ICOSA Collective presents "Figure-Ground," a juried group exhibition curated by Alex Klein. The title is a reference to how perception anchors our understanding of the world around us. The distinction between a foreground and a background informs what is privileged, and ultimately how objects and images are interpreted.
Through a variety of media and subject matter, many of the artists in the show confound expectations of material states and probe the boundaries between abstraction and representation. While “figure” and “ground” may be understood as a literal way to organize a space, or to build a picture, it is also a metaphor.
The juried exhibition brings together 14 artists working in a variety of media and addressing diverse subject matter. The artists were selected from amongst a pool of 310 individual applicants and almost 3,000 entries that were submitted in response to ICOSA’s open call.
Artists include Sarah Benson, Sonya Berg, Bryan Florentin, Stephanie Germosen, Grayson Hunt, Mirabella Jamie, Brooke Johannesen, David Morrison, Phillip Robinson, Emma Rossoff, Mai Snow, Simone Thornton, William Warden, and Sophie White.
The exhibition will be on display through November 19.
ICOSA Collective presents "Figure-Ground," a juried group exhibition curated by Alex Klein. The title is a reference to how perception anchors our understanding of the world around us. The distinction between a foreground and a background informs what is privileged, and ultimately how objects and images are interpreted.
Through a variety of media and subject matter, many of the artists in the show confound expectations of material states and probe the boundaries between abstraction and representation. While “figure” and “ground” may be understood as a literal way to organize a space, or to build a picture, it is also a metaphor.
The juried exhibition brings together 14 artists working in a variety of media and addressing diverse subject matter. The artists were selected from amongst a pool of 310 individual applicants and almost 3,000 entries that were submitted in response to ICOSA’s open call.
Artists include Sarah Benson, Sonya Berg, Bryan Florentin, Stephanie Germosen, Grayson Hunt, Mirabella Jamie, Brooke Johannesen, David Morrison, Phillip Robinson, Emma Rossoff, Mai Snow, Simone Thornton, William Warden, and Sophie White.
The exhibition will be on display through November 19.
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