Curious Objects
Carrie Minikel
May 26 to July 14, 2018
Gallery Reception:
Saturday, June 2nd 6-8pm
Gallery Hours: 11am-6pm Daily
Entry through Tostadas or by Appointment
Come make your own Curious Objects, or instruments for discovery, from found and repurposed materials. We will explore ways to augment our senses, give ourselves superpowers and sensitize ourselves to our surroundings.
About the Exhibit:
Carrie Minikel’s Curious Objects are tools for investigating one’s current moment and location. As a mechanism for qualitative subjective research, the work’s aim is not for answers or conclusions but contemplative investigation of our surroundings. The visual language of found and re-purposed materials is employed to suggest familiarity and allude to the many ways which objects mediate our daily interactions with our environments. Implied use and relationship to the body is suggested through functional features such as handles, lenses, and wheels. Familiar aspects of objects are poetically repurposed to strike an ambiguous territory between tool, toy, and scientific device. When used, they serve as vehicles for discovery of both their function and what they are meant to observe.
About the Artist:
Carrie's love of making has taken her across many media and disciplines including painting, sculpture, jewelry, and furniture. Her pieces are inspired by natural forms, traditional Japanese aesthetic, Shaker design, African cultural objects and indigenous jewelry. She studied painting, metal smithing and woodworking at the University of Wisconsin-Madison where she received a BS in Fine Art. During her undergraduate work, she lived in Florence, Italy for a year studying painting and art history. She has also participated in several domestic and international workshops and residencies including Haystack Mountain School of Crafts in Deer Isle, Maine, and attended Rose Shakinovsky and Claire Gavronksy's invitational workshops in Italy and South Africa. She received her MFA at California College of the Arts in San Francisco, and now lives in Oceanside with her husband and daughter.
Carrie Minikel
May 26 to July 14, 2018
Gallery Reception:
Saturday, June 2nd 6-8pm
Gallery Hours: 11am-6pm Daily
Entry through Tostadas or by Appointment
Come make your own Curious Objects, or instruments for discovery, from found and repurposed materials. We will explore ways to augment our senses, give ourselves superpowers and sensitize ourselves to our surroundings.
About the Exhibit:
Carrie Minikel’s Curious Objects are tools for investigating one’s current moment and location. As a mechanism for qualitative subjective research, the work’s aim is not for answers or conclusions but contemplative investigation of our surroundings. The visual language of found and re-purposed materials is employed to suggest familiarity and allude to the many ways which objects mediate our daily interactions with our environments. Implied use and relationship to the body is suggested through functional features such as handles, lenses, and wheels. Familiar aspects of objects are poetically repurposed to strike an ambiguous territory between tool, toy, and scientific device. When used, they serve as vehicles for discovery of both their function and what they are meant to observe.
About the Artist:
Carrie's love of making has taken her across many media and disciplines including painting, sculpture, jewelry, and furniture. Her pieces are inspired by natural forms, traditional Japanese aesthetic, Shaker design, African cultural objects and indigenous jewelry. She studied painting, metal smithing and woodworking at the University of Wisconsin-Madison where she received a BS in Fine Art. During her undergraduate work, she lived in Florence, Italy for a year studying painting and art history. She has also participated in several domestic and international workshops and residencies including Haystack Mountain School of Crafts in Deer Isle, Maine, and attended Rose Shakinovsky and Claire Gavronksy's invitational workshops in Italy and South Africa. She received her MFA at California College of the Arts in San Francisco, and now lives in Oceanside with her husband and daughter.
