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When the pandemic hit, Twin City artist Jim Neeley needed a place to escape to.
So, he created one actually, dozens of them in his 12-by-12 inch collage pieces dubbed “Obsession Tiles.”
And starting Friday, guests can view 100 of Neeley’s tiles in a new exhibition,
Each piece is the product of Neeley letting his “overactive imagination” run wild.
“I have a very kind of fertile mind that leads me in a lot of directions and occasionally down some mole holes, he said.
Neeley said the works have a good dose of the kind of irreverence his operation
Wisecracker Studios is known for, but with new elements of the fantastical.
An exotic gift from a kind stranger.an eccentric and formidable grandparent.the jaw-dropping riches of another culture.
These are the memories that have informed the latest work from Twin City artist David Dow, now on view at the McLean County Arts Center in Bloomington. The exhibition is called “Unsteady Hands” and continues through Feb. 19.
For many years, Dow has delved into masks and what they mean to us. His latest works, richly adorned with glistening beads set in wax, reflect childhood experiences and memories that Dow said he explored during the pandemic lockdown.
“I’m fascinated with masks and how they’ve been used through various cultures and times to represent power, fertility, station in life,” he said.