The ‘EDGE’ Exhibition 08/09, Channing Peake Gallery
EDGE: Santa Barbara Artists Respond
SEPTEMBER 29, 2008 – JANUARY 16, 2009
ARTISTS: Rebekah Altman, Phoebe Brunner, Rafael Perea de la Cabada, Jane Callister, Pat Calonne, Scott Chatenever, Joan Rosenberg-Dent, Ann Diener, Richard Dunlap, Noah Erenberg and Elena Siff, Nancy Taliaferro Faulkner, William Fenn, Julia Ford, Rebecca Gomez, Dane Goodman, Sophie Grant, Inga R. Guzyte, , Kimberly Hahn, Jean-Pierre Hebert, Mary Heebner, Ed Inks, Michael Irwin, Colleen Kelly, Wayne McCall, Nathan Snyder, Dug Uyesaka, Nina Warner, Kelly Wheeler, Kellie Wolfe, and Seyburn Zorthian.
Ro Snell, Curator.
The artists’ responses culminate in a dynamic combination of individual aesthetics and a diverse use of media and dimensions. A pervasive element throughout their work is the application of a conceptual interpretation, examining boundaries, questioning convention and addressing current global concerns. In addition, the group is made up of various ages and stages of artistic careers, adding a unique perspective to the exhibition installation as a whole.
On July 21st the year of 1984, the magic stars in the sky said: "Crazy girl you're late, open your eyes and say buenos Diaz to this wonderful world!" , and so I did. I opened my eyes right after a clap on my baby but, introduced myself as Inga Guzyte and took off into this crazy little world, Lithuania. Two years after me, my brother Linas followed, who knew he would become a carpenter later on. The time ran faster, I kept on discovering the world as I was playing games with my cousins, saving potatoes from potato bugs and sitting on big stacks of hey. Despite the careless childhood 11 years later Lithuania got too small and my little family of one brother and a single mother moved to a new and bigger/crazier world with lots of unknown words. We moved to Germany. I felt quite intimidated and shy in this big world, but exciting things kept happening to me. Wooden machines with wheels, looked like skateboards to me, were making the every day life more and more fun. Lots of unsaid words were unleashed on white paper taking the form of little funny monsters. And so the world kept spinning, the little funny monster characters kept following me,playing with me even after my High School graduation.