Bridgeport Art Center
4th Floor Gallery
Patterns of Nature
curated by Lelde Kalmite
September 21 - November 2, 2018
Opening Reception
Friday, September 21, 7pm - 10pm
Artist statement by Ilze Arajs
As one of six artists invited to participate in this exhibit, I have chosen to focus on the primordial growth spiral embodied in newly unfurling fern fiddleheads. Exhibited are 17 close-up photographs from 2014-2017 that were captured, at dawn in early spring, by looking upward at young fern fronds less than two inches tall. Printing these images at much larger-than-life scale allows for closer observation of not only the ephemeral physical properties of this phenomenon, but also the felt tenderness of my response to this early stage of unspiraling robust potential. May this “spira mirabilis” growth spiral so evident throughout nature also invite an alignment of the human spirit with this pattern of nature.
Bridgeport Art Center
4th Floor Gallery
1200 West 35th Street Chicago
Free parking on north side of building
Gallery Hours: Mon-Sat: 8AM-6PM; Sun 8AM-12PM
773-843-9000