NEW FROM JENNA FERGUS:
An Art Event
WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING
You have enlightened my perspective on art!
The aspect that all art is from God, whether the artist is a Believer or not, is an eye opener! His creation of ‘light’ was the initial source of color for any medium or substance used in creating art – wow! I will forever be reminded to speak truth, from His word, when it comes to discussing art. You noting Genesis 1 “let there be light”, which reveals color, is a reminder to seek the Lord‘s revelation when viewing art.
Thank you again Jenna!
by Cindi Montgomery
WHY I CAN’T DEFINE ART AND NEITHER CAN YOU
“Art identifies our culture. Though we can have preferences of particular pieces, our taste does not designate an object as Art. Community is the chief definer of the substance of Art.”
Jenna Fergus
Beauty, Goddesses and Christ’s Gospel Origins
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Two months ago my group of Gallery Gals from church and I took a foray into Brooks Museum of Art in Memphis, TN to explore the paintings of Harmonia Rosales.
Each work illustrates the story o“the Afro-Cuban Lucumi religion” with a “Black diasporic lens.” Rosales wants the narrative to be clear enough that the pictures make words unnecessary. The depictions are created to “blur the lines” between Greco-Roman mythology, Christianity and the Lucumi beliefs.
In spite of all the beauty and accuracy of imagery, I was disturbed. The paintings did for me what all GOOD art should do: made me THINK! So many questions… Was I bothered by the subjects, by the altered representation of long-adored Italian Renaissance iconography, or by the images of a church age that is supposed to be sacrosanct? Was I bothered by the black figures that were normally painted as white representations of biblical people?
Heirlooms & Artifacts of Our Mother’s and Grandmother’s
In 2011 I moved forward with an artwork I call, Heirlooms & Artifacts of Our Mother’s and Grandmother’s. Just back from Israel and a missions trip to Guatemala, I realized how much I missed clotheslines. My grandmother, Virgie Marie Ross would hang sheets and all of our clothing on the line to dry, while my sister and I played hide and seek. It was joy!
Also, at this time I noticed all the linens I had of hers and my husband’s grandmother that I kept in drawers. I could not give them away for many were hand embroidered. Old photos of people of our family history were plentiful as well. Many of the photos were of people I did not even know their names. I began to research processes that could combine the artifacts with the images. I was teaching art students the various transfer processes at the time. So, Voila! Transfers is now the way I celebrate cultural objects and rescue them from obscurity.
Banksy, a street artist in Great Britain, became one of my new favorite artists. His unconventional exhibitions really got me thinking. Therefore, it was these three elements were the conception of this artwork. I actually began showing the pieces in a bus stop on Poplar Avenue. Then I put up the clothesline up for the first time as a part of my master’s work. The professor at Union University ripped it down as soon as it came to her attention.
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A CLOTHESLINE MAY POP UP ON A STREET CORNER NEAR YOU!!
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