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| Ken Dubin, Bird, 1979, acrylic paint, paper |
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| Gyan Shrosbree, Bling, 2012, acrylic, jewels, push-pins, and glitter canvas, 36 x 66 inches |
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| Lee Emma Running, Botanical Life, 2014, hand-cut custom printed fabric |
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| Jim Shrosbree, Ambo (mondo), 2012, paint, wire, and wood on canvas, 9.5 x 12 inches |
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| Judy Bales, detail from Recurrences, 2014, recycled plastics and mixed media |
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| Benjamin Gardner, Black Soil, 2012, paint on masonite, 40 x 30 inches |
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| Here's a detail view of one of my own pieces, End Sheet. |
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| Dennis Kowalski, Tri-color, 2007, grocery store fasteners, 13 x 1.5 x 1.5 inches |
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| Robert Hoerlein, Untitled (Spectacle #1), 2014, acrylic on fabric, wire, wood, and plastic |
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| Mary Laube, from left to right, At the Edge of the Shadow, 2014, micaceous iron oxide on Phototex, 69 x 17.25 inches; Untitled (Red and Pink Floorpiece), 2012, ceramic; It was 1970, 2013, acrylic on wood, 6 x 6 x 4 inches |
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| Installation of work by Ken Dubin |
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| Amber O'Harrow, Nursery III, 2010, Electro-appliqued copper on copper wire and nylon, wool, found object |
The work included in Whimsy: Play, Quirk and a Tongue-in-Cheek Aesthetic, shares a like-minded sensibility in that the work seems to exist first and foremost to explore or reference the nature of play and playfulness, of quirk and a quirkiness, that refers either directly to the work itself or makes reference to events and ideas outside the work.
ICON IOWA CONTEMPORARY ART
MAY 2 - JULY 12, 2014 12-5, TU-FRI • 1-4, SAT & by appointment
MAY 2 - JULY 12, 2014 12-5, TU-FRI • 1-4, SAT & by appointment
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