Robin Martindale: On and Off the Wall

August 3 – September 7, 2024
Owen Gallery

Reception:
August 1, 2024
5 PM – 7 PM
Owen Gallery

As I see it, art-making is a meditative process. When I work, I learn who I am. Visual art is a way of communicating that is as visceral as music but much more subtle, particularly when it is non-representational or abstracted. We absorb things visually and take joy in that vision without taking the time to name it.

The original idea for the exhibition was to propose a show at the old Toe River Arts Council space in Burnsville, NC. The work would include small clay sculptural pieces that would hang on the wall in a group and abstract acrylic paintings.

When the show was moved to the old library space in Burnsville, I began to build larger sculptural pieces that use recycled materials, such as plastic containers, shells, and scrap steel. Since the space is much larger than the original space I intended to use some of my larger sculptural pieces to fill in the space.

I offer these images to you and hope that they reveal a story to you that is unique to you and that their ambiguity reveals our common humanity and that we can feel the comfort of our similarities in them.