Friday, March 12, 2010

"Real(ists)" Exhibition, Sarasota FL

The "Real(ists)" Exhibition curated by Kevin Dean of The Selby Gallery at Ringling College of Art and Design was an excellent concept with international top notch talent displayed to illustrate the many ways in which contemporary artists are using inspiration from the real world to create art.
"Tea Time for Darfur" was included in the show, my cocklebur / burdock jumbo sized tea set that raises political and moral questions about the ongoing tragedy in Darfur.
Dean writes in the beautiful 40 page full color catalogue about my work;
Unpleasant and Shifting Realities
Equally disturbing is Val Lyle's tea service made from cockleburs. The title refers to a real nightmare. Lyle called it Tea Time for Darfur (from the Sticky Subjects Series.) the sticky subject here is the death from starvation, disease and war of an estimated 300,000 people in the former British Colony, and our inability to stop it.

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