Hashimoto Contemporary is happy to current Assembled Lands, a solo exhibition by Minnesota River Valley-artist Gregory Euclide. In Assembled Lands, Euclide explores concepts surrounding nature and the human expertise. The artist’s blended media assemblages resemble panorama work however defy categorization. These non-traditional observations of nature are collaged from unique pictures, work, drawings, Cyanotype, lower paper in addition to pure natural supplies Euclide forages from the prairie. The artist tears and layers these parts to construct a brand new pictorial area which extra precisely resembles the way in which he takes within the land.
When spending time in nature, the artist seems not solely on the entire, but additionally the weather which make up the panorama – particular person bushes, the colours and textures of leaves and bark. By breaking down the entire to disclose the sum of the elements, every contemporary look reveals a singular second stuffed with textures, shapes and colours. Euclide invitations us to discover worlds the place he blends the actual and imagined, objects, and supplies to evoke emotions of nostalgia, query the truth of the current second, and supply a glance towards the longer term.
