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Alchemy & Transformation
EXHIBITION EXTENDED!
March 31 - June 3, 2007

Angela de Mott
Exhibition in Beato Gallery
James Goodwin & Sushiela
Exhibition in the Logan House Gallery

  Alchemy & Transformation, presented at the Beatrice Wood Center for the Arts from March 31st to May 12th, 2007, featured Raku vessels by Angela de Mott in the Beato Gallery and an installation of works by James Goodwin and Sushiela at the Logan House Gallery. These two presentations were tied together by the title of the exhibition.

 

In the case of Angela de Mott's work, this concerned the manner in which earth and glazes are transformed through fire, resulting in stunning works of art. While her works were on display, the artist enjoyed a residency at the Center, working in Beatrice Wood's studio.

 

 

Anyone who has ever visited this studio knows to what extent it resembles an alchemist's laboratory, with jars of powders and formulations covering the shelves and a wide-range of tools hanging above the worktables.

 

 

A multi-disciplined artist, James Goodwin's life-long development in the arts is broad and unorthodox. The work presented in the exhibition included a series of illuminations executed in gold, silver and platinum leaf inspired by researches in Tantra and Alchemy titled Symbols of Transformation.

 



Sushiela's
work included mythological masks and crowns in paper sculpture, paintings of exotic fish on Amate bark paper in metallic leaf and a series of illustrations commissioned by Orchid Press for the publication of Pilpay's Fables translated in 1847 by Sir Richard Francis Burton.

 

 

The installation of these two exhibitions was left to the artist's themselves, who created dramatic and theatrical presentations. Although exhibitions come and go, it is wonderful that they can live on through this website.
 

 

Robert S. HiltonRobert S. Hilton, who designs, creates and performs on his own musical instruments, performed at the opening reception on March 31st. As these instruments and his performances are works of art in themselves, featuring transformed objects, Hilton fit very comfortably into the theme of Alchemy & Transformation.

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It was a pleasure to work with these artists in creating this exhibition and I look forward to their future work and working with them again at the Beatrice Wood Center for the Arts.

- Kevin Wallace
Curator  

 

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Angela de Mott
For Lois
For Lois
Raku-fired earthenware
10" h x 20" d
Collection of the Artist
Persimmon Vessel
Persimmon Vessel
Raku-fired earthenware
11.25" h x 13.5" d
$2,200.00
Yellow with Green Spot
Yellow with Green Spot
Raku-fired earthenware
3.5" h x 9.5" d
$750.00 SOLD
Blue Luster Vessel
Blue Luster Vessel
Raku-fired earthenware
6" h x 14" d
$2,000.00
Greenish Crackle Vessel
Greenish Crackle Vessel
Raku-fired earthenware
5.25" h x 9.25" d
$1,050.00 SOLD
Orange with Metallic Detail
Orange with Metallic Detail
Raku-fired earthenware
3" h x 9" d
$800.00 SOLD
Green-Violet Vessel
Green / Violet Vessel
Raku-fired earthenware
6" h x 13" d
$2,000.00
Yellow Vessel
Yellow Vessel
Raku-fired earthenware
6" h x 10.5" d
$1,700.00 SOLD
Mostly Violet
Mostly Violet
Raku-fired earthenware
3.5" h x 11" d
$900.00
Vessel with Drip
Vessel with Drip
Raku-fired earthenware
4.25" h x 7.5" d
$900.00
Greenish Vessel
Greenish Vessel
Raku-fired earthenware
6" h x 10" d
$1,600.00
Purple Haze
Purple Haze
Raku-fired earthenware
4" h x 9.75" d
$800.00
Large Raku Vessel
Large Raku Vessel
Raku-fired earthenware
8" h x 16.75" d
$2,400.00
For Beato
For Beato
Raku-fired earthenware
5.5" h x 9" d
$1,100.00
Hybridized
Hybridized
Raku-fired earthenware
3.5" h x 7.5" d
$650.00 SOLD
Aquamarine Vessel
Aquamarine Vessel
Raku-fired earthenware
10.5" h x 14.5" d
$2,200.00
Red Vessel
Red Vessel
Raku-fired earthenware
6" h x 10" d
$1,700.00 SOLD
Running Blues
Running Blues
Raku-fired earthenware
9" h x 12.5" d
Red Orange
Red Orange
Raku-fired earthenware
3.5" h x 9.75" d
$900.00 SOLD
Teal Luster
Teal Luster
Raku-fired earthenware
5.5" h x 12" d
$1,800.00
Green Crackle Vessel
Green Crackle Vessel
Raku-fired earthenware
3" h x 9" d
$700.00

Variegated Red Vessel
Variegated Red Vessel
Raku-fired earthenware
9" h x 13.5" d
$2,100.00

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James Goodwin

From "Symbols of Transformation", a series of Tantric & Alchymical Illuminations.

