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Vibrant
Nina Johnson is proud to present Vibrant, an exhibition of new works by the artists of Creative Growth Art Center, the oldest and largest nonprofit art studio for artists with developmental, mental, and physical disabilities. Opening on May 15th and on view through July 31st, Vibrant features works from sixteen of Creative Growth鈥檚 artists working across drawings, paintings, and sculpture: Aurie Ramirez, Carrie Oyama, Dan Miller, Donald Mitchell, Dwight Mackintosh, George Wilson, John Martin, Joseph Alef, Juan Aguilera, Latefa Noorzai, Lauren Dare, Maureen Clay, Ron Veasey, Terri Bowden, Tony Pedemonte, and Ying Ge Zhou.
With styles reminiscent of Abstract Expressionism to Fauvism and Pop Art, these exciting works highlight a group of extraordinary artists once marginalized by disability. Despite never receiving classical training, the distinct and diverse aesthetic considerations of the works on view stem from a sophisticated depiction of the world and their experiences. In Lauren Dare鈥檚 mixed media on paper and board, an obsessive interest in pattern, repetition, and technique saturate her energetic swaths of color that recall Helen Frankenthaler鈥檚 emotional abstract paintings. Dwight Mackintosh creates dreamlike portraits and vignettes with repeated outlines that stutter across the paper. His playful, yet complex rendering follows in the lineage created by Cubist and Surrealist artists such as Paul Klee and Joan Mir贸.
Despite their work often being compared to 鈥渙utsider art,鈥� the self-taught artists at Creative Growth and beyond have always been an integral part of historical and contemporary art. 鈥淚t鈥檚 important to remember that these artists are part of the contemporary art world, and not relegated to a limiting category such as outsider art or disability art,鈥� says Creative Growth Director of External Relations Tom di Maria. Instead of marginalizing these artists, Vibrant celebrates their difference. Dan Miller鈥檚 autism influences his works on paper, producing abstract forms that illustrate a fixation with glyphs, writing, and color that resemble paintings by Cy Twombly. Other artists, such as Ron Veasey, are largely non-verbal and use their artistic practice to eloquently express their experiences.
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Nina Johnson is proud to present Vibrant, an exhibition of new works by the artists of Creative Growth Art Center, the oldest and largest nonprofit art studio for artists with developmental, mental, and physical disabilities. Opening on May 15th and on view through July 31st, Vibrant features works from sixteen of Creative Growth鈥檚 artists working across drawings, paintings, and sculpture: Aurie Ramirez, Carrie Oyama, Dan Miller, Donald Mitchell, Dwight Mackintosh, George Wilson, John Martin, Joseph Alef, Juan Aguilera, Latefa Noorzai, Lauren Dare, Maureen Clay, Ron Veasey, Terri Bowden, Tony Pedemonte, and Ying Ge Zhou.
With styles reminiscent of Abstract Expressionism to Fauvism and Pop Art, these exciting works highlight a group of extraordinary artists once marginalized by disability. Despite never receiving classical training, the distinct and diverse aesthetic considerations of the works on view stem from a sophisticated depiction of the world and their experiences. In Lauren Dare鈥檚 mixed media on paper and board, an obsessive interest in pattern, repetition, and technique saturate her energetic swaths of color that recall Helen Frankenthaler鈥檚 emotional abstract paintings. Dwight Mackintosh creates dreamlike portraits and vignettes with repeated outlines that stutter across the paper. His playful, yet complex rendering follows in the lineage created by Cubist and Surrealist artists such as Paul Klee and Joan Mir贸.
Despite their work often being compared to 鈥渙utsider art,鈥� the self-taught artists at Creative Growth and beyond have always been an integral part of historical and contemporary art. 鈥淚t鈥檚 important to remember that these artists are part of the contemporary art world, and not relegated to a limiting category such as outsider art or disability art,鈥� says Creative Growth Director of External Relations Tom di Maria. Instead of marginalizing these artists, Vibrant celebrates their difference. Dan Miller鈥檚 autism influences his works on paper, producing abstract forms that illustrate a fixation with glyphs, writing, and color that resemble paintings by Cy Twombly. Other artists, such as Ron Veasey, are largely non-verbal and use their artistic practice to eloquently express their experiences.
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