<span>Historians
believed that Cave painting has special meaning to those who created them because
they found out that the paintings vary significantly according to the
experience and cultural maturity of the artist, based on the nature and
contours of the rock surface, the strength and the type of light and the raw
materials used. As the artists expressed their choice whether or not the
outline of the cave wall made it significant since in engraving or even sculpting
would be applied to boost volume and relief. Historians thought that cave
paintings was created for ceremonial reasons and perhaps in connection with
social, supernatural and religious rituals.</span>
Andy Yoder, sculptor: “Many people take great comfort in the bathroom towels being the same color as the soap, toilet paper, and tiles. It means there is a connection between them, and an environment of order. Home is a place not only of comfort, but of control. This sense of order, in whatever form it takes, acts as a shield against the unpredictability and lurking chaos of the outside world.
My work is an examination of the different forms this shield takes, and the thinking that lies behind it. I use domestic objects as the common denominators of our personal environment. Altering them is a way of questioning the attitudes, fears and unwritten rules which have formed that environment and our behavior within it.”
Nancy McIntyre, silk screen artist: “I like it when a place has been around long enough that there is a kind of tension between the way it was originally designed to look and the way it looks now, as well as a tension between the way it looks to whoever is caring for it and the way it looks to me. Trouble is, the kinds of places I find most appealing keep getting closed or torn down.
What do I want to say with my art?
Celebrate the human, the marks people make on the world. Treasure the local, the small-scale, the eccentric, the ordinary: whatever is made out of caring. Respect what people have built for themselves. Find the beauty in some battered old porch or cluttered, human-scale storefront, while it still stands.”
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