Surface Tension

10/08/2018 11:15 AM

Surface Tension – Nicholas Nyland
Hartmann Center Gallery
October 15 – November 20
Visual Voices Lecture: October 18, 5pm – Horowitz Auditorium, Caterpillar Global Communications Center
Reception: October 18, 6-7:30pm – Hartmann Center Gallery

An exhibition featuring the ceramic work and transparency paintings of Seattle based artist Nicholas Nyland will be on display in Hartmann Center Gallery October 15 – November 20.  Join us for an artist reception and Visual Voices Lecture with Nyland on October 18th.

From the Artist: “Transparency paintings are digital images that were created by shooting through painted acetate. The technique is based on matte painting, employed by movie studios to augment scenery that was otherwise impossible to create on set. In this case, the “illusion” is of brushstrokes floating in space, playing with notions of illusionist space and abstraction in painting. The ceramic work uses traditional functional forms that “function” more as paintings with references to stained glass motifs and modernist abstractions. The cross-cutting concern is negotiating how an artwork functions as both an object and an image and the tension that can result when the two don’t match our assumptions.”

Learn more about the artist online at: www.nicholasnyland.net