Since January 2008, sculptor Richard Dorff and painter Lorin Hesse have met weekly for a grand project of discourse through art and words. Each, in turn, produced and presented a new piece weekly. And each, in turn, then responded graphically to the other. An intense iconographic, aesthetic, and verbal dialogue ensued, and it is this combination of languages, marks and remarks, which is the focus of this exhibit.
An interest in formal issues relating to space, pattern, and line is evident throughout the series, as well as an emphasis on abstraction, metaphor, and personal exposure through self portraiture.
Both artists’ sensibilities are exercised in the innovative installation of the exhibit, which merges both a 2-D and 3-D approach. Traditional gallery values are questioned and viewers are invited to consider the words (whose graphic representations in black and white, are applied directly to the walls) as they would have the works themselves. The works, meanwhile, will be shelved and out of immediate view in a specially designed storage area of the installation.
Images of Words: A Dialogue will be at the Atlantic Works Gallery in East Boston from September 4th through September 27th.
Opening: Thursday, Sept. 4th 7-10pm
Gallery Hours: Fri and Sat 2-6pm
Contact: 978-395-350 or 617-283-7113 or visit www.atlanticworks.org