Barbara Gal:
It’s All in the Family
&
Mike Bashford
Nature vs Nurture
March 7th - March 23rd, 2025
Opening Reception March 7th, 5-9pm
Barbara Gal, Kyle Peri & Cori Perry:
It’s All in the Family
March 7th-23rd, 2025
My twin grandsons have been taking photos along with me since childhood. They now own most of my film cameras and other paraphernalia. They decided a while ago that my next show should be the three of us shooting with the medium format camera that I inherited from a good friend.
Since we live in Idaho, Colorado and Texas, that became a challenge. While we all shot film with “The Tank”, it was not enough. So this show also includes images shot on our 35mm cameras, both film and digital. Though they have helped me install some of my previous shows, this will be the first “real" show for them, and I’m proud to include their work.
Mike Bashford:
Nature vs. Nurture
March 7th-23rd, 2025
What does “Nature vs Nurture” mean? There is, of course, the philosophical argument about human nature. Are we a product of our genes, with our future determined at conception or are we more a product of our environment after birth? Nature vs nurture could also describe the conflict between the natural world and the man-made one: trees and mountains vs cities and roads.
Glass is a medium that expresses this dichotomy well. Glass has a nature: it wants to be a certain way. It wants to be round with a specific thickness and what it does when melted is try and get to its preferred state by flowing and moving. Glass does not naturally tend to create squares; it doesn’t form crystal structures. Glass colors react with each other. Melt turquoise and yellow glass next to each other and they will react and form a brown stripe in between. When a glass artist creates a piece, to what extent are they letting glass do its thing vs forcing it to do what the artist wants? I like to create on the edge of that dichotomy. Let glass express its nature but nurture it along the way.
This exhibit features pieces that represent nature and pieces that represent something more man-made. Many of the pieces have both: glass was melted, allowed to flow and react, then formed into a bowl, plate, or bead. Straight lines and ordered geometric structures speak to my intellect, but nature and the wonder of seeing what the glass will create speaks to my soul.
In the Member Gallery:
Time
March 7th- April 13th, 2025
Time is both an abstract concept and an undeniable force that shapes our lives. In this body of work, members of NEXT Gallery explore the fluidity and complexity of time, capturing its passage, memory, and the tension between permanence and change. Through a blend of mediums and processes, we reflect on the ways time can feel both expansive and constricting, evoking moments of reflection and anticipation. Each piece in this collection invites viewers to pause and reconsider the rhythms of their own existence, contemplating how time intersects with our memories, experiences, and the world around us.
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