This new collection of works will be her first solo show and will
feature her mixed media sculptures. The opening reception will be held at the Washington Glass School
on January 11, 2014 from 6-8pm. The exhibition will be on view through January
31, 2014 and is free and open to the public.
Let me summarize this right now: if you are
an art collector and do not buy one of her pieces at this show, her
first (and thus historic) solo show, then you are a fool... un bobo!
"Why does he say this?", you must be asking... let me explain why.
Over the years I think that I have developed a pretty damned good eye at spotting what makes an artist click (or not)...
Dudes and Dudettes... I have empirical evidence and not just hearsay or anecdotal data to back that statement....
And what I have noticed about Wilson and her work have several components - all critical - that help to make her a "BUY NOW."
- She has enviable work ethic - that, my
learned friends, is a key seasoning to the success soup recipe...
nothing beats hard work.
- She is a hard worker - does it sound like I am repeating myself? It's on purpose...
- She has a powerful "artistic IT" - that's
that undefinable (except by me) element that separates the good from the
truly intelligent.
- Her work is intelligent... it just is! When
you get into a discussion with the Audreymeister about all the elements
and components and titling of her pieces, one is left salivating like a
Pavlov dog hearing a bell that signifies greatness...
- Her work looks GREAT! -- I say this with
some reticence, as these days, some art symbiots still have issues with
beauty, but Wilson's work stand out with some sort of undefinable
beauty.
- She appeals to young collectors: OK --->
you're gonna have to trust me on this... but at the fairs I have sold
her work to clients who have told me: "This is the first piece of art
that we've ever bought!"
- She appeals to important major collectors:
At Context Art Miami, on the second day, when I got to the booth there
was a MAJOR (caps well deserved) collector waiting for me at the booth.
She told me that this was the first time in over two decades of art
collecting that she had waited for someone at an empty booth (this while
I was wondering how she got into the fair before official opening
time)... "I want this artist," she said in her usual brusque manner...
and she got her.
- She appeals to curators: At Aqua, her work was invited to a major curatorial project.
You will never see her prices at the level
that they will be at this first solo show... spend the money now and
then thank me in a few years...
Here's the press release:
Audrey Wilson sculptures are a blend of created and altered
elements that reflect evolving science and machinery and explore the
relationship between man and technology. Technology is merely an extension and
reflection of mankind. In fact, no objects contain more human essence than do
tools.
Audrey’s sculptural projects and multi-media works are
metaphors evoking our endless manipulation of environment, our need for control,
and our longing for a meaningful union with nature and the other, in a supreme
balance of power and delicacy. People are becoming increasingly alienated from
the objects which surround and sustain them, as they have lost the emotional
link to technology.
“The Aberrant Collection of the Spurious Calamus” captures
our complicated relationship with technology, mirroring it back with poetic
glances.
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Audrey Wilson (b.1987)
has a BA in Crafts with a Glass Concentration from Kent State University. Originally from Columbus, Ohio,
Audrey has worked at the Chrysler Museum Glass Studio as the studio and
teaching assistant, working with the museum's visiting glass artists. Audrey's
artwork references nature and organic forms with mixed media.She is represented in the DC area by Alida Anderson Art Projects, LLC.
