In the bright light of January we are welcomed by Scott Brown’s highly painted wood panels of primary colors and Kristian Brevik’s play of illuminated life. This show is up through mid-March and viewable on F, S, S 12-6pm during Kraemer & Kin’s hours of operation. More details to follow.
Scott Brown’s panels are designed by hand, drafted on a computer, send to a cnc shop in Bristol, then returned to Grand Isle for painting and assembly. Each panel is a geometry of puzzle pieces, a variation of pattern and shape. The triptych Planet Series reaches across the boundary of space as the yellow orb revolves from one panel to the other; in Dancing, a more urban inspired panel, the dancers are contained yet breach the black grid of city streets; and in Migration, the largest piece (yet) to be installed, we see rotating rhythm of color and sound.
Kristian Brevik’s works in art and science combining them into forms that help us question the relationships between us, humans, and life-other-than-human. His whale sculptures (humpback, sperm whale, and red whale) hang and move in the Gallery air as if this were still the Champlain Sea, of 13,000 years ago, when Charlotte, the whale, was still swimming around. The narwhal and grey whale are on lamp bases, yet freely move and float through time as well.
Kristian says: I create illuminated sculptural lanterns representing the breadth of biodiversity in the living world. When lit, these lanterns reveal skeletons, colors, and patterns of the creatures they represent - they cast a warm glow, drawing the viewer in. These works encourage the consideration of these beings, their role in ecosystems, and their wellbeing in the world. www.kristianbrevik.com
Added to these “linen stretched over a metal frame” creatures are two delightful pollinators. Again reminding us of our interconnected life within the natural world.
