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Michael DeMeng
Transforming Objects into Art
"Secret Keepers"
Friday June 18th and Saturday June 19th
10:00am-4:00pm
Class Fee: $325.00 + materials |
Description:
I’ve always liked the idea of a place where secrets are kept. Of course most people thing of Pandora and her box (which, as an aside was actually a large jar in the original story…I think I prefer to think of it as a small box for some reason), or there is Alice going down the rabbit hole. In both cases the there is potential danger inside those sacred places, but also potential enlightenment. We’ll this is the idea that lurks behind this workshop. This is a two day class where students will create a small realm to preserve sacred things, but that’s not all, students will also create a small little metaphoric representation of what they want to lock away or keep safe. To do this we will explore a variety of assemblage, collage and painting techniques to create these magical little worlds. Are you locking away a secret or keeping something sacred safe? The choice is yours, and don’t worry…your secret is safe with me.
Artist Statement:
My work is about transformations. It is about the transformation of the common into the sacred. Discarded materials find new and unexpected uses in my work; they are reassembled and conjoined with unlikely components, a form of rebirth from the ashes into new life and new meaning. These assemblages are metaphors for the evolutions and revolutions of existence: from life to death to rebirth, from new to old to renewed, from construction to destruction to reconstruction. These forms are examinations of the world in perpetual flux, where meaning and function are ever-changing.
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401-253-1188 |
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