Marc Jacobson - Posts and Landscapes

Last Look by Steve Paddack

Curiouser and Curiouser is a body of surreal installations that focus on interspecies bonds or altercations, as well as the outcasts, outsiders and foreigners of a herd. Alienation, isolation, and longing are emotions that we have all felt at some point, whether it be true exile or of our own perspective. Sometimes, when we feel excluded from one group, we gravitate towards another. The acknowledgement of the various species’ differences can then be seen as a single herd of advantages. Through my research, I have found that interspecies adoption and friendships have become common occurrences.

Being raised in a Mennonite community in the Midwest instilled in me a keen awareness of the divide between our Dionysian instincts and our Apollonian intellect. The work in this show is a response to this conflict.

A Summer Group exhibition featuring selected works by Bob Cross, Stacey Holloway, Mike Kelly, Tess Michalik, Anne McKenzie Nicholson, Steve Paddack, Robert Pulley, Bonnie Stahlecker, and Greta Waller.

Symbolic Optimism : New Modular Works by Michal Lile