Eros & Thanatos, a national juried exhibition established to explore the Greek words for Love and Death. Eros, Greek god of love and sex, and Thanatos, the personification of death, have been used throughout western culture to symbolize the driving forces of life, love, sexuality and creativity as well as acknowledging our own mortality.
Eros & Thanatos features selected artists: Susanna C. Austin, Autumn Brown, Audrey Cha, Terence Cover, Joan Cox, Virginia Derryberry, Paul Erlandson, Pauly M. Everett, Leonard Greco, Autumn Kioti Horne, Zoe Nicole Nielsen, Christopher Schneider, Sue E. Schneider, Jeff Schofield, Ariel Williams, and Taryn Zust
Inventory: 1. Terence Cover A Distance There Is… Photography, 11x14x1"
2. Ariel Williams Patricia Oil paint on recycled composite panel, 36 x 24 x 1/8"
3. Christopher Schneider Holding Hands Archival inkjet on Dibond, 16x20"
4. Pauly M. Everett Theatre Mask (Battle of Issus) Mixed media painting on canvas, 36" x 48"
5. Taryn Zust Codependents Cold cast bronze , 9” x 6.5” x 7” (bronze powder, urethane resin, tinted wax finish) SOLD
6. Jeff Schofield Fire of Our Own Making Video, duration 1 minute 27 seconds
7. Autumn Kioti Horne Let us tie ourselves repurposed felt blanket, found fabric scraps, thread, pins, turmeric, potassium ferricyanide, ferric ammonium citrate, rain water, stoneware clay, eyeshadow, repurposed canvas, found objects, 12"x24"x0.75" + 36" of dangling threads
8. Paul Erlandson All Is Vanity Oil on canvas, 24" x 36" x 2"
9. Susanna C. Austin The Crime of Being Woman Stoneware, acrylic paint, 14 x 6 x 6"
10. Virginia Derryberry Venus and Adonis Oil on canvas, fabric, found objects, embroidery, 18 x 25 x 1"
11. Autumn Brown Now you are at the place of annihilation hand cut velvet on paper, 24" x 18" x .25"
12. Sue E Schneider Domestic Bliss Mixed-media, 30" x 15" x 15” - Bra - 21” x 15" x 15” Panties - 15” x 12” x 12”
13. Leonard Greco Self Portrait of the Artist Facing Death oil on panel, 18"x24"x1"
14. Zoe Nicole Nielsen Ill Anchors Dragged Along, For How Long? Acrylic on Canvas, 36" x 60"
15. Audrey Cha The past doesn't evaporate Acrylic, oil pastels on canvas, 36x48x1.5"
Selected, not exhibited: Joan Cox The Floor is Ours Oil on canvas 54" x 96" x 2"