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Carving the Acanthus Leaf a How to Book by Mary ArtFields in Lake City, SC, Features Works by Kristi Ryba ArtFields in Lake City, SC, will pres- ent the Chapel Of Perpetual Adoration, featuring an installation by Kristi Ryba, on view in the Lake City Library Community Center, from Apr. 20 - 28, 2018. This installation will be the first op- portunity for the public to see this satirical work about the Trump White House and our current government. Work by Kristi Ryba be humorous, its greater purpose is often “Gloucester Scene” 12”x16” Acrylic on Canvas An installation by Kristi Ryba constructive social criticism, using wit to draw attention to both particular and wider Ryba’s work is based on original issues in society.” Medieval and Renaissance altarpieces Ryba has degrees from Vermont Karen Burnette Garner and manuscripts. Since the 2016 election College, Montpelier, VT, MFA, and the she saw parallels in these original works College of Charleston, BA, Magna Cum with our current President and political Laude. She has been a professional artist ~Artist~ situation. It was a natural progression to for 30 years, exhibiting throughout the combine current news, commentary and United States. This project was funded especially “tweets” with the religious and in part by the City of Charleston Office Quality Artwork for Discerning Collectors political content of these historical images of Cultural Affairs and the City of North Commissions Available from early Western European royalty and Charleston Cultural Arts Program and religion. All the gold, elaborate surround- the South Carolina Arts Commission Join us on Facebook and Instagram ings and messages of morality and ethics which receives support from the National corresponded with what was happening in endowment for the Arts and the John and our government; the gutting of our social Susan Bennet Memorial Arts Fund of the Shop online at safety net and health care, eliminating Coastal Community Foundation of SC. environmental protections, the lack of www.karenburnettegarner.com restraint in spending money on personal 678.602.7666 enrichment and the build up of military spending and lack of international diplo- macy to name a few. Ryba has used the iconography of Medieval and Renaissance work in her earlier work about her family and wom- Corrigan Gallery in Charleston, an’s work. She uses 22k gold leaf and egg tempera, (grinding her own pigments), on wooden panels to make this work. In the SC, Features Works by Paul Chapel Of Perpetual Adoration, a mock up of a prayer chapel, she attempts to Works by Kristi Ryba Mardikian and John Moore expose some of the abuses, failings and In order for visitors to vote for artists in Corrigan Gallery in Charleston, SC, deficiencies of what is happening in our the 2018 ArtFields Competition you must will present Dialogues Improvisés, featur- government. Wikipedia describes “satire register at 133-A East Main Street, Lake ing a collaborative show between painter as a genre of literature and sometimes City, SC. Kristi Ryba’s ID# is 797936. Paul Mardikian and photographer John graphic and performing arts, in which For further information about Kristi Moore, on view from Apr. 6 - 30, 2018. vices, follies, abuses and shortcomings are Ryba her website is A reception will be held on Apr. 6, from held up to ridicule, ideally with the intent (www.kristiryba.com). For more informa- 5-8pm. of shaming individuals, corporations, tion about ArtFields 2018 please go to John Moore has spent decades docu- government or society itself into improve- (www.artfieldssc.org). menting the color to be found in decay, ment. Although satire is usually meant to neglect, the odd repair and the world around us. As he says, he provides us with a rectangle of “the close at hand …(which Carving the Acanthus Leaf can be) more interesting than the whole. Small pictures can become large worlds when you are looking through the view a How To Book by Mary May finder of a camera.” European trained classical woodcarver, Mary May, has completed her first book Carving the Acanthus Leaf. May has had the honor of studying with various master European woodcarvers to learn the clas- Work by Paul Mardikian sical styles of woodcarving and ornamen- Piccolo Spoleto Juried Exhibits here in tation. She has written a highly detailed Charleston and the Sierra Club Nature book on how to draw and carve this classi- Photography exhibits. Moore has had sev- cal design that has been part of architec- eral solo shows at the Charleston County ture and ornament since ancient times. Library and participated in many group For woodworkers focused on classi- exhibitions. He was a charter member of cal Western ornament, there comes a time the South Carolina Photographers’ Guild they will inevitably encounter the acan- in 1990. Also, that year the South Carolina thus leaf, learn it, master it and incorpo- Joint Legislative Committee on Cultural rate it into their own designs. Affairs and the South Carolina Arts Fed- The long history of the acanthus leaf eration chose one of Moore’s images to in decorative arts and architecture can be be given as the award for South Carolina traced to ancient Greece. It was embraced Business and the Arts Partnership Awards. by the Roman Empire, passed through Paul Mardikian came to Charleston in the Byzantine Empire and the Middle his capacity as a conservator to restore Work by John Moore Ages, and was rediscovered during the Book Cover the Hunley. He began painting during Renaissance and Baroque periods. It has chitect, hobbyist, designer or one simply He is a structural engineer by profes- his studies at the Sorbonne and Louvre remained the most commonly carved captivated by classical design and orna- sion with photography as his serious long before his arrival in Charleston. The decorative element throughout history. mentation, there is much to discover about avocation and passion for more than 40 process of removing the layers nature has Students of classical, Western orna- this mysterious and enduring leaf. years. Since 1984 Moore’s photographs deposited on his “patients” inspired him to ment will discover that learning to design, With its first appearance being the mul- have been winning awards and appeared put down layers on board or canvas then shape and incorporate this motif into their tiple curling leaves on the Corinthian capi- in many juried exhibits, including several remove parts creating a painting or sculp- designs is a true rite of passage. Whether tal, this magnificent design has changed Southern Visions exhibits at The Museum ture as he prefers. His work is included in you’re a professional woodworker, ar- continued on Page 11 of York County in Rock Hill, SC, several continued on Page 12 Page 10 - Carolina Arts, April 2018 Table of Contents.
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