EMERGING ARTIST MAKES WHITE-WALL CURATORIAL DEBUT WITH GROUP EXHIBITION OF MODERN LANDSCAPE ARTISTS
Contracommon is proud to present Feeling Big & Being Small, a group show which explores differing approaches to the making of contemporary Landscape art. The exhibition will be on view in the gallery from January 30th through February 27th, 2025.
Curated by Contracommon studio member Morgan Gage, Feeling Big & Being Small encourages viewers to reflect upon how diversity in image-creation lends credit to the power of individual introspection, which both contrasts and illuminates the feelings of smallness imparted by vast interconnected landscapes. This exhibition will display artwork with the curatorial assertion that self-insertion (AKA the hand of the artist) is the future of the landscape genre – allowing both the artist and the viewer to reject environmental-separatism as they reflect upon a world in which their own unique interpretations are pivotal to impacting the Earth we live within. Feeling Big & Being Small aims to highlight approaches to the landscape genre which explore assorted qualities of: daydreaming, automatism, situational emotion, temporal materiality, plein air meditations, and/or reimagined geographies.
“In the current era, during which human affect on the natural world is not only regularly acknowledged but feared, the grief of the past and present needs to be countered by a hopefulness for the present and future. A person is not so small that loneliness would be a vacuum and not so large that they cannot help watching where they step.”
Artwork By Valerie Fowler, Jules Buck Jones, Hollis Hammonds, Matt Rebholz, Colleen Blackard, Shea Carley, Eli Decker, Alyssa Dawn Galloway, Clara Brill, Holly Cerna, Sam Fullilove, Thomas Cook, Andew Sakamoto, Bella Cheng, Morgan Gage, & Caroline Perkison
Feeling Big & Being Small will be on view in the gallery from January 30th through February 27th, 2025. An opening reception featuring live musical performances and poetry readings will be held at Contracommon on Sunday, February 2nd from 1-5 pm; it is free to attend and open to the public, with air purifiers provided by Clear the Air ATX (@cleartheair.atx). Reception-Day Performances include Ambient Music by Dan LeVine, evel, & Jared Standish and Live Poetry Readings by August Smith, Kayti Lahsaiezadeh, & Wallace Barker.
Contracommon’s weekly schedule is Friday through Sunday from 12pm – 6pm, with private viewing appointments available Monday - Thursday upon request at calendly.com/contracommon.
For a list of related in-person and virtual events, visit our website at contracommon.org. For inquiries, information, or to make a donation, email contact@contracommon.org.
