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Mission Statement The H. Paxton Moore Fine Art Gallery seeks to showcase local, regional and national artists working in a variety of media as well as host exhibits traveling nationally. Exhibitions will enhance the education and experience of the students, faculty, staff and community at large. Lectures, workshops, and other events will accompany each exhibit to engage the public in the understanding of art. H. Paxton Moore Fine Art Gallery at El Centro College Presents: 
Claire Ashley: Fluorescent PopJanuary 26 - February 23, 2012Reception: Thursday 1/26 4-6 pm Scottish born Chicago resident Claire Ashley will bring her neon-inflected DIY inflatable sculptures to the H. Paxton Moore Fine Art Gallery at El Centro College this January with her solo show, "Fluorescent Pop". This will be the first Texas show for Ashley, an MFA graduate of The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She has shown extensively in and around Chicago, including exhibitions and projects at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago; Chicago Cultural Center; Rockford Museum of Art, Rockford IL; and Art Santa Fe Project Space, Santa Fe NM. Of her own work, Ashley says, "I have explored many approaches to object making to get at my desire for this conglomeration of painting and sculpture. In so doing, my work with inflatable sculptures has been the most satisfying. I find the inflatable form compelling, as it exists in two states: both as flaccid skin (painting) and taut volume (sculpture)." Her show will include an installation of 5 large-scale inflatable sculptures, each tinged with expressive spray painted patterns and duct tape, along with a wall-mounted drawing on Sintra. The sculptural works are powered by electric air blowers, which enhance the allusion to strangely formed bodies, either whole or in parts, when viewed in their alternating states of flaccidity or tautness. Claire Ashley will be on hand to speak about her work at the opening reception, Thursday January 26th 4-6 pm. |