Flynn Bickley. Home, the Right to Oblivion.
Last night, I went to CoCA Ballard (Center on Contemporary Art) for a reception for a new show called “Harvest Moon!” My friend Flynn Bickley, who I met through Artist Trust’s EDGE Program, had several pieces in the exhibition.
Flynn Bickley. Home, the Great Provider.
Flynn’s work is an intricate meditation on the idea of Home (or house): it's joys and it’s frustrations. Each painting is done on tar paper, left over from construction — a remnant of what one person might consider a joyful project, but what someone else might associate with annoyance.
Jody Joldersma. Battle at Deer Creek.
Another artist represented in this show was Jody Joldersma. Her work is unsettling — a collection of nightmarish scenes.
Jody Joldersma. Battle at Deer Creek.
She also creates a variety of creepy sculptures like this rat popping out of a mailbox like a jack-in-the-box. I’ve always had a fear of opening a mailbox and finding something like this inside! No matter how humanity tries to separate itself from Nature, we are always eventually reminded of its power over us.
