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to investigate the ideas
behind the Fractal Sciences.
Ms. Scotchie translates these
principles into three-
dimensional ceramic forms
that are biomorphic and
geometric modes of expres-
sion. Through repetition,
modification and eventual ar-
rangements — at floor level or
in wall assemblages — inter-
relationships are established
that evince a natural order,
defying preconception. When
the works are placed on the
wall, the individual com-
ponents might resemble
models of genetic helixes.
Although they can stand
alone, it is the spatial rela-
tionships between the
elements which generates the
rhythm that the artist is
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stone tombs, temples and
altars in Egypt that are stain-
ed by time, bleached by the
sun and worn by the wind.
Bradley Miller's work also
is influenced by ecological
processes. During the 1970s,
he conducted a series of ex-
periments with ceramic
forms, testing their reactions
to firing against the laws of
physics and the mathematics
of cell division. Ceramic rocks
were subjected to high
pressures to test their com-
pressive strengths and crack-
ing patterns. The resulting
rock fragments were divided
into predictable geometrical
shapes and units.
Three forms dominate Mr.
Miller's current work: the
trademark geological ele-
ment, which when polished
into a regular geometric or
softly rounded block, often
serves as a sculptural base
(the artist's ongoing reference
to Earth as the source of all
Life); a spiral, deeply carved
into a rock or shell and refer-
ring to the cyclical nature of
time; and a vessel, sometimes
a simple, hollowed-out rock,
sometimes a fully evolved tea-
cup, referring to human
habitation.
Virginia Scotchie's current
work is an exploration of the
merging of geometry and
nature. The artist's interest
in geometric form and its ex-
istence in nature has led her
An exhibition of new pain-
tings by Maxine Snider and
sculpture by Muriel Castanis
will run at Robert Kidd
Gallery through July 11.
Maxine Snider's paintings
have a duality of purpose.
They are all about painting —
the quality of paint, the
nature of structure, the im-
pact and sensitivity inherent
in color, and the attaching of
objects to the canvas which
are personal bits of the ar-
tist's everyday life and
thought.
Equally as important is the
spiritual and conceptual
nature of Ms. Snider's pain-
tings. Her canvases are filled
with the fantasy of childhood
memories, the mysteries of
adolescence, the concepts of
"mother and father," the
playfulness of daydreams, and
actual "words" which invite
the viewer into a dialogue
with the artist.
Muriel Castanis creates
life-sized sculptures of draped
garments which resemble L,-
classical beings frozen in
time. Using fabric coated with - j
epoxy resins, she constructs
the illusion of life. What in-
trigues the viewer is that he
senses a moving, breathing - j
figure within the garments or
he suspects them to be as
solid and heavy as marble. In
reality, neither is true. These
are faceless "statues." The in-
terior human figure is no
longer there.
Robert Kidd Gallery is at
207 Townsend St., Birm-
ingham. Gallery hours are
Tuesday-Saturday, 10:30
a.m.-5:30 p.m.