rendered":"ART | GREEN | DESIGN"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>\u201cSustainability can\u2019t be like some sort of a moral sacrifice or political dilemma or a philanthropical cause. It has to be a design challenge.\u201d<br \/>\n\u2014 Bjarke Ingels<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/JADixon_Artwork@HWM.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/JADixon_Artwork@HWM.jpg\" title=\"A visitor to the Headley-Whitney Museum of Art takes a close look at the collage artwork of J A Dixon\" width=\"400\" height=\"256\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-8855\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/JADixon_Artwork@HWM.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/JADixon_Artwork@HWM-300x192.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/JADixon_Artwork@HWM-768x492.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nFrom the time I first paid a visit to its astonishing Jewel Room, after we moved our studio to Kentucky, I continued to sustain a high regard for Lexington\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.headley-whitney.org\/\" title=\"in the beautiful bluegrass heart of thoroughbred country\" target=\"_blank\">Headley-Whitney Museum<\/a>. I have <a href=\"http:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/archives\/2719\" target=\"_blank\">written before<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/JADatHWMuseum.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/JADatHWMuseum.jpg\" title=\"J A Dixon at the Headley-Whitney Museum of Art\" alt=\"John Andrew Dixon at the Headley-Whitney Museum of Art, in the heart of thoroughbred country near Lexington, Kentucky\" width=\"166\" height=\"166\" hspace=\"11\" vspace=\"16\" align=right size-full wp-image-8896\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/JADatHWMuseum.jpg 444w, https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/JADatHWMuseum-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/JADatHWMuseum-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 166px) 100vw, 166px\" \/><\/a>about the lost treasures of George Headley, and how they inspired my <a href=\"http:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/archives\/category\/bibelot-series\" target=\"_blank\">Bibelot Series<\/a> of collage miniatures, but I only recently acknowledged an undisclosed desire to have my work displayed at the institution. It pleases me to say that the daydreaming phase is over, because three of my larger works are part of their 2017 kick-off exhibition:<em> ART | GREEN | DESIGN.<\/em> <\/p>\n<p>The show features examples of art and design that are inspired by and exemplify eco-friendly ideals. I am gratified to be represented among a group of exceptionally creative individuals. It causes me to realize just how much my activity in this chosen medium is driven by a practice of sorting through the cast-off material of our wasteful society and upcyling it as a worthwhile artifact. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Dixon_CherryBalm.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Cherry Balm<\/em><\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Dixon_Pearallelograms.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Pearallelograms<\/em><\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Dixon_TouchonicLodge.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Matthew\u2019s Touchonic Lodge<\/em><\/a> are fitting examples of that orientation.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.headley-whitney.org\/current-exhibits\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Artgreendesign.jpg\" title=\"ART | GREEN | DESIGN ~ from March 11 to May 14 at the Headley-Whitney Museum of Art\" width=\"346\" height=\"158\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-8826\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Artgreendesign.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Artgreendesign-300x136.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 346px) 100vw, 346px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/UnknownArt@HWM.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/UnknownArt@HWM.jpg\" title=\"An unidentified assemblage that I liked at the show.\" width=\"126\" height=\"149\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-8854\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/UnknownArt@HWM.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/UnknownArt@HWM-300x353.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 126px) 100vw, 126px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/BL_Artwork@HWM.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/BL_Artwork@HWM.jpg\" title=\"Kentuckian Brandon Long, my friend who creates handsome abstract squares from recycled roofing metal.\" width=\"145\" height=\"149\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-8853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/BL_Artwork@HWM.jpg 460w, https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/BL_Artwork@HWM-300x307.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 145px) 100vw, 145px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 82%; line-height: 133%; margin-top: 222px; margin-bottom: 3px; color: #006600; padding-left: 11px;\" align=\"left\"><em>An unidentified assemblage that I liked (left), and Kentuckian Brandon Long, my friend who creates handsome abstract squares from recycled roofing metal.<\/em><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Dixon_CherryBalm.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/JADixon_CherryBalm_ig.jpg\" alt=\"a detail from \u2018Cherry Balm\u2019 ~ John Andrew Dixon\" title=\"a detail from \u2018Cherry Balm\u2019 ~ J A Dixon ~ click to view the full artwork\" width=\"126\" height=\"126\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-8872\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/JADixon_CherryBalm_ig.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/JADixon_CherryBalm_ig-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/JADixon_CherryBalm_ig-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 126px) 100vw, 126px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Dixon_Pearallelograms.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Dixon_PeargramDetail_ig.jpg\" alt=\"a detail from \u2018Pearallelograms\u2019 ~ John Andrew Dixon\" title=\"a detail from \u2018Pearallelograms\u2019 ~ J A Dixon ~ click to view the full artwork\" width=\"126\" height=\"126\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-8871\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Dixon_PeargramDetail_ig.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Dixon_PeargramDetail_ig-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Dixon_PeargramDetail_ig-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 126px) 100vw, 126px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Dixon_TouchonicLodge.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Dixon_MTLodgeCrop_ig.jpg\" alt=\"a detail from \u2018Matthew\u2019s Touchonic Lodge\u2019 ~ John Andrew Dixon\" title=\"a detail from \u2018Matthew\u2019s Touchonic Lodge\u2019 ~ J A Dixon ~ click to view the full artwork\" width=\"126\" height=\"126\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-8870\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Dixon_MTLodgeCrop_ig.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Dixon_MTLodgeCrop_ig-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Dixon_MTLodgeCrop_ig-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 126px) 100vw, 126px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 82%; line-height: 133%; margin-top: 158px; margin-bottom: 44px; color: #006600; padding-left: 11px;\" align=\"left\"><em>Details from three of my collage artworks, selected by the museum to include in<br \/>the show: <strong>Cherry Balm<\/strong>, <strong>Pearallelograms<\/strong>, and <strong>Matthew\u2019s Touchonic Lodge<\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cSustainability can\u2019t be like some sort of a moral sacrifice or political dilemma or a philanthropical cause. It has to be a design challenge.\u201d \u2014 Bjarke Ingels &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; From the time I first paid a visit to its astonishing Jewel Room, after [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51,171,8,173,18,111,59],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8821"}],"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=8821"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8821\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8957,"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8821\/revisions\/8957"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8821"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8821"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8821"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}