Wednesday, April 30, 2008
“Seep” reception coincides with Spring Art Stroll
 An installation based on nature and the human body opens with at New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art on Saturday, May 3. A reception for artist Elissa Cox’s “Seep” will be held from 4 to 7 p.m. during the Spring Art Stroll and is free and open to the public. The exhibition runs through Sunday, June 15.Both the human body and the natural landscape inspire Cox and inform the direction of her work. When she creates, manipulates, and molds materials into life-size organic shapes, the contrast and overlap of the beauty found in the natural environment and that of mortal anatomy creates a dynamic dialogue between configuration and surface. In using a broad range of materials, Cox morphs elements from nature with organ-like structures. Utilizing complimentary forms constructed from cloth, wax, plaster and latex, she also incorporates craft-based materials such as sequins and artificial foliage into her installations. Cox is visiting lecturer in the Department of Art and Art History at the University of Kentucky in Lexington. She holds a Master of Fine Arts degree from Ohio University in Athens and a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. She also studied in Florence, Italy and Waihi, New Zealand. She has been featured in numerous articles and received the Lancaster (Ohio) Festival's Wilkes Young Artist Fellowship in 2007. Her work can be seen in upcoming exhibitions in Pennsylvania, Kansas, and Ohio. New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art is located at 506 Main Street and is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday and noon to 4 p.m. Sunday. For more information call 812/682-3156. This exhibition was made possible by the University of Southern Indiana and the Indiana Arts Commission. |
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