On view: May 3 - June 9
Reception: May 13, 6-8pm
What does it mean to be on the inside? In our new gallery show, Interior, we invite artists to explore their own understanding of the interior: interior design, interior thoughts and feelings, interior to our bodies or minds or buildings and spaces, inner circles of trust and community, and more. The interior pertains to that which is within, and we want this show to highlight that which is within you, whatever that means to you.
Juror, Pazia Mannella, spent over 2 hours looking carefully at all 98 artworks submitted before making her final decisions. Please find her statement below.
Juror’s Statement
C. Pazia Mannella
Each artwork included in the Interior exhibition engagingly responded to the inquiry, “What does it mean to be on the inside?”
Vibrant colors, dark shadows, and brilliant flashes of light radiate from the collective artworks in the Interior exhibition. Artists interpreted the theme of Interior along spectrums of real and imagined, public and private, and figure and architecture.
These three award winning artworks are excellent contemplations of interior.
The watercolor painting by Mary Redders, Lucy + JayJay Patiently Waiting on the Deck, depicts two black dogs viewed from the interior of a home through a sliding glass door. Brilliant blue highlights the deep black of their fur and palpable movement is rendered, suggesting slow pacing and tails wagging, passively waiting...
The mixed media work by Madeleine LeMieux, Pendulant Curtains, is a two-dimensional color pencil and acrylic painting of elongated breasts partially obscured by a potted plant. The piece is framed by hot pink, teal, turquoise, and yellow three-dimensional stuffed spandex, containing, binding and extruding from the interior.
Lindsay Picht’s watercolor and pen painting, Comfort Zone, depicts a young woman shrouded in a coral blanket, wearing white slouchy socks. Prominently displayed behind her is a bulletin board pinned with photos and other memorabilia, posters of ads, and artwork. The bedroom wall is a soothing shade of powder blue, and the bedding and carpet are cream. The figure appears at home, surrounded by material comfort, gazing from within the room past the viewer.
It is an honor to jury the Interior exhibition at Columbia Art League and I wish all the artists sincere congratulations.
C. Pazia Mannella
Artist and Assistant Professor
School of Visual Studies
University of Missouri
Congratulations to all in the show, and especially to the following:
Lindsay Picht - 1st Place for Comfort Zone
Madeleine LeMieux - 2nd Place for Pendulant Curtains
Mary Redders - 3rd Place for Lucy & JayJay Patiently Waiting on the Deck
Honorable mentions for:
Jason Stephen - Invasion
Lina Forrester - The Stone Giver
Ira Papick - Interior Equals Exterior
Brandy Tieman - Monster Inside
