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Join us on Saturday, October 17 from 4-6 pm for You and Me, the first of two conversations with the artists of Tandem. For this special twentieth anniversary exhibition, we asked groups of our artists to work together on a collaborative project. Each group approached this task differently, and found ways to combine their mediums and styles into single or complementary works of art. Some of the artists didn't know each other before teaming up, while others had worked together before or were old friends. Kathryn Geismar and Deborah Peeples, who will be among the artists speaking on Saturday, had been close friends for many years, but had never created art together. They wrote about what the collaborative process was like for them:
We have had deep conversations over many years, so it was easy to understand the essence of each other’s work...We both utilize layers to create visual complexity, and via different materials and symbols, we examine themes of time, relationships and identity. It made sense for Deb’s color and abstract forms to serve as more of a ground for Kathryn’s figurative work. The challenge lay in figuring out a way to ensure that our work contributed equally to the overall composition and concept...
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