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The Art Galleries (TAG) at Austin Community College is proud to present Strictly Abstraction, the inaugural exhibition in Gallery 2000 on ACC\u2019s Highland Campus. Created by four faculty members in the Art Department, the large-scale paintings featured in this exhibition demonstrate the tenuous line between representational art and purely, or strictly, abstract works.<\/p>\n
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Fragmentation and abstraction are deeply connected processes. By removing elements or abandoning material forms altogether, unseen images can appear on a picture plane, or the paint itself can become the subject of the work. Each series in this exhibition is a subset of the larger body of work that these remarkable artists pursue. Whether it is Shannon Faseler\u2019s cool-blue icebergs, PehrSmith\u2019s gold-infused totems, Shawn Camp\u2019s ethereal atmospheres, or Sydney Yeager\u2019s roaring bands of color, the works on display evoke the transient nature of all things while they explore themes of materiality and perception. Resonating with different trajectories seen within modern and contemporary art, these works of abstraction bear conceptual frameworks that contemplate our relationship with painting and the natural world.<\/p>\n
[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.8.2″ _module_preset=”default” background_enable_color=”off”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.8.2″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.8.2″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.8.2″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”Didact Gothic||||||||” text_font_size=”20px” text_letter_spacing=”2px” background_layout=”dark” custom_margin=”||-37px|||” custom_padding=”||0px|||”]<\/p>\n
Artists<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.8.2″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.8.2″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.8.2″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”Didact Gothic||||||||” text_text_color=”#000000″ text_letter_spacing=”2px”]<\/p>\n Shawn Camp <\/strong><\/p>\n I make paintings, videos, and sound pieces that explore the boundary between the physical and the transcendent, and investigate the nature of dualities by exploiting the effects of contextual perception. My paintings in this exhibition suggest air and space\u2014imagery that is devoid of solid form. These spaces of \u201cnothingness\u201d\u00a0are framed within subtle geometric divisions and contradictory passages of color. Through translucence and refraction, the shimmering surfaces presented here convey a sense of atmosphere and explore the mysteries of light,matter, and space. These works are an acknowledgment of our constantly changing state of existence where nothing is fixed.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.8.2″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.8.2″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.8.2″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”Didact Gothic||||||||” text_text_color=”#000000″ text_letter_spacing=”2px”]<\/p>\n Shanon Faseler<\/strong><\/p>\n These works are influenced by climate change and its practical impact on landscapes. They evoke the tangible reality of our planet\u2019s fragility and instability. While I focus on aesthetics, representation, and formal parallels in my work, I also address the documentation of events. In 2017, A68a\u2014an enormous 2,300-square-mile iceberg\u2014 broke off of Antarctica\u2019s Larson C Iceshelf. For over a year it hardly moved until currents, wind speeds, and warming waters accelerated its journey. On a collision course with South Georgia Island, A68a itself became a threat to endangered species living there. In the end, the iceberg was consumed by warming waters and higher air temperatures before it made landfall. This series of paintings correlates to A68a\u2019s travels over a period of several years.\u00a0<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.8.2″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.8.2″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.8.2″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”Didact Gothic||||||||” text_text_color=”#000000″ text_letter_spacing=”2px”]<\/p>\n Pehr Smith<\/b><\/p>\n I make muscular abstractions. I work large so I can fully extend my physical reach and tackle a piece from all angles. I\u2019m a stalker, not a talker. It\u2019s from the action not the analysis\u2014 that\u2019s where I get my kicks. It takes exhaustive weeks and bonfires of sketchbooks to hunt down the rhythms and roots of forms, to be ready for the act. I pursue pure abstraction, but when figurative elements surface, it\u2019s because their roots tap into rhythms of a familiar landscape where archetypal animals roam and our ancestors craft stories around questions we can\u2019t answer.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.8.2″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.8.2″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.8.2″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”Didact Gothic||||||||” text_text_color=”#000000″ text_letter_spacing=”2px”]<\/p>\n Sydney Yeager<\/strong><\/p>\n During the twenty-five-mile drive from Austin to my studio in Elgin, I often see flocks of blackbirds forming unpredictable shapes, which [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.8.2″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”2px|||||”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.8.2″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.8.2″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.8.2″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”Didact Gothic||||||||” text_font_size=”21px” text_letter_spacing=”2px”]<\/p>\n ACCTV Artist Interviews<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.8.2″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.8.2″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_video_slider _builder_version=”4.8.2″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_video_slider_item src=”https:\/\/youtu.be\/kVOCV59qU8c” _builder_version=”4.8.2″ _module_preset=”default” show_image_overlay=”off”][\/et_pb_video_slider_item][et_pb_video_slider_item src=”https:\/\/youtu.be\/A92qmjpiO6k” _builder_version=”4.8.2″ _module_preset=”default” show_image_overlay=”off”][\/et_pb_video_slider_item][et_pb_video_slider_item src=”https:\/\/youtu.be\/sdpgQILa6vw” _builder_version=”4.8.2″ _module_preset=”default” show_image_overlay=”off”][\/et_pb_video_slider_item][et_pb_video_slider_item src=”https:\/\/youtu.be\/a_u-Gy4qfME” _builder_version=”4.8.2″ _module_preset=”default” show_image_overlay=”off”][\/et_pb_video_slider_item][\/et_pb_video_slider][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.8.2″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.8.2″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”3px|||||”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.8.2″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.8.2″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”Didact Gothic||||||||” text_font_size=”20px” text_letter_spacing=”2px” background_layout=”dark” custom_margin=”||-37px|||”]<\/p>\n Exhibition Study Guide<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.8.2″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.8.2″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.8.2″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n\n\n
appear as dark, solid forms against the sky. In reality, the birds are swarming in every direction. Scientists call this phenomenon \u201cmurmuration.\u201d In a process that remains a mystery, the birds, numbering in the thousands, rapidly transmit directional changes. I\u2019m attracted to the stark contrast between the interior turbulence created by the flock\u2019s motions and the more defined edges of the overall form. The shape soars and alters in the sky as a single unit while within it, each bird flies on its own independent trajectory. Order is constantly poised on the brink of chaos. This moment of instability is what drives my paintings.<\/p>\n