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Repeat: Jamison Carter and Margaret Griffith
Rock Creek Helzer Gallery
Gallery dates: April 3 to May 5
Margaret Griffith’s works hover between sculpture and drawing and are based on what she sees as the impermanence of the physical, particularly in urban environments. She is drawn to architectural details such as wrought-iron gates and fences. Working from her photographs, she makes life-size, full-scale replicas by drawing and then cutting her materials, which range from paper to Tyvek and metals. Her “gates” drape, droop, and hang from ceilings and walls. In the delicacy of the designs and the folds that obscure their patterns, these works reference the change, destruction, and decay that are inherent to the built environment.
Griffith received her MFA from Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI. She is Assistant Professor of Art at Rio Hondo College, Whittier, CA.
Jamison Carter makes sculpture, painting, prints, and installation pieces. His works are characterized by intense color, a dizzying array of materials, and a fascination with process. His works can be either meticulous in their control of materials or freer, embracing chance and accident. Writing in Artsy, Bridget Gleeson concluded a review of a 2015 show, with the following: “ That’s Jamison Carter for you—ambitious, bright, experimental, referential, attention-grabbing, and ultimately uncategorizable.”
Carter received his MFA from Cranbrook Academy of Art and teaches sculpture and 3D design at Los Angeles Valley College.
Carter and Griffith will be in residence at PCC Rock Creek from April 25-27.
Please join us on April 27 at 1 in Building 5 for a dedication of the sculptural installation they’ll be creating with students, followed by a reception and artists’ talk in the Helzer Gallery starting at 1:30.
