NEW WORK BY THE LAND REPORT COLLECTIVE

ARTISTS INCLUDE: BRIAN R. JOBE | LETICIA R. BAJUYO | PATRICK KIKUT | DAVID L. JONES | SHELBY SHADWELL | JASON S. BROWN

Land Report is a collective of artists that make work about landscapes in and through conversation. In a fundamentally dialogical process, each artist responds to ‘place’ from a unique position, setting a signpost that defines an outer margin. Landscapes being the foundational reference point, the exhibition itself becomes a geography, each work utilized in wayfinding a larger concept of place.  New meanings emerge in the conversations that open up between works; conversations that call up the multiplicity of landscapes, maps and margins each artist explores. Ideas around how we inhabit space, our relationship to place, and new definitions of belonging are the fodder of new and potential relationships between the disparate road signs and markers guiding viewers through the real and imagined boundaries of setting.

Leticia R. Bajuyo’s work is fueled by compassion and a critique of capitalism, as she explores perceptions of value in order to foster an awareness of the role of social amnesia on consumer behavior. Jason S.  Brown considers the politics of mountaintop removal in his construction of objects and installations while also creating playful formal assemblages. Brian R. Jobe typically creates schemes for public interaction through the delineation of pathways or through site-specific focal points. David L. Jones responds to desert environments with experimental interactions, model scale sculpture, and large scale outdoor works. Patrick Kikut incorporates a lifelong interest in the horizon line in a series of paintings with flat Midwestern landscapes as his muse. Shelby Shadwell views the landscape from a non-traditional lens, responding to ephemeral images from highway road cameras, monumental mining operations and the optical nature of the salt flats through drawing, sculpture and video installation.

COVID-19 PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES: 

To protect staff and patrons alike, Alabama Contemporary requires a mask and social distancing in the galleries. We’ve also amended our hours, are waiving admission, and placing limits on capacity. For more information on our COVID-19 opening policy go here. We encourage everyone to be safe and socially conscious as we all learn to move forward through this together.

OPENING DAY : August 14, 2020 @ 11 am

Generous funding for this exhibition and related programming is provided by: