Meet the Artist: Joshua J. Hozey

inSPIRATIVE gallery and studios art center is pleased to introduce Joshua J. Hozey as the featured artist showcased in the first gallery exhibit opening on October 9th. Come and see the unique characteristics this artist shares. In the meantime, read what Josh says about his works:

"Either the restructuring of objects and/or the searching of the depths
of the psyche are the foundations of my Acrylics. To me art is a
fusion of my analytical thinking & subconscious with shape, color, and
design. Color is especially important when telling the story. Often I
argue with my brain to get the right color. Sometime hours are spent,
with eyes closed, asking my brain, willing or not, to run different
color simulations in order to get the right combination. My main goal
in doing this is to stimulate and engage others minds long enough,
through detail, technique, or story to fully escape into another
dimension. My paintings often start with an experience or day dream
then evolve into compositions centering either on cubism, surrealism,
abstraction or a combination thereof. When creating my works, while I infuse my own ideas into the painting, I purposely construct portions to allow for open interpretation as well." -- Josh Hozey

You Are inVITED

Please plan to attend the upcoming opening of inSPIRATIVE!

Friday, October 9, 2009

Open Reception from 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.

203 North Michigan Street, Downtown Plymouth

Music, Wine and Refreshments will be available.

Details about the artist's exhibit will follow.

During your visit to inSPIRATIVE, be sure to visit Heartland Artists and The Midas Center, both organizations are located in the same building and will also be having open house receptions. Support the arts in downtown Plymouth. Stop by and see how you can be part of the up and coming inSPIRATIVE experience.

Message from the Gallery Director, Angela Leed

In my artwork I explore the contemporary relationship between manufactured industrial products and the worker. The tenuous exchange of dependency and sustainability creates an existence that blurs the separation between human and object. I believe this ethereal space stimulates an important discussion that questions the way in which we have, and are, shaping the human experience.

The pastel work in this series uses the still life sculptural set-up to magnify this battle ground between the organic and artificial. I am intrigued by the physical and psychological tension, subjugation, and isolation that exist within this gap. Items, such as a corrugated plastic dumpster lid, are pushed and pulled beyond original intent, in a metaphoric conversation concerning the worker’s struggle to retain individuality in the face of unending repetition. Meanwhile, the color palette of these works rebuts the existence of such a reality. The overall warm, richness indicates the object must surrender, or at least acknowledge, the existence of a natural being.

Purposefully, the object is centrally located within the composition. No opportunity is given to the peripheral space in attempt to replicate the atmosphere within which the average factory worker lives. Additionally, the pastel medium contains a dusty, grittiness that further enhances the manufacturing plant environment.

While the physicality of this work is aesthetically dynamic, one of the most powerful aspects is the psychological component. The manipulation of the industrial object speaks of the emotional and mental modification a worker undergoes. The result of which is still in question. Is the inward dependency of the convex form claustrophobic or comforting? Does an object pushing past boundaries represent an act of triumph or defeated restraint?

The connection between the worker and mass produced industrial object continues to have a great influence in our interpretation and definition of the human experience. There is a continual shifting of importance from one to the other. My work visually articulates this always in motion, expanding and waning, interchange. The goal of the work is to not to glorify the agony of struggle against the object or praise the freedom of overcoming the organic nature of a human being, but rather to participate and revel in the beauty of the active intangible found between the two.

IN...coming...soon

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Opening OCT 9, 2009

Save the date

Located in the art center of downtown Plymouth, Indiana, the IN Gallery will be open to the public. Opening reception for the gallery is scheduled October 9th from 6 - 8 p.m. and will include art, music and refreshment for the eyes, ears, heart and soul.

Schedule of upcoming visual and performing artists will be available.

Mark your calendars for this opening event as we prepare to bring art to downtown Plymouth. Details to come.


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