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A log painted camoflauge
Woodland Camouflage, Aaron Dysart, 2005

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Saturday, Oct. 7, 4-8 p.m.
College of Visual Arts Concordia University College of St. Catherine Macalester College College of Visual Arts Augsburg College University of St. Thomas Bethel's 9th Street Entry Gallery


Sticks and Stones: Recent Sculpture by Aaron Dysart
September 11-October 20, 2006

In Aaron Dysart’s work the natural is simplified: stripped or painted, the stable is made mobile, one form points to another. By changing a natural object he creates nostalgia for the original form that brings both understanding and yearning. The sculpture becomes the new form and a reminder of the unaffected.

By creating this subtle loss of the present through adding supposed utility, Dysart strives to re-examine of definitions of nature. The human race is a part of nature, but there seems to be some intuitive separation. Categories break down, and the relationship remains far from clear.

Artist reception will be during Art Attack.