By Paula Blankenship
Sedona Red Rock
News
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Mixed-media exhibit
will take place in design center
What happens
when three artists of exceptional talent and creativity
get together to exhibit and demonstrate their work? In a
word, “Transformation,” the name of an innovative public
exhibit Friday and Saturday, Dec. 19-20, at Creative
Flooring Design..
On Friday, the opening will be
5 to 9 p.m. featuring entertainment from The Ride and
refreshments. On Saturday. the hours will be 8 a.m. to 4
p.m.
An unusual mixed-media collaboration of
styles and artistic achievements, the “Transformation”
exhibit will take place in the design center’s main
showroom, as well as the Devi Yoga studio next
door.
Noted mosaic artist Robert Dakota of Sedona
is organizing the exhibit. He will be showing his work
along with Zenon Michalak, a stained glass artist, also
from Sedona.
In addition, Robert Sturman, a
pioneer in the fusion of art with photography, will be
coming from Santa Monica with some of his most famous
pieces.
One common thread during the exhibit will
be demonstrations of the effects of light and color on
various materials.
Dakota will use fire as a
medium and also utilize his fiber optic light box to
create unusual effects. Michalak will use rear light
projection, as well as sunlight, to illuminate his
striking piece, “New Warrior of Light.”
Sturman’s
surreal and uniquely creative images demand perfect
lighting for his photography. For this phase he uses a
Polaroid X-70 camera and Polaroid film, then alters the
image before the liquids emulsify. In other words,
“transformation.”
According to a news release, to
Dakota, the exhibit’s premise means “transforming your
home from a simple box to a living temple, the kind of
energy that surrounds your being has a direct effect on
what kind of being you are.” And, he added, “Major
transformation is happening all around
us.”
Creative Flooring Design is located at 215
Coffee Pot Drive in West Sedona. There is no charge to
attend.
For more information, call 204-5542.
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| “Walking Monks” by Robert Sturman. Sturman’s
work will be on display at Creative Flooring Design
today and tomorrow. |
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| “Red Rock Jewels” by Zenon
Michalak | |