Join us at the Garrett Museum of Art, located at 100 S. Randolph Street in Garrett, on SATURDAY, September 17, 2022 from 5PM – 7PM to celebrate the opening of our next exhibition, JT THOMPSON : A Place in Time with Spatial Contradictions.
The Opening Reception is open to the public and all ages are welcome. Admission is FREE. The show will run from September 17, 2022 through October 16, 2022.
JT Thompson : A Place in Time with Spatial Contradictions is an exhibit that will introduce the viewer to lines and angles, open doors, and shifting planes in paintings of dreams and reality.
JT Thompson is an abstract oil painter known for his fragmented surrealistic landscapes. His use of manipulation of scale leads him to create dream labyrinth worlds. He calls his style geometric surrealism. His paintings give the illusion of rooms, staircases and hallways. This series of paintings at the Garrett Museum of Art “depicts one’s movement through life and shows how our lives are not as linear as predicted,” says Thompson.
Thompson was raised in southwestern Ohio and moved to Columbus to study painting at Columbus College of Art and Design. He has received Individual Artist Grants from the Greater Columbus Arts Council and was selected for Ohio Arts Council’s 2017 Biennial Exhibition. His work is represented in the collections of the Columbus Museum of Art, the downtown Columbus Hilton, Northern Kentucky University, the Greater Columbus Convention Center, and the Columbus Hilton Tower.
See more of Thompson’s work at www.jtoriginals.net.
SPOTLIGHT GALLERY ARTIST: JEREMY BLAIR
The Spotlight Gallery in the museum will feature Uproot, the photograms of Jeremy Blair. He is the Associate Professor of Art Education at Tennessee Tech University. Blair’s work concentrates on cameraless photograms that transform found organic materials into personal narratives. He creates these photograms in outside rural settings in a custom designed light-proof darkroom tent. Blair participates in regional artist residencies and regularly exhibits his alternative process photograms.
His work will be on display September 17th through October 16th.
His work can be seen at www.blairarted.com.
Regular Museum Hours:
Friday 5PM – 8PM
Saturday 4PM – 7PM
Sunday 1PM – 4PM
Private tours are available Monday through Thursday by appointment only. Please call 260-704-5400 to schedule yours today.