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| March, 2024 | show full year | Close |
| Event: | Surface Tension Opening Reception | ||||||
| Date: | March 16th, 2024. | ||||||
| Time: | 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM | ||||||
| Location: | Windsor Art Center | ||||||
| Contact: | info@windsorartcenter.org | ||||||
In the exhibit titled “Surface Tension,” artist Kristopher Lionel delves into the interplay between the tactile and the illusory. “Surface Tension” predominately features abstract oil paintings and wall sculptures from two related series called “Surfaces” and “Veiled Surface Iterations” but includes work from outside those series as well. The pieces were made during a period from 2014 to 2023. Kristopher’s “Surfaces” started as just that, table tops from his studio where years of stains, router cuts, drill holes, shapes, and lines accumulated until compositions began to surface. The tops were then separated from their bases and, using oil paint, charcoal, chalk, pen, pencil, collage, and router, transformed into works of art. For his series, “Veiled Surface Iterations,” Kristopher took rubbings from his “Surface” wall sculptures, lifting impressions (sketches) from the surfaces in which the bas-relief cuts and textures were transferred to paper. In this process of draping paper over a surface, the paper became a veil concealing the surface beneath. Through rubbing, the imagery surfaced to become the first glimpses through the veil and serve as the basis for the finished works. In titling this exhibition, “Surface Tension,” Kristopher uses the word “surface” as both noun and verb, naming what the pieces are and describing how they came to be. The exhibition explores the visual tension created when physically tangible (“real”) compositional elements, such as bas-relief carving and three-dimensional, recessed shapes, are set in dynamic contrast with those that employ illusionism. Nature inspires much of Kristopher’s artwork, and its influences, including references to seascape and landscape, can be seen throughout the exhibition.    | |||||||
