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current EXHIBITION

(Not an occasion)
HUNTER L V ELLIOTT

11.4.22-12.3.22
OPENING RECEPTION: FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 6-9 PM

Written on a brown paper bag of dried rose petals found in my childhood home, (Not An Occasion) sort of accidentally yet poignantly expresses a holistic approach to living. No one needs an excuse to collect rose petals. No one needs an excuse to “bring out the good stuff.” To be alive is to be lucky, but with an asterisk. To be alive is not to feel one distinct emotion, or one experience at a time, but rather a multitude of complex experiences and emotions simultaneously. Forced to live within a world full of complexity, it’s so easy to become overwhelmed and overstimulated. Senses dull. It takes work to not lose direction or energy when things become more than one bargained for. 

After moving to Kentucky, being isolated in a new area coinciding with the first year of covid, nature became a place for me to regain those senses, and that peace. Ironically, the woods and fields I frequented have a very different, but relatable complexity. So much happens there. So much that the plants and insects I have grown to love are often hard to notice. But while in nature, when looking for life, I remind myself to wait, and watch and listen, and inevitably textures split apart, and I start seeing things move as tiny wonders reveal themselves.


Statements and information about individual pieces can be found at hunterlvelliott.com 


Past exhibitionS

THE RESILIENT CORE OF A SOFTENED SHIELD
Fuko Ito + Nia Danielle Lovemore Rutledge
9.9.20-9.26.20

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Recently, we’ve noticed thorns and sparks growing within us, causing pain within our emotional and physical bodies. We’ve noticed a perennial of painful love blossoming within our core. This emotional tolerance has kneaded a doughy heart, capable of enduring the overflowing tides of an eroding ego. There continues to be days of anguish and sparkling anxiety. To ease these sensations one must manifest a softened shield, to protect the self from the thistled vines that creep into the soft, tender pocket. May the sheen of your armor deflect that which seeks to cause you heartache, may your armor glimmer in the glow of your day.


www.fuko-ito.com ​https://www.niarutledge.com/


SHELTER IN PLACE
5.20.20-5.30.20


Instructor:
James Robert Southard

Senior Lecturer of Photography, School of Art & Visual Studies, University of Kentucky
VIEW A VIRTUAL EXPERIENCE OF THE SPACE HERE!
Watch the videos below to hear each artist talk about their ideas and process:

show archive

DECEMBER 2018: CLARY ESTES: THOSE WHO REMAIN/CEI CARE AU RAMAS
NOVEMBER 2018: THE HOPE CENTER: STITCHED TOGETHER BY HOPE
OCTOBER 2018: SERGIO ANDRES PINEDA: HANDS UP. PUT THE MONEY IN THE BAG.
SEPTEMBER 2018: SAMANTHA HENSLEY & LIZZ HAMILTON: ​INSECT VIRTUE
JULY 2018: ADRIENNE DIXON: AREA/MATTER ​
JUNE 2018: WHITEFOX: ​FRANK
MAY 2018: LEXINGTON GUILD OF PRINTMAKERS: ​4TH ANNUAL EXHIBITION
APRIL 2018: DELANY BAL: ​DARK NECESSITIES
MARCH 2018: ESTHER CHIN
JANUARY / FEBRUARY 2018: NEW DOMESTICITY: WOMEN'S WORK IN WOMEN'S ART
DECEMBER 2017: TRAVIS TOWNSEND, 7 NEW SCULPTURES AND A FEW SMALL PAINTINGS
NOVEMBER 2017: ALEC GANESHA, A KING'S ANGEL
OCTOBER 2017: COMMUNITY ART COOPERATIVE, YOU ARE HERE NOW
AUGUST 2017: JULIA SEBASTIAN, CLUSTERED AND PLACED
JULY 2017: LATITUDE ARTS, BREAKING STEREOTYPES
JUNE 2017: JACOB ROBERTSON, STORIES
MAY 2017: LEXINGTON GUILD OF PRINTMAKERS, ANNUAL MEMBERS' EXHIBITION
APRIL 2017: ALLISON BROWN, TRANSFIGURATION
MARCH 2017: NASTY WOMEN KENTUCKY
FEBRUARY 2017: KATHERINE SPEARS, VANITIES

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