Saints and Poets: Curated by Jon Pylypchuk
The title of the show derives from a quote in Thornton Wilder's play Our Town. In the play, Emily, given the opportunity to relive a mundane day, realizes she can't fully absorb every aspect of it. She asks the stage manager, "Does anyone ever realize life while they live it... every, every minute?" The stage manager responds, "No. Saints and poets maybe… they do some."
Experience is powerful and fleeting. Some of the best examples of our humanity manifest in these moments. What is the best way to absorb life when we never truly realize “every, every minute”?
Saints represent ideas, while poets symbolize tangible objects. Saints must be conceptual to exist; one must suspend disbelief to manifest a saint. Poets, on the other hand, are composed of physical words that occupy space and can be touched and felt.
Much of our experience is mediated through words, allowing the saints to take on a life of their own. Poets emerge as tangible moments, evoking gut feelings, pain, and joy.
Art can embody both concepts, but how it is experienced by the viewer raises the question: Is it a saint or a poet?
-Jon Pylypchuk
Participating artists: Courtney Cho, Brian Dario, Keith Edmier, Erica Eyres, Elizabeth Ferry, Christina Forrer, Maddy Inez, Marina Kappos, Shradha Kochhar, Adam Miller, JP Munro, Cindy Phenix, Jon Pylypchuk, Jagdeep Raina, Kevin Reinhardt, Reinhart Selvik, Mindy Shapero, Falon Stutzman, Christian Tedeschi, Paul Pascal Thériault, and Eric Wesley.
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Mindy ShaperoPortal Scar, the need to know that you exist, 2024Acrylic, gold and silver leaf on linen92 x 70 in
233.7 x 177.8 cm -
Falon StutzmanSex on the edge of the woods, 2023Oil, gesso and Flashe on canvas board25 x 37 in (framed)
63.5 x 94 cm (framed) -
Marina KapposFrequency Study (Smile 2) , 2024Acrylic on wood panel16 x 16 in
40.6 x 40.6 cm -
Marina KapposFrequency Study (Smile 1) , 2024Acrylic on wood panel16 x 16 in
40.6 x 40.6 cm -
Cindy PhenixAcute Sense of Whisper, 2024Watercolor, flashe, color pencil and pastel on paper40 x 46 in
101.6 x 116.8 cm -
JP MunroUntitled, 2024Acrylic on wood panel14 x 12 in
35.6 x 30.5 cm -
Jagdeep RainaMemories of our vast, lush, punjabi alluvial plains find themselves resurrected in these diasporic baghs, 2019Embroidered tapestry
10 x 16 in
25.4 x 40.6 cm -
Jagdeep RainaSacred Ground, 2018Embroidered tapestry
11 x 10 in
27.9 x 25.4 cm -
Christina ForrerPopcorn, 2019Cotton, wool, dye, and wax17 x 13 1/2 in
43.2 x 34.3 cm -
Erica EyresSweet Valley High (Love Letters), 2023Glazed stoneware7 x 4 1/2 x 1 in
17.8 x 11.4 x 2.5 cm -
Erica EyresSweet Valley High (The Stolen Diary), 2023Glazed stoneware7 x 4 1/2 x 1 in
17.8 x 11.4 x 2.5 cm -
Erica EyresSweet Valley High (Promises), 2023Glazed stoneware7 x 4 1/2 x 1 in
17.8 x 11.4 x 2.5 cm -
Adam MillerMoon Pot, 2024Underglaze, glaze on stoneware
20 x 13 x 13 in.
50.80 x 33.02 x 33.02 cm -
Maddy InezOrchid Study #1, 2021Glazed stoneware10 x 7 x 2 in
25.4 x 17.8 x 5.1 cm -
Maddy InezPythia Pollen, 2023Glazed stoneware26 x 16 x 5 in
66 x 40.6 x 12.7 cm -
Christian TedeschiSundancer, 2023Altered steel bike frame30 x 50 x 25 in
76.2 x 127 x 63.5 cm -
Reinhart SelvikFingers Like Lit Matches, 2024L.A. river dust, steel slag, granite, graphite, and cement
14 1/2 x 18 x 1 in
36.8 x 45.7 x 2.5 cm -
Luis FloresSpilled Milk, 2024Bronze3 1/2 x 6 1/2 x 3 1/2 in
8.9 x 16.5 x 8.9 cm -
Brian DarioDirt Friends, 2024Sculpted in dirt cast in bronze with patina9 x 3 1/2 x 1 1/2 in
22.9 x 8.9 x 3.8 cm -
Brian DarioDirt Friends, 2024Sculpted in dirt cast in bronze with patina10 1/2 x 4 x 2 in
26.7 x 10.2 x 5.1 cm -
Jon PylypchukUntitled (What have we missed), 2020Bronze15 1/2 x 17 x 3 in
39.4 x 43.2 x 7.6 cm -
Kevin Reinhardtuntitled (folded lead pants with belt), 2024Folded lead sheet and paper24 x 36 x 12 in
61 x 91.4 x 30.5 cm -
Courtney ChoFIND ME IN A FROG'S NEST, 2024Raku Ceramic10 x 7 x 6 in
25.4 x 17.8 x 15.2 cm -
Courtney ChoMY FINAL FANTASY, 2024Raku Ceramic11 x 8 x 7 1/2 in
27.9 x 20.3 x 19.1 cm -
Courtney ChoI DON'T WANT ICE CREAM, 2024Raku Ceramic8 1/2 x 5 x 6 in
21.6 x 12.7 x 15.2 cm -
Elizabeth FerryGone Fishn', 2024Oil on canvas24 x 24 in
61 x 61 cm -
Elizabeth FerryTrust Fall, 2024Oil on canvas30 x 24 in
76.2 x 61 cm -
Shradha KochharFamily Portrait, 2019Cotton and wool35 x 84 x 2 in
88.9 x 213.4 x 5.1 cm -
Keith EdmierThe Three Quick and the Trilogy of the Dead (Maquette), 2024Photopolymer 3D print from a CT scan, dental acrylic, vacuum metalized PETG, stainless steel, cast silver, thermochromic pigment, acrylic paint, polycarbonate, and fragment of artist’s tooth10 x 15 1/4 x 12 1/4 in
25.4 x 38.7 x 31.1 cm -
Paul Pascal ThériaultHeadrest, 2016Foil paper, sparkle nail polish, acrylic paint, tissue paper, napkin, cigarette pack, paper towel, dress shirt, sticker, ribbon, string, gel medium, magazine page, book pages, staples on gessoed cardboard41 1/4 x 28 x 1 1/4 in
104.8 x 71.1 x 3.2 cm
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