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"Understanding Oblivion" by Aaron Coleman, installation detail
Hoofprint Workshop is pleased to present UNDERSTANDING OBLIVION, a solo show featuring new work by Aaron Coleman. In a departure from his more traditional printmaking practice, Coleman uses collage and unorthodox materials to assemble a monumental triptych, returning the space to its former state: a chapel. But this is no sanctuary! Hand-painted elements, direct application of rust, and repurposed proofs all coalesce to give the viewer a sense of visual overload: the stuff of existence is tearing apart at the seams.
Aaron S. Coleman is an artist and educator living in Dekalb, Illinois. He makes mixed media prints using mezzotint, lithography, intaglio, relief and serigraphy. He combines imagery from comic books and stained glass windows to raise questions concerning misconstrued belief systems and twisted moral values in our society.
He has exhibited at the Liu Haisu Art Museum in Shanghai, China and was invited to participate in the 6th and 7th International Printmaking Biennial of Douro in Alijo, Portugal. Aaron’s work can be found in the collections of The University of Colorado, Wichita State University, the Ino-cho Paper Museum in Kochi, Japan, The Yekaterinburg Museum of Art in Yekaterinburg, Russia, and the University of Tennessee Knoxville’s Ewing Gallery Collection. Aaron is a husband, a dog lover and a workaholic.
"Understanding Oblivion" by Aaron Coleman, installation detail
Hoofprint Workshop is pleased to present UNDERSTANDING OBLIVION, a solo show featuring new work by Aaron Coleman. In a departure from his more traditional printmaking practice, Coleman uses collage and unorthodox materials to assemble a monumental triptych, returning the space to its former state: a chapel. But this is no sanctuary! Hand-painted elements, direct application of rust, and repurposed proofs all coalesce to give the viewer a sense of visual overload: the stuff of existence is tearing apart at the seams.
Aaron S. Coleman is an artist and educator living in Dekalb, Illinois. He makes mixed media prints using mezzotint, lithography, intaglio, relief and serigraphy. He combines imagery from comic books and stained glass windows to raise questions concerning misconstrued belief systems and twisted moral values in our society.
He has exhibited at the Liu Haisu Art Museum in Shanghai, China and was invited to participate in the 6th and 7th International Printmaking Biennial of Douro in Alijo, Portugal. Aaron’s work can be found in the collections of The University of Colorado, Wichita State University, the Ino-cho Paper Museum in Kochi, Japan, The Yekaterinburg Museum of Art in Yekaterinburg, Russia, and the University of Tennessee Knoxville’s Ewing Gallery Collection. Aaron is a husband, a dog lover and a workaholic.