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May Day 2004 @ Rogue Buddha
Wednesday 12 May @ 12:54:02 |
 by Valerie Valentine
Stepping into the space, I get a shiver. It might be a bit of spring’s damp chill; the cool air and drippy sky encourage goose bumps. But truly I think it’s a sensation from the art in the room. The images and styles are uncanny, and give this reviewer an eerie feeling of déjà vu. The women milling about their creations also have a sense of familiarity. The show is called May Day 2004: 10 Different Visions, all by women artists.
 "Issues of Burden (work in progress)" [left] by Pam Cox
I recognize the emotions in Terri Miller’s steep sculptures. “Loved” is a jagged valentine heart, pretty in pink but wounding around the edges. “Confused” and “Stressed” raise the blood pressure just looking at it: sharp angles and flashy colors pierce the visual plane and interpret tension creatively. At the same time, the steel becomes industrial flowers, raised from the rich soil of human sentiment. Miller’s landscape of handmade paper, “The Mutation of Shangrha” is a curious map of Dr. Seuss-like design, exhibited in 3-D. The spring season in “Shanghra” makes for rocky pink blooms and chunky trees.
Beth Baker’s handmade paper designs use text and natural tones. A single leaf represents “Hope,” a palette of silky strings becomes the “Silent Sea.” Her crisp collages soothe the eye, much like nature.
Incorporating actual earthen materials, Ciara Emma has constructed a “Fertile Ground.” This bed as centerpiece is dressed in red velvet, with two pillows, a real dirt bed and a blanket of actual lilacs. The aroma of turned earth and fresh cut flowers summons spring, and the bed suggests its mating season. It’d be cool to see actual seeds sprout from that bed—but if not, the colors and smells are arresting as is.
Bonnie Brabson’s abaca handmade sculptures link seasonal and personal transformation with “Metamorphosis.” Human silhouettes bloom from a soft whitish cloud, or, in reverse, they wither.
The organic materials serve as theme to link all the pieces. The exceptions are the steel sculpture and the photographs, but imagery within connects. Corrine Koracec’s oddly masculine photographs of cars in a junkyard incorporate mechanical decay being subsumed by natural growth. Pale green stalks against fading red paint in “DeLuxe #1” make lovely hues, and abstract the automobile into something almost alive.
In the downstairs gallery, Felicitas Maria Sobec’s solo exhibit, Womyn, showcases art and sculpture celebrating the divine feminine. The Rogue Buddha experience this month presents ladies’ take on the season; don’t fear the estrogen surge, it’s perfectly natural.
May Day 2004: 10 Different Visions runs through May. Rogue Buddha Gallery, 2402 E. Hennepin Ave., Mpls. 612-331-3889.
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