{"id":2826,"date":"2015-01-21T16:18:17","date_gmt":"2015-01-21T16:18:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theaccent.org\/?p=2826"},"modified":"2015-01-21T16:18:17","modified_gmt":"2015-01-21T16:18:17","slug":"monochrome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/accent\/monochrome\/","title":{"rendered":"Monochrome"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Karen Zimmermann, Contributor\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 9\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s no such thing as pure black or pure white,\u201d Thomas Hilton said, pointing to the almost-black circle in the center of a pop-art geometric piece. Hilton, the exhibition director, pointed out how there was a slight amber glare on the spot from the studio lighting above.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo pure black and pure white are more&#8230; theoretical?\u201d I asked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen you add light, yes,\u201d Hilton said.<\/p>\n<p>The theme of the Monochrome exhibition was a limited palette \u2014 not just black and white, but those were the colors featured most prominently.<\/p>\n<p>Lines, contrast and an emphasis on form filled the space. In fact, visitors found themselves walking on artwork composed of light variations alone \u2014 a human shadow dominated the floor.<\/p>\n<p>Sketches and black-and-white photos were a natural presence, as were several kinds of prints, which were created by using a carved material like a stamp, making art from the difference between. The presence and absence of ink on the paper created the artwork. Each three dimensional piece was a single color, not simple black or white, but one that served to summarize its character.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p>The paintings that did incorporate an actual color \u2013 a hue \u2013 did so with power, as they stood by the black, white and grays, forcing the viewer to really con- sider the hue.<\/p>\n<p>In an accidental way, Monochrome seemed to hit just in time for Halloween. A good number of the works had a spooky sense to them: undeterminable, vaguely writhing forms, sullen women looking away, unattended life- style objects, skulls and organs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBlack-and-white images can have a dark association,\u201d artist Anthony Curia said. Curia, a graphic design student, displayed his print of a skull and candle in the exhibition.<\/p>\n<p>The next exhibition scheduled for the Rio Grande Gallery is the ACC Art Majors Exhibition. Student artwork will be on display from Nov. 12 through Dec. 11. The annual ACC Holiday Art Sale which will feature student art is scheduled for 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Dec. 4.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Karen Zimmermann, Contributor\u00a0 \u201cThere\u2019s no such thing as pure black or pure white,\u201d Thomas Hilton said, pointing to the almost-black circle in the center of a pop-art geometric piece. