Time and Place: Works by JoEl Levy LoGiudice and Laura Chenicek

May 1 – 29
Time and Place in the Lower Gallery
Opening reception: Friday, May 1, 5:00-9:00 PM
Gallery hours: Monday-Friday, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM and Saturday, 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM with additional hours on Fridays, 5:00-7:00 PM for Gallery 1010 openings.
The Emporium Center, 100 S. Gay Street, Knoxville, TN 37902

Time and Place focuses on memories and how those memories relate to specific locations for two Nashville based artists, JoEl Levy LoGiudice and Laura Chenicek. JoEl Levy LoGiudice perceives Time as an abstract that resides in memories. Imagined time is fluid and best portrayed with an improvisational approach. LoGiudice interprets Place as both a physical and an emotional space. 

In her St. Bridgid’s Well series, she utilizes photographs taken at the site in County Clare, Ireland, and imbues them with religious reverence. The work honors the visitors who frequent this Holy Well. The work is grounded in the depiction of a real place, and the pieces gain strength from the imagined voices.

Laura Chenicek addresses the concept of time and place from a different vantage point. To Chenicek, Time equates to the formation of memories. Her work references her childhood experiences and how she now perceives them. Place is represented in her memory by two childhood locations: a lake the family stayed near on summer vacation and her bedroom with its floral wallpaper. 

Chenicek’s most recent work are fiber pieces that allude to the comfort and safety of home with their quilt format. The floral motif is the actual pattern from her bedroom wallpaper.  As a child, she would fall asleep imagining creatures and natural forms emerging from the pattern. In part, she attributes her creative development to that experience.

JoEL Levy LoGiudice

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Laura Chenicek

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Instagram: @laurachenicek