June 28 - July 21, 2019
Julie Comnick
Arrangement for a Silent Orchestra
Painting and Video Exhibition
Main Gallery
Opening Reception and Violin Performance by the Artist
Friday, June 28, 2019
6:00 - 9:00 pm
Free and Open to the Public
Closing Artist Talk
Sunday, July 21, 2019
2:00 pm
Free and Open to the Public
Artist Statement
Arrangement for a Silent Orchestra is a painting and video project that explores the gradual dissolution of culture in contemporary society through the symbolic ruin of a personal and cultural icon, the violin. Using the violin as a metaphor, I raise questions about the relationship between advancing technology and diminishing cultural heritage. I invite the audience to consider what makes the instrument precious in their own experience, and also the cultural context that could allow for its loss.
Complete Statement: comnick_artist_statement.pdf
Biography
Julie Comnick's paintings and drawings engage the pictorial languages of representation and narration to pose questions about social circumstances and practices. Her exhibition record includes solo shows nationally at contemporary venues including Coconino Center for the Arts, Flagstaff, AZ; Hardesty Arts Center, Tulsa, OK; Mesa Contemporary Arts Museum, Mesa AZ; Space Gallery, Denver, CO; The Gallery at Flashpoint, Washington, DC; Zg Gallery, Chicago IL; and Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, CT; group exhibitions internationally; and reviews in prominent publications including the Washington Post, Chicago Sun Times, and Dialogue Magazine. Her work has been supported by grants from the Arizona Commission on the Arts. Recently, The Phoenix New Times named her project Arrangement for a Silent Orchestra as one of the top ten Phoenix art exhibits.
Julie lives in Flagstaff, Arizona, where she is a member of the School of Art Faculty at Northern Arizona University. Her teaching experience includes interdisciplinary courses in painting, drawing, foundations, art theory and public art. She received an MFA in Painting from Montana State University and a BA from The Evergreen State College.
More information: juliecomnick.com
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