Nightingale Gallery's Faculty Exhibition 2013

Susan Murrell. Prints.

Framed Collages: Jessica Plattner; Left framed print: Susan Murrell

Jessica Plattner. Mixed media collages.

Jess Riva Cooper. 

Foreground Sculpture: Jess Riva Cooper, Framed Prints: Susan Murrell

Foreground Sculpture: Jess Riva Cooper; Framed prints: Susan Murrell

Foreground Sculpture: Doug Kaigler; Framed prints: Susan Murrell

Cory Peeke

Cory Peeke. Mixed Media.

Doug Kaigler. Mixed Media.

Mike Sell. Digital Photographs.

Mike Sell.

Doug Kaigler. Personal Navigational Device. Mixed Media.

Doug Kaigler. Personal Navigational Device. Mixed Media.

Doug Kaigler.

Mike Sell.

Joseph Cornell

Artist #7: Joseph Cornell

Cornell's collage work of found objects within these frames is incredibly fascinating. In many ways, collage is very similar to what I'm interested in with analog photography similar to the works of Jerry Ulsmann. It also reminds me of Georges Melies' fantastical films from the late 1890s to early 1910s. My favorite of Cornell's is Tilly Losch. Not only does it evoke a surrealist imaginary quality that I am so attracted to, but there is a clear sense of realistic depth between the background and the chosen objects.

Joseph Cornell. Tilly Losch. Mixed media. c. 1935

Joseph Cornell. Mixed media.

Recommended to me by Cory Peeke.

George Tooker

Artist #6 George Tooker

The magic realist and social realist painter, George Tooker, definitely intrigues me. I love films like Amélie and Midnight in Paris where, despite that the setting in both films appears realist contemporary, have an inherit magical element or quality. Tooker's paintings are the same. My favorite is the last image I posted of the old woman and her young reflection. I also am amazed by the intense eeriness evident in his paintings, a true anxiety and uneasiness.

George Tooker. Government Bureau. Egg Tempera. 1956.

George Tooker. The Subway. Egg Tempera. 1950.

George Tooker. Egg Tempera.

Recommended to me by Jessica Plattner.