Rondle West & Sarah Hahn Opening [2013.03.08] - The Sculpture Center Cleveland

THE SCULPTURE CENTER INVITES YOU TO THE SECOND OPENING OF THE 2013 W2S SERIES RONDLE WEST: MozART AND SARAH HAHN: OF GODS AND DEMIGODS, RELICS AND SOUVENIRS Friday, March 8 5:30-8:00 PM   Public Opening 6:15 PM   The Artist Talks: Sarah Hahn in the Euclid Avenue Gallery 7:00 PM   The Artist Talks: Rondle West in the Main Gallery  On View: March 8 - April 13    With a strong sense of irony, Rondle West and Sarah Hahn use contemporary imagery to explore classical themes. Rondle West builds assemblages crammed with lowbrow objects to have a little complicated fun with Mozart's opera The Magic Flute. Sarah Hahn replicates the stances of marble statues from antiquity and replaces the original figures with our current celebrities in ceramic. Rondle West: MozART Main Gallery    about the artist Currently living in Cincinnati, OH, and Palm Springs, CA, Rondle West has shown his artwork in many group exhibitions, including at the Carnegie Arts Center in Covington, KY, and most recently in the Melissa Fine Art Group Show. His work is in the collection of the Miami University Art Museum and many private collections. Rondle West, Tomino, the Prince, 2011-12, mixed media, 31 x 34 x 21 in. Image courtesy of the artist.; Sarah Hahn: Of Gods and Demigods, Relics and Souvenirs  Euclid Avenue Gallery       about the artist Sarah Hahn received her BFA from Ohio Wesleyan University and earned her MFA from the University of Kentucky. Currently she is teaching and creating art in Columbus, Ohio. Image: Sarah Hahn, Bieber Awakening the Cyrus (detail), 2010, ceramic, 20 x 38 x 22 in. Image courtesy of the artist.     Upcoming Exhibitions Open on Friday, April 26   The Tragedy of the Commons A collaboration of Ali Momeni and Robin Meier   Main Gallery              Ali Momeni and Robin Meier, The Tragedy of the Commons (2011), installation with Atta (leaf-cutter) ants at the Palais de Tokyo, Paris. Image courtesy of Aurélie Cenno. Mark Schatz: Universe a 2013 W2S exhibition   Euclid Avenue Gallery Mark Schatz, I Was Going To Make a Model of the Earth But It Won't Stop Moving, 2011, 6 pieces, expanded polystyrene foam, model train foliage, wood, plastic, found objects, dimensions vary, approx 72 in. x 96 in. x 120 in. Image courtesy of the artist.  THE SCULPTURE CENTER   Gallery hours   Wed - Fri 10 AM - 4 PM Sat- Noon - 4 PM   Other weekdays and times by prior appointment. Call any time you are in the area on a weekday for tours of the exhibitions or the David E. Davis Studio. Office hours Monday - Friday 9:30 AM - 5:00 PM Always free and open to the public 216.229.6527 Visit The Sculpture Center's website for more information.   ______________________________________________________________________________   The Sculpture Center is a not-for-profit arts organization dedicated to the enrichment, education, enjoyment, and visual enhancement of the community at large through sculpture. It has a particular commitment to fostering the careers of emerging sculptors of Ohio and our region and the preservation of Ohio outdoor sculpture. The Sculpture Center has been showing the art of the very best sculptors and installation artists from this region since its founding in 1989 by the Cleveland sculptor David E. Davis and his wife Bernice S. Davis.