![]() It is the artist’s hope that this exhibit will shed light upon the timeless currency of ‘language’ in all of its processes, materials and meanings. The exhibition is divided into three parts, each juxtaposing old and new media (and materials). Ultimately, these investigations seek to demonstrate that our illuminated text and icons, and our need to communicate with them, have not altered significantly over the last thousand years. In the process of examining these relationships, Ben has experimented with a wide range of materials: calfskin vellum in multiple ink jet printers and heat presses lapis lazuli in petroleum distillates and 24k gold (carefully painted on the halo of the Virgin Mary). The concept for the exhibition involves language, media, and iconography, as well as the parallels and differences involving medieval and contemporary lexicons. The inspiration for this exhibition originated from a field trip to Rauner Special Collection Library with a group of seventeen VCS art students. “Item as deScribed” is an artistic exploration of medieval illuminations by Ben Patrick, chair of the Visual and Performing Arts programs at Vemont Commons School in South Burlington, Vermont. ![]()
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