Holding onto Something Slippery | 1/28/2012 – 2/19/2012

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Jerome Acks | Snow, 2011 | Wood, Camouflage, Acrylic and Dyed Canvas 20" x 35" x 75"

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Jerome Acks | Snow, 2011 | Wood, Camouflage, Acrylic and Dyed Canvas 20" x 35" x 75"

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Ryan Fenchel | The Lesser Circulation. More kura than Kurashiki / Record everything to review in the morning – AWESOME, 2012 | Pastel on paper and frame 19 ¾” x 22 ½”

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Ryan Fenchel | The Lesser Circulation. More kura than Kurashiki / Record everything to review in the morning – AWESOME, 2012 | Pastel on paper and frame 19 ¾” x 22 ½”

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Alika Cooper | Reclining Nude II, 2012 | found fabric, adhesive, wood stretcher 9” x 12”

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Alika Cooper | Bow II, 2012 | found fabric, adhesive, wood stretcher 9” x 12”

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Jerome Acks | Pinocchio, 2011 | Glue, Silver Leaf, Xerox Prints, Laminate 28" x 28" x 48"

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Jerome Acks | Pinocchio, 2011 | Glue, Silver Leaf, Xerox Prints, Laminate 28" x 28" x 48"

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Jerome Acks | Pinocchio, 2011 | Glue, Silver Leaf, Xerox Prints, Laminate 28" x 28" x 48"

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Alika Cooper | Spar II, 2012 | found fabric, adhesive, wood stretcher 10” x 14”

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Jerome Acks | Stubborn Animals (The Great Ass), 2011 | Pastel, Oil and Glue on Canvas 24" x 36"

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Jerome Acks | Stubborn Animals (The Great Ass), 2011 | Pastel, Oil and Glue on Canvas 24" x 36"

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Ryan Fenchel | The Village of Khem, 2012 | Clay, stain, cardboard 21” x 16”

Ryan Fenchel | The Village of Khem, 2012 | Clay, stain, cardboard 21” x 16”
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Jerome Acks | Hippy Camo, 2011 | Camouflage Fabric, Dyed Canvas and Bleach 58" x 65"

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Ryan Fenchel | Tokens Broken. Spagyrial, 2012 | Clay, cloth, pastel, polyurethane, in frame 12” x 13 ¾”

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Ryan Fenchel | The Lesser Circulation. Incomplete - process w vibes – AWESOME, 2012 | Pastel on paper and frame 19 ¾” x 23 ¼”

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Ryan Fenchel | The Lesser Circulation. Incomplete - process w vibes – AWESOME, 2012 | Pastel on paper and frame 19 ¾” x 23 ¼”

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Alika Cooper | Thong (quilt), 2011 | found fabric, adhesive, thread, batting 19” x 23”

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Jerome Acks | Cracks of Doom, 2012 | Hand made Bricks, Xerox Prints, Assorted Stones and Laminate 22" x 23" x 15"

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Jerome Acks | Cracks of Doom, 2012 | Hand made Bricks, Xerox Prints, Assorted Stones and Laminate 22" x 23" x 15"

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Holding onto Something Slippery 
Saturday, January 28, 2012 – Sunday, February 19, 2012

Opening Reception:
Saturday, January 28, 2012
6:00pm – 10:00pm

Jerome Acks
Alika Cooper
Ryan Fenchel

Holding onto Something Slippery renders visible the creation process through a combination of materials and a hybrid of mediums. Jerome Acks manipulates dimensionality and flatness, calling into question the materials and basic, physical elements of his works.  Alika Cooper couples patchwork and layering of common fabrics, which portray intimate figures in camouflaged settings.  Ryan Fenchel uses notions of craft and display as tools for discovery, accumulating ideas and materials to be arranged in various ways.  All artists employ elements of craft, referencing traditional, if not domestic, means of creation in order to express the tensions between their forms.