"Syntrophy" Opening Reception - New works by Jamie Spinello & Kristen Van Patten - FREE TO ATTEND!

"Syntrophy"

New works by Jamie Spinello and an installation by Kristen Van Patten at Gallery Black Lagoon, Austin Texas.

 Opening: Thursday November 11th (7pm-9pm) 

Sponsored by SAVVY Vodka!

Gallery Black Lagoon

4301 A. Guadalupe St.

Austin, TX 78751

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"Syntrophy" includes new assemblage and sculptural works by Jamie Spinello and a new installation by Kristen Van Patten at the Gallery Black Lagoon. Jamie and Kristen both have common threads of interest in exploring symbiotic relationships in nature, creating works that can be experienced both two and three dimensionally, and structures that pull from coinciding ideas in the sciences.

Jamie Spinello layers woven shapes and lines to create cross sections and specimens inspired by growth patterns, processes of erosion, and skeletal forms. She draws upon structural relationships between the organic and geological world through combined processes of drawing, painting, cutting, folding and pinning. Dioramas, miniature models of buildings, aquariums, and paper theaters were sources for creative play and imagination as a child and influence her working process. She shares this by dissecting the experience of perception between two-dimensional and three-dimensional forms that are reminiscent of systems in nature. www.jamiespinello.com

Kristen Van Patten is driven by his interest in invention, discovery and man's interaction with natural and man-made structures and where they overlap.  Structure, space, and line make up a vocabulary from which he creates objects, primarily manifested in a modular way. Each piece within the interrelated systems and networks has a specific function and purpose, analogous to a self-reliant habitat responding to stimuli in order to stabilize its self.  His work expresses this relationship with our surroundings. www.kristenvanpatten.com

Show Dates: Nov 11 - Jan 1st.

Opening: Thursday Nov 11 (7pm-9pm)

Hours: Wed-Friday 3pm-7pm

or by appointment: (512-371-8838)

Contact at Gallery Black Lagoon: Singer Mayberry, singer@galleryblacklagoon.com