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landformations Curio exhibit to open October 4, 5 7pm at Block Gallery

Curio exhibit to open October 4, 5-7pm at Block Gallery

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by: Tri AE

Come meet the artists and see the artwork of Curio on Thursday, 10.04 at Block Gallery! Music will be provided by Tuff Love in Dub.

The featured artists of Curio explore the fantastical through abstracted narrative, inventive characters, interior emotions and archetypal imagery.

Curio features paintings by Chance Murray, Christina Preher, Ellie Reinhold, and glass work by Lucartha Kohler. Block2 Video Series will air The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse by Marc Russo.

Both Curio and The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse will be on display at the gallery, located in the Raleigh Municipal Building at 222 W Hargett Street through November 13.

More on Curio
Curio explores the odd, fantastical and the symbolic. Previously an animator, Chance Murray?s mixed media paintings incorporate texture, layers and various found curio postcard Curio exhibit to open October 4, 5 7pm at Block Gallery objects to create imagery that is both oddly humorous and macabre. Figure and landscape feature prominently in Christina Preher?s paintings, creating whimsical visual narratives. Ellie Reinhold focuses on the importance of color, symbolic imagery and emotion in her paintings. For the gallery?s display cases, Lucartha Kohler has compiled her version of the periodic table of elements, comprised of her handcrafted glass sculptures, each made in part with the element that it represents. Marc Russo?s Block2 video, The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, is a dynamic animation that explores the relationship between humans and nature, one where humans? battle for control is ultimately futile and has far-reaching and potentially harmful repercussions.