Also opening this weekend is another printmaking exhibition. This time at the California Center Museum in Escondido just north of San Diego. Curated by the museums director Mary Catherine Ferguson and gallery director Olivia Luther it should be a show worth checking out. By the way did I mention three of my prints are in the show? The statement from the curators:
From age to age...the crash of ruin fitfully resounds. William Wordsworth
In their inherent aesthetic, emotional or inquisitive appeal, the vestiges of ruin and decay contain, for each of us, a certain level of fascination. A ruin, whether it is architectural, human or environmental, often triggers a stirring experience. These experiences can include the recognition of the uncomfortable signs of mortality or feelings of nostalgia. In its apparent familiarity, or unfamiliarity, a ruin often causes one to feel a level of comfort or discomfort, as one ends up confronting the nostalgia of what could have been or has not yet happened. For this exhibition, members of the Los Angeles Printmaking Society explore the stunning, uncomfortable and sometimes unpleasant aspects of the ruins of our contemporary society.
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