Joyce Gordon Gallery presents, "Peace Within Chaos: The Balance of Flowers," a botanical tale of peace presented in sublime balance with nature and the universe by Oakland artist, Kevin Woodson ( http://www.kevinwoodson.com ).
Reception for the artist: Friday June 3 6:00-9:00 PM exhibit June 3 - July 31, gallery hours: W-F 11:00 AM - 5:00 PM Sat 1:00 - 5:00 PM
Peace Within Chaos at Joyce Gordon Gallery represents a collection of work that steps outside the expectations and constraints flower fans, gardeners, and the art world has put on them. In this collection, his plein air botanical watercolors go beyond the in the Gardens where they are painted. These flowers are seen in the form of cultural memes such as Yin and Yang, power and repose, death and rebirth, and Peace within Chaos.
Among flower painters, his work is unique because pencil, photography, and even cut flowers can present barriers for most artists and their viewers. Kevin creates his paintings directly in the gardens, working with only living, in-season blooms. His paintings often seen as healing, meditative, intensely personal, and culturally significant, have been consistently exhibited in the Bay Area, Asia, Mexico and the Americas for the last five years.
Kevin further address Choas from a community standpoint, having returned in 2014 from a series of exhibits in Asia to find life in America in a state of Chaos. Decades of deadly police activity in the Black community had reached a boiling point, and Oakland and the whole country echoed with cries for justice. He felt this was a moment when the full weight of history was coming down and how we responded would and transform and define us. It was clear to him that during times such as this, art and artists play critical roles reflecting the community's voice, confronting false power, dealing with displacement (an experience not foreign to nature or the botanicals) and pointing out new directions.
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