近距离内射合集

The paired exhibition 鈥淚nter路Act // Unfamiliar Intimacies鈥� at the Harwood Art Center features works by Mark Weaver and Jessica Marie Gross.

While the artists鈥� pieces differ, the exhibit creates a conversation about how they perceive and interact with the world, Weaver said.

鈥淲e have, kind of, different practices, Jessica and I,鈥� Weaver said. 鈥淏ut I think we鈥檙e both very interested in the substance of the world and looking into it and figuring out the way that things work.鈥�

Weaver and Gross both work in printmaking, practicing different methods. Weaver carves woodcuts, while Gross screenprints bird skins and paints watercolors of birds on polypropylene.

Gross said what connects the work is a concern for the natural world and infusion with natural materials.

鈥淗e does woodcut prints, and so he鈥檚 using this wood substrate for his materials,鈥� Gross said, 鈥渁nd I鈥檓 talking about the natural world, so our relationship with plants and animals.鈥�

Weaver scavenges for materials and uses wood not typically chosen.

鈥淎 lot of times I use pieces that are very difficult to cut,鈥� Weaver said, 鈥渁nd I really appreciate the way that makes them look.鈥�

The resistance from the tougher wood is important to him 鈥� the more difficult materials change the final look and process, he said.

鈥淚t鈥檚 a lot about intuition and getting a feel for working with the materials,鈥� Weaver said.

Gross鈥� art is influenced by her day job in the science field.

鈥淎s I was making this exhibition, I was also teaching genetics and thinking about evolution and agriculture and plastics,鈥� Gross said.

鈥淎nd so the central question that kind of ties all this together for me is, what kind of relationship with other living beings are we willing or able to perceive?鈥�

Gross said evolution shows how humans are related to other living things and connected to the world. In society, she said, we鈥檙e taught that other living things are separate and resources. She wanted to show the connection rather than the societal ideal.

鈥淚鈥檓 sort of trying to create this tension between those two ideas that you know we do have this very intimate relationship with other living beings,鈥� Gross said. 鈥淏ut in some ways they鈥檙e unfamiliar because we鈥檝e separated ourselves intellectually and emotionally from them.鈥�

Elizabeth Secor is an arts fellow for the 近距离内射合集. You can reach her at esecor@abqjournal.com.