Casabusy place for art lovers with six exhibitsondisplay
Art exhibits have been flourishing through the city over the last couple weeks and six new exhibitions have been added at Casa. In themain gallery, an exhibition by C. Blake Evernden explores the communication of story through cinematic theatrical posters. His illustrations are posters formovies he hasmade since the age of 11 and were influenced by the artists who created movie posters from around the world over different decades.
“The art show that I have put together is based on my love for movie poster painting illustrations and sort of a lost art ofmovie poster illustration,” Evernden says.
“Some of the movies are only five minutes long, where some are over two hours long but I wanted to create a full-sized cinematic piece of poster art for them regardless of the length.”
Evernden was inspired by the design and presentation of original illustrated art and the way it allowed people to understand the movie and where it is going.
Movie stars and characters were presented as gods and were given their character status through the design, giving Evernden the inspiration to create.
“None of the illustrations have text on them because that was always done afterwards,” Evernden says. “Being able to see the art without knowing what themovie was allows people to appreciate the art that goes intomovie posters.”
Also in themain gallery is the collaboration creation between Kari Lehr and Karen Tamminga-Paton called “Beloved.” The exhibit explores the displacement and disconnect from the land, within the community and the world.
“I am endlessly fascinated by the textures and layers which are found not only in the landscape but which comprise our relationships with each other and the mental and physical environment in which we live,” Lehr says. “Through my work, I seek to impart a sense of that stillness which allows us to feel connection to each other and the natural world.”
Spread throughout the halls of the second floor of Casa are 19 pieces of oil on canvas and acrylic-onpaper abstract work by Robert Bechtel called “Lineage.” Reflecting on what inspired him as an artist since he was a teenager, Bechtel created pieces of the memories and thoughts that shaped his world.
“Some of it is just daily thoughts, things I read or observe in the street but in a very abstract way,” Bechtel says. “It takes from a lot of different sources such as our landscapes and memories which fascinatedme.”
Three other exhibits have been spread throughout Casa including “Monsters,” created by the art students of PEAK Support Services, “Do Not Touch the Art!” by a group curated by Alison Grigg, and “Drawing In,” by Thorsten Nesch, which are on display until Aug. 24.