On Thursday November 7, 2019, Ringling Underground and Artist Liaison Ender Wilde presents:
Experimental and Immersive, a Ringling Museum Courtyard exhibition of local artists Nick Dahill, Jared Lloyd, Jack Micoli and Alisa Hozdic. Experimental and Immersive exhibits new works by emerging artists in Sarasota.
Jared Lloyd a graphic designer and painter, focuses on high contrast and flow. His work relates the 1920’s Bauhaus posters, the op art of the 1970's and contemporary digital vector files. Beyond the initial hard-edge black and white acrylic, viewers are taught to see reactionary linework, finding connectivity and narrative through composition.
A recent graduate of Ringling College of Art and Design.
www.jaredmlloyd.com Follow @FlowofJayrad
Nick Dahill's paintings begin a discussion between illustration and virtual reality. Using digital illustrations, painting and installation he bridges the gap of interface and immersion. With this new installation, Nick brings the type of scale experienced in old 3D platformer games to the realm world. He often works with layered graffiti, characters and linework encouraging viewers to question the set-like backdrops compared to his bold multi-object installation.
A recent graduate of Ringling College of Art and Design. Follow @nickdahill
Jack Micoli creates nostalogic fantasies as facets connected to their wooden vessels. Jack creates a symbiosis of form/function and remembrance/memory. “While these pictures are nonsensical and surreal, to chase factual image of the past would only twist what is already a delusional dream: memory,” states Jack. This depiction of fantastic remembrance is both personal and global, as the symbolism -such as toys- are shared throughout several generations. Familial illustrations of a homeplace, an eden, the land of milk and honey, the toy aisle of Target all wrap together in these large and miniature scale objects. Jack builds the wooden vessels with hand tools and homemade steam tunnels.
A recent graduate of New College of Florida.
Alisa Hodzic deconstructs the barrier between what is human and what is nature. She creates “work with organic materials such as produce, plants and bugs… (she) creates paper from sliced produce then establishes new compositional structures.” These compositions inhabit light-filled spaces, and are often a stark visual contrast from the pristine gallery interior in their raw form. These site-specific works offer a new component, an interaction and occupation of spaces to create a maze-like experience of immersion. With a focus on the responsibility of providing a visual guide to the hostile relationship humans have with the earth and its elements. Alisa states, “Through processes guided by natures’ algorithms, I present an array of pieces that capture the beauty of raw biological data and heighten these unadulterated elements”.
A recent graduate of Ringling College of Art and Design.
www.alisahodzic.com Follow @redmystery_