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A group show of Marius Valdes and Doug McAbee, May 23-June 22, 2007.
Doug McAbee
Bold colors and whimsical imagery are essential elements in this body
of work. A specific color has the ability to shift it’s meaning and it’s
po-tential interpretation as it is filtered through the personal
experiences of the viewer. The carefully chosen images will also vary
in how they are in-terpreted based on those experiences. An image that
at first sight may be reminiscent of a cartoon or pleasant childhood
memory, upon further in-spection may be found to reveal a more sinister
message. There is then, a duality, a battle of wills existing in the
color and in the image.Each color and each image, while holding
signifi-cant personal meaning to me, will almost always take on new
meanings and interpretations to the viewer. These new interpretations
are equally as valid and true as are my own.My hope is that some hint
or clue of an unnamed thought or feeling may be transferred to the
viewer through the combined visual power of color and image. This is
the beginning of a visual conversation between the sculpture and the
viewer. Visit my website at www.dougmcabee.com.
Marius Valdes
I was raised in Charleston, South Carolina and received my BFA in
Graphic Design from the University of Georgia and my MFA in Visual
Communication from Virginia Com-monwealth University. I have exhibited
in California, Colorado, Georgia, South Carolina, and Virginia, in
addition to private and commercial commissions. My commercial art-work
has received awards from design publications including Print and
Communication Arts, and organizations such as the Advertising
Federation of Charles-ton, and the American Institute of Graphic Arts.
I live in Spartanburg and am Assistant Professor of Graphic Design at
the University of South Carolina Upstate. You can see more of my work
at www.valde-screative.com, or sign up for up-dates on art,
exhibitions, and other shenanigans via my e-mail list at
www.zoovaldes.com.
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