Togonon Gallery is
pleased to present Ted Lincoln and Adrianne Watson
in their first solo exhibitions at the gallery.
Ted Lincoln "Plural Notions"– New
Paintings
Adrianne
Watson
"Tricking
Out" – New Paintings and Sculpture
Exhibition:
July 2-August 2, 2009
Reception:
Thursday, July 2, 2009, 5:30-7:30 p.m.
Artist Talk:
Thursday, July 2, 2009, 7 p.m.
About Ted Lincoln:
Lincoln’s paintings on rice paper explore
contemporary themes utilizing ancient Chinese ink techniques coupled
with modern and often technology-based materials, including aluminum
paneling and aircraft epoxy. About his art, the
artist explains, "The greatest influence in my work has been the
outdoors and the peaceful swamps I experienced as a child in Florida.
Growing up in the south, being mixed Asian and Caucasian, many times I
felt out of place. In the quiet, dark, and damp stillness I found a
contemplative peace. The dark beauty I came to love in these swamps
mirrored the tension and understanding of my cultural experience and is
reflected in my work."
Initially a representational painter, Lincoln changed to abstractions
in 1999 when he learned the Sumi ink technique in China derived from
the Pomo method, adapted by the monk Wong Mo during the T’iang Dynasty
(618-906 AD). Showing a strong command of his process, Lincoln’s use of
abstraction is a tool to comment on our substitution of technology for
experiences of nature.
Ted Lincoln obtained his BFA from The San Francisco Art Institute in
2000. He lives and works in South Florida.
PRESS RELEASE: TED LINCOLN
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About Adrianne Watson:
Watson uses real and imagined words, pictures, and objects to invent a
visual language that embodies the complexities of her heritage,
ancestry and geographic settings. Using a variety of sources
she
"tricks out" objects and produces newly invented images which are
highly engaging, idiosyncratic, and theatrical.
James Clifford
wrote in "On Collecting Art & Culture": "…In the West,
collecting
has long been a strategy for the deployment of a possessive self,
culture, and authenticity”. This exhibition of paintings and
sculptures, demonstrates Watson’s ongoing and atypical collecting to
bridge the enormous disconnect from her Filipino heritage growing up on
the plains of rural Nebraska.
Adrianne Watson obtained her
Bachelors in Studio Art and History from Hastings College in Nebraska
and completed her MFA (Painting and Drawing) from The California
College of Art in San Francisco California. She was a
recipient
of the Murphy and Cadogan Fellowship Award in 2008. Watson lives and
works in Omaha, Nebraska. PRESS RELEASE: ADRIANNE WATSON
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