Liminal
Recent paintings by Sara Dismukes
April 24 - Aug. 22
Closing Reception: August 22, 5-7 p.m.
Artist Talk with Sara Dismukes and Dr. Kenyon Holder: August 21, 12:30 p.m.
Image: Vacancy, Greenriver, Utah
Artist statement
We all move back and forth between public and private spaces. Rather than call attention to the origin or the destination, I pay attention to what is found along the way. I am compelled by the social mediation of landscape, and how desire and disregard are manifested in objects and spaces over time. I am influenced by the legacy of landscape painting, of Manifest Destiny, and its current expression in our built and natural environment. My work celebrates the things we pass by, often unnoticed, while moving about our day. I am interested in entropy as well as the growth that is its companion. Close observation of the patterns and structures in nature, as well as the rhythm of its seasonal cycles, is an enthusiasm and an influence. I see tenacity and resilience within these systems and feel deeply connected to them. There are relationships to environment and climate, globalization, economic collapse, among other contemporary issues of both public and private concern.
Sara Dismukes is a multidisciplinary artist, designer, and educator based in Montgomery. She has been part of TROY’s Department of Art and Design since 2006.