Sabazius
Sabazius
Gold, rose gold, and silver leaf
on masonite
48" w x 32" h
$10,000.00
Prima Materia
Prima Materia
Moon gold, white gold, black silver,
and silver leaf on handmade
Japanese Kozo
39" w x 39" h
$12,000.00
Trimurti
Trimurti
Lemon gold, white gold, platinum &
silver leaf on Arches 300 lb hot press
23" w x 23" h
$6,000.00
Uroborus
Uroborus
Gold & platinum leaf with oil and
graphite on Arches 260 lb hot press
15" w x 15" h
Collection of the Artist
Ignis Sacra
Ignis Sacra
Gold, moon gold, lemon gold,
platinum & silver leaf on black acrylic
36" w x 48" h
$12,000.00
Opus Magnum
Opus Magnum
Moon gold, lemon gold, white gold,
black silver & silver leaf on masonite
32" w x 48" h
$10,000.00
Hierosgamos
Hierosgamos
Moon gold, white gold, lemon gold,
platinum & silver leaf on masonite
32" w x 48" h
$10,000.00
Lux Descensus
Lux Descensus
Rose gold, lemon gold, and
silver leaf on masonite
24" w x 36" h
$8,000.00

Mysterium Lunae
Mysterium Lunae
Lemon gold, platinum & silver leaf
on masonite
48" w x 36" h
$10,000.00

Divine Proportion
Divine Proportion
Gold & platinum leaf on Bristol board
design by James Goodwin
paper engineering by Sushiela
Collection of the Artists

Vas Mercurius
Vas Mercurius
Chemical glass & carved wood
with gold, platinum & silver leaf
Collection of the Artist

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Sushiela

Gods & Fishes: Paper Sculpture Masks & Paintings
Medusa
Medusa
Gold, moon gold, lemon gold,
platinum & silver leaf on Bristol board
Collection of the Artist
Sobek
Sobek
Colored silver, gold, white gold
leaf on Bristol board
Collection of the Artist
Horus
Horus
Gold leaf and opaque water color
on Bristol board
Collection of the Artist
Sekhmet
Sekhmet
Water color & moon gold leaf
on bristol board
Collection of the Artist
Yamabuki Ogon Koi
Yamabuki Ogon Koi
Gold, lemon gold, french pale gold,
white gold, platinum leaf & ink on
Amate bark paper
23.25" w x 15.5" h
$3,000.00
Gold and Sapphire Arowana
Gold & Sapphire Arowana
White gold, lemon gold, moon gold,
platinum leaf, oil & ink on
Amate bark paper
23.25" w x 15.5" h
$3,000.00
Red Arowana
Red Arowana
White gold, red gold, moon gold,
copper leaf, oil & ink
on Amate bark paper
23.25" w x 15.5" h
$3,000.00
Orenji Ogon Koi
Orenji Ogon Koi
Gold leaf, oil & ink
on Amate bark paper
23.25" w x 15.5" h
$2,500.00
Silver Arowana
Silver Arowana
White gold, moon gold, lemon gold,
platinum leaf & ink on Amate bark paper
23.25" w x 15.5" h
$3,000.00
Yamabuki Hariwake Koi
Yamabuki Hariwake Koi
Gold, white gold, french pale gold,
platinum leaf & ink on Amate
bark paper
$2,500.00

Golden Arowana
Golden Arowana
Gold, lemon gold, french pale gold,
white gold, platinum leaf, oil & ink
on Amate bark paper
23.25" w x 15.5" h
Collection of the Artist

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Golden Carp
Golden Carp
Gold leaf, oil & ink
on Amate bark paper
23.25" w x 15.5" h
$2,500.00

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