VISUAL ARTS + MUSEUMS

Rudolph Projects/ArtScan Gallery is proud to present the exhibition Here is Nowhere,  an exhibition of paintings and videos by Lillian Warren.

The exhibition opens on February 26th with a reception for the artist from 6:00 - 8:00 pm. The exhibition will remain on view through March 28th.

Artist’s Statement:

My paintings focus on the urban / suburban infrastructure dominating our landscape – roads, traffic lights and communication networks entangled overhead, gas stations and convenient stores. I relish the disjointed imagery glimpsed through my car window while looking over the SUV in the next lane. When I piece together this drive-by landscape I see a culture obsessed with mobility, predictability and convenience.

I use fragmented images, repeated across multiple panels to explore an ambiguous shifting space and a hint of narrative. Each work incorporates memories formed by moments half observed and then forgotten, but made familiar through countless repetition. The painting takes shape as a hybrid, not quite any-place, not quite no-place. I want to create an experience that is intimate because I’ve been there, but anonymous because it is everywhere.

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Rudolph Projects | ArtScan Gallery is pleased to host three salon discussions in conjunction with Here is Nowhere. All salons are free and open to the public, though space is limited. A short reception will be held after each event.

Here is Nowhere | Making a Place for Art
Saturday, March 7th at 5:30 pm

The importance of a sense of place in the creative process of three artistic disciplines: Visual art / poetry / dance. Speakers include:

 Danielle DuBois - poet and fiction writer extraordinaire and graduate student in the UH Creative Writing Program
 Leslie Scates - Assistant Director Dance Programs Rice University Recreation Center; Director, Rice Dance Theatre, and a leading improvisational-dance expert
 Lillian Warren - an artist whose work explores the visual clutter on the edges of suburbia

Here is Nowhere | Subject, Execution and Context
Saturday, March 14th at 1:30 pm

A discussion exploring the paintings and videos in the exhibition. Speakers include:

 Clint Willour - Curator Galveston Arts Center, Texas Art Patron of the Year in 2006,
 Nancy Zastudil - Program Manager at Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts
 Lillian Warren - an artist whose work explores the visual clutter on the edges of suburbia

Here is Nowhere | Emotional Content
Saturday, March 28 at 1:30 pm

A discussion of isolation, identity and awareness relating to the works in the exhibition.  Speakers include:

 Elizabeth Fowler - psychologist and marriage and family therapist in private practice
 Kathleen Gallentine MD, psychotherapist and psychiatrist focusing on depression and anxiety and their effect on personal and interpersonal contentment
 Lillian Warren - an artist whose work explores the visual clutter on the edges of suburbia