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August, 2008"Places Far Away"
He continues: "By making compositions of landscape pattern at scales more broad than can be perceived in real life, I try to introduce a fresh look onto our planet. I do this in part because it is beautiful in such wide sweeps, and in part because many of us need more familiarity with our surroundings. The knowing from even casual examination of regional arrangements strengthens our sense of place, and for some gives both pleasure and confidence. "Included are very broad and varied African pieces, a summary of the Andes Cordillera, a triplet of the Earth's great peninsulae, imagery of deserts and ice formations, the gracefulness of dune fields, and some surprising shapes from well-known (?) areas. "Most of the exhibited works are simple elevation surfaces whose color and shadow attributes were chosen by the artist. Statements of mood infer the basic character of the area, but in some cases, such as the peninsulae, a standard treatment has been adopted to highlight the differences between places. "Digital mapping tools, and the availability of highly detailed spatial data, have improved to the degree that regions can effectively be accumulations of localities. A series of subtle graphical refinements render a view of landscape which is intuitive enough even for novice viewers to understand, and to satisfy their own individual curiosities. Issues of scale are transformed in a unique manner by recent gains in the precision and size of high quality inkjet printers. Results are useful as scientific reference, as pure aesthetic pieces, and as precursors for a less-symboled cartography."
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This month, visitors to the gallery will be taken to places far away and places far above the Earth from where they can view vast expanses of five continents in strikingly imaginative colors. Member artist Jay Hart, in his first solo show at the gallery titled "Places Far Away", presents large-format geographic art that displays, he says, especially fine patches of the earth's terrain.
