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Feast for Eye & Soul at The Bascom
Written By: Lin Sheffield - The Bascom | Issue: 2018/05 - May
The Bascom, Highlands’ Center for the Visual Arts, celebrates the magic of paper. Featured in The Bunzl Gallery is “PaPer View,” now through June 3.
This exhibition explores the use of paper as a medium rather than as a surface − the featured artists manipulate paper by pushing, pulling, cutting, and using color, or not, to present a wide range of expression driven by their personal experiences.
Curator Sarah Morgan Wingfield says they were looking for artists who used paper as the medium. She also noted that some papers were created using invasive plants such as kudzu, some are wearable, and all extremely tedious in their making.
This exhibit is incredible in the sense of how paper, plain and recycled, can be transformed into unusual and fantasy like pieces of art. It shows how imagination is brought to life to be viewed by the eyes of others.
“Scenes from a Noon-Day Land” by local artist Anna Norton is featured in the Loft Gallery until June 10. Anna’s work for this exhibit is a time-lapse video installation of the movement of light within the Nantahala Forest. Recognizing that the human eye is not capable of perceiving more gradual shifts of light and shadow as the day passes, Anna’s work helps to capture these moments and gives the viewer an ethereal and meditative look at “The Land of the Noonday Sun.”
“Mnemonic Palace,” an art installation by The Bascom’s Community Resident Artist, Grant Benoit, is featured in the Joel Gallery through June 3.
Exploring memory devices and theories on remembering through the lens of the domestic space, Benoit incorporates hand-printed wallpaper, sewing, and sculptural work in response to The Joel Gallery’s unique architecture.
The exhibits at The Bascom are free for all to see, so stop in and take in the wonderful artwork created. It is truly a feast for the eyes and soul.
For more information on these exhibits and The Bascom, please visit thebascom.org, call (828) 526-4949, or stop in at 323 Franklin Road in Highlands. We’re just across the covered bridge.
