To Manifest

Title: To Manifest
LC Subject: Painting Painting, Abstract painting (image-making) paintings (visual works)
Creator: Bender, Laura
Description: A series of 10 paintings of abstracted organic forms. Laura Bender is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the Cleveland Institute of Art and the California College of Arts and Crafts. She has also been a partner in Site Painters. laura@sitepainters.net The Oregon Arts Commission has ten Regional Arts Councils that provide delivery of art services and information. The Council for this location is: Mid-Valley Arts. You may view their website at http://www.racc.org/
View: Detail, Zero panel
Location: Monmouth >> Polk County >> Oregon >> United States Western Oregon University >> Polk County >> Oregon >> United States Polk County >> Oregon >> United States
Award Date: 2009
Identifier: Bende_Manife_09
Accession Number: Bende_Manife_09
Rights: In Copyright
Dc Rights Holder: Bender, Laura
Type: Image
Format: image/jpeg
Material: Aluminum panel clip on artwork backside slides into panel clip attached to wall Painting plywood, masonite, basswood, lumber, acrylic paint, linen, golden varnish
Set: Oregon Percent for Art
Primary Set: Oregon Percent for Art
Relation: Western Oregon University Math and Nursing (Winters) Building Project
Institution: Oregon Arts Commission University of Oregon
Color Space: RGB Color
Biographical Information: To Manifest represents the numerical progression of 1-9 and zero. Each panel conveys its number in a unique way, its essence, while playing its role in the compositional sequence. Zero, prehaps the most mysterious number, is seen as a nested egg on its own wall as the beginning or ending of the piece. / The study of numbers can be said to underlie scientific knowledge, the knowledge which is also the basis for modern nursing. Panels four and seven directly refer to the art of nursing as well. The use of the appliqued technique, fabricated a stitch at a time requires patience and attention to detail. The plants depicted bring to mind the herbal origins of medicine. / To Manifest invites curiosity, exploration, and aesthetic enjoyment. It is hoped that sudents, faculty, and visitors will all find new meanings and personal connetions to this artwork with each viewing.