Justin Fields, Jude Morales and Sieger Hartgers
Sliding Door Gallery presents three solo slider shows in September from the 4th through the 26th of this 2009th year.
Opening reception Friday September 4th from 6 to 10pm.
Guns, Chimps, and Wheels” is a collection of work that is based upon the combination of imagery gathered by a predetermined process that uses articles and short writings as a source of images. Words from these writings are entered into an Internet search engine to gather the imagery. The specific works for this show were selected based on their relationship to an opinion editorial that discusses the relationship between humans and chimpanzees.
Justin received his MA in studio art from the University of Northern Colorado in 2008. He lives in Fort Collins with his wife, daughter, and two dogs.
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Jude describes “floating world”: This show evolved from a mobile that I made for my son during the fall of 2007, just before he was born. After creating his mobile, I started making clay birds and suspending them in front of painted city- and landscapes. I would hang the birds from dowels extended out of the paintings. As a solution to showing the work in public spaces, I found glass faced shadowboxes that would allow the birds to be secure and also allowed me to add more 3d elements to the pieces like clouds, buildings, trees, etc. Each piece is like a window into another world and since I take much inspiration from the ‘Floating World’ woodblock prints from Japan, it made sense to title my show the same. The title also has a literal translation as each piece has elements that appear to float.
Jude Morales grew up in Denver and has been pursuing his art career since the third grade. He received a BFA from UC Denver in 1998 and has been showing his work in Colorado for about 10 years, intensively for the last four years at galleries, art festivals and cafe`s. He is a member of Sliding Door Gallery in Denver and the Art Student’s League of Denver. Jude lives in Fort Collins, CO and enjoys playing with his son and wife.
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