323East Gallery Presents “Glass, Cinder and Thorns” on March 20, 2010
All Star Female Group Exhibit Explores the Dark Side of Fairy Tales and Identity
323East presents “Glass, Cinder and Thorns,” featuring over 15 female artists from Detroit and around the globe. The exhibit opens on Saturday March 20 with an artists’ reception from 6 p.m. – 11 p.m., and runs through April 18, 2010. The show is free and open to the public.
Showcasing female artists from around the world including Detroit, Montreal, Portland, New York, France, Australia and elsewhere, “Glass, Cinder and Thorns” explores the dark side of fairy tales and their impact on identity. “As children, our parents would read to us bedtimes stories of little mermaids, sleeping beauties, and little red riding hoods. These innocent stories often had evil lurking beneath the pages. What Disney failed to tell you is that, the mermaid dies, multiple suitors defiled sleeping beauty, and the wolf ate Grandma,” explains 323East show curator April Segedi.
Participating Detroit artist DeEtta Harris agrees. “As children we are engulfed in this fairytale world with underlying meaning and darkness. Yes they lived happily ever after, but it usually took great sacrifice and dark magic to achieve it.”
As such, the show’s provocative imagery often appears to be on a mission to decipher the puzzle of identity. “The images they offer up are menacing and ambiguous, soft and dreamlike, familiar and uncanny,” further explains art critic Robert de Valle.
In honor of this exhibit, 323East is offering a limited edition of 10 signed and numbered Giclee prints of Audrey Pongracz’s “Gooses Geeses”. The print is 18′x15′ printed on canvas, adorned in the original frame. This limited edition offer will go on sale March 9th at 10am on 323east.com. In 2009 Pongracz was named “Artist of the Year” by Real Detroit Weekly, with “Gooses Geeses” gracing the magazine’s cover. The original was sold at Los Angeles Gallery1988 last summer.
In addition to Pongracz, exhibiting artists include Kelly Vivanco, Jessica Dalva, Edith Lebeau, Megan Frauenhoffer, Maria Finna, Tina Tourikis, Nicole Cummings, Lisa Petrucci, Jessamyn Patterson, DeEtta Harris, Jaclyn Schanes, Lost Fish, Crystal Mielcarek, Jeannie Paske, Jenna Colby, Stephanie Skuzenski and more.
Don’t miss what promises to be one of 2010’s most intriguing art exhibits – “Glass, Cinder and Thorns” – when it opens on Saturday, March 20.
323East is located at 323 E. Fourth Street in Royal Oak, Michigan. For more information please call 248-246-9544 or visit 323East.com.
323East is a collection of creative energy materialized in a mash-up of art, culture, lifestyle and fashion. In addition to the gallery, 323East’s new boutique offers 400 square feet of extra space dedicated to handmade goods by local and international artists including jewelry, handbags, clothing and more.
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The official event press release! I might get to go this show afterall. I still need to look up plane ticket prices, but fingers crossed!
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emmy-ray added these pithy words on Mar 13 10 at 3:13 pmWow, so impressed right now. Congratulations, and looks like you are in good company!
