Juror’s Statement
Jurying ATHICA’s 2020 juried exhibition which features contemporary art in all media that explores or references “Space” was an honor and challenge. Our experiences during the pandemic have redefined what our space is. For several months we have been quarantined, asked to protect our body, and distance ourselves from each other. It’s been a surreal apocalyptic dream that we haven’t woken up from. When I was asked to jury this exhibition, I was interested what the submissions would be and how artists would respond to this moment. What I found was a pool of selection that conveyed space with beauty, metaphor, structure, and language. It was a difficult task to select from a pool of exceptional talents.
As a curator and artist with a specific focus on installation and drawing, selecting pieces that demonstrated a relentless determination to realize one’s vision was at the forefront of my mind. The notion of Space itself is a massive subject. It can be defined objectively and subjectively. From the pool I focused on the visual narrative and the poetic space. I selected works that defined space as structure, metaphor, nostalgia, imagination, intimacy, ephemera, chaos, void, abstraction, and magic. The selected works explore a well-rounded variety of mediums and conceptual frameworks in an effort to engage all of our senses.
As we adapt in the time of pandemic and continue to make and develop our ideas as artists, we are fortunate to have a space to be able to escape and share our experience with others through this exhibition. Art creates an infinite landscape and it’s an honor to be part of it.
— Hannah Israel, August 2020
Online Exhibition
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- Karly Villaseñor | “Gentle on My Mind” | 12″ x 12″ | Mixed Media | 2019 | $300
- Kariann Fuqua | “It Came From Within” | 26″H x 16″W | Mixed Media | 2020 | $600
- Kariann Fuqua | “Silent Passage” | 12.5″H x 31.5″W | Mixed Media | 2020 | $600
- Lisa Freeman | Question of Quarantine | 12″ x 11″ x 11″ | Assemblage | 2020 | $650
- Lisa Freeman | Isolation | 9″ x 101/2″ x 6″ | 2020 | $475
- Robert Clements | WHITE PRIVILEGE WITH TEA AND IPOD | 14 1/2″ X 10 1/2″ | 2017 | $200
- Kate Burke | “forever and always” | 16″x20″ | thread and tulle embroidery | 2020 | $550
- Bradley C. Lockridge | “Land Sea Sky” | 36” x 24” x 3/4” | Oil on canvas | 2020 | $2,500
- Maggie Davis | “No dolphins here!”
- Christine Bush Roman | “Unrecognizable” | 18″ x 24″ | mixed media on paper | 2020 | $800
- SM Piotrowski | “Sears closing, Georgia Square Mall, Athens GA, 2 Nov 2019″ | 11″x14” | archival pigment print | $100
- SM Piotrowski | “My childhood home in Pittsburgh, 18 years abandoned” | 9″x14″ | archival pigment print | $100
- Jason Machen | Abandoned Childhood | 8″x10″ | Pigment photograph | 11″x14″ | $200
- j·m·mcdevitt | “hestia” (from series “murmations”) | 60″x48″ | acrylic paint and ink on canvas | 2020
- Sally W Eppstein | Life’s Path | 77″ x 24″ x 24″ | Ironwood tree trunk found in Ellijay, GA, acrylic paint and medium, vintage doll petticoat, cooper, string | 2019 | $2,800
- Alison Kocher | Anticipation | 10” x 10” | acrylic paint on canvas | 2020 | $50
- Allie Jackson | Contemplation Aims at Nothing | 16×20 | oil on canvas | 2019 | $300
- René D. Shoemaker | Les toits d’Aubusson. Chemin d’horloge. Aubusson | 20″ x 19″ | Hand-painted silk | NFS
- Richard Haley | Attempt to Disappear Into the Space Where My Drive Meets the Street | Photograph | 36″x24″ | 2019 | $1500 edition of 3 | Exhibition Committee Award
- Reid McCallister | Social Distancing | 27″ x 21″ x 6″ | Construction | 2020 | $1200
- Reid McCallister | Inner Space | 13″ x 16″ x 5″ | Construction | 2020 | $450
- Naomi J. Falk | Intrepid Space Force Command Center Bravo Explores the Universe (Globular Cluster NG6441) | 6.5″ x 8.5 | digital drawing and photo collage with NASA image | 2020 | $250
- Jennifer Hartley | Snapshot with Friend | 16″ x 18″ | Acrylic on Canvas | 2020 | $500
- David Noah | Masked/Unmasked Lisa Freeman | 11×17 | photograph | July 3, 2020 | $250 | Winner, Future Show Award
- Will Pergl | “The Crack in the Liberty Bell” | 34″ x 9″ x 11″ | metal coated brass | 2019 | $2000 | Winner, Juror’s Award
- Ronnie Ray Speight | “The Bracelet Makers” | 28″x28″ | Oil on Canvas | 2020 | NFS
- Ronnie Ray Speight | Storytime | 16″x24″ | Oil on Canvas | NFS
- Anthoula Lelekidis | Baptism | 11″x14″ | Photo Collage | 2020 | $400
- Anthoula Lelekidis | Livaditsa | 8″x10″ | Photo Collage | 2020 | $350
- Ronald Gonzalez | Small Figure | 2 ½ ” x 1” x 1 ” | Hardware cloth, wax | NFS
- Ronald Gonzalez | Small Figure | Hardware cloth, welded steel, wax | 2 ½ x1” x1” | NFS
- Lucy Julia Hale | Ellis Island Boy’s New York Reverie | 5″ x 5.5″ | Paper collage with pen and pencil | 2019 | NFS
- Margaret Agner | Murmur Trestle, Athens | 19” x 13” | Pastel $600
- Henry Peirce McEachern | The Band | 42″ x 36″ | oil on canvas | 2020 | $500 | Winner, Audience Choice Award
- Fractured | 16″x23″ | Mixed media collage on panel | 2020 | $400