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Cleveland, Ohio - 1point618 Gallery presents:
CONTINUUM: JOHN PEARSON
Recent works by internationally recognized painter John Pearson will be featured in Continuum, an exhibition at 1point618 Gallery from June 1 through July 29, 2007. Continuum opens to the public with a reception on Friday, June 1, 2007 from 7:00pm – 10:00pm.
Exhibit Dates: June 1, 2007- July 29, 2007
Opening Reception: Friday, June 1, 2007 from 7:00pm – 10:00pm
1point618 Gallery, 6421 Detroit Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44102
216.281.6421 or www.1point618gallery.com
Gallery Hours: daily by appointment
John Pearson’s current work explores what he calls “the magic of metamorphosis.” Pearson is fascinated by the stages of growth and change that things go through. In Continuum, metamorphosis is explored through the manipulation of simple forms (currently derived from the forms of wildflower seeds), producing a multitude of variations that capture the magic of growth and transformation.
“I develop a huge number of forms that are ordered sequentially to simulate metamorphism. Basically I wanted to reveal this idea of transformation, growth, change, and it seemed like 100 was a large number. Once I started playing with the options, I worked through the calculations and quite quickly arrived at over 10,000 shapes. As I began working, my mind took over.
I’m very much interested in those facets of the human condition that are universal that everybody feels. We all feel kinship with certain things, and we have certain attachments. There are emotional attachments to those kinds of circumstances that don’t have an image. It’s not something that one could point to, like a tree or a landscape. But when one looks at the landscape, the things that make it beautiful, the things that make it compelling and attractive; these are the same things that are compelling and attractive to me within a work of art. They are intangible, they are indefinable. The atmosphere seems right, the light seems right, the time feels right, one’s mood is correct, and so on."
- John Pearson
1point618 Gallery is located in the Gordon Square Cultural Arts District of Cleveland, Ohio’s Historic Detroit Shoreway and is the proud recipient of 2006 American Institute of Architects Interior Design Award (AIA Cleveland Chapter).
| Art Exhibition; John Pearson: Continuum posted on Wednesday May 16, 2007 |
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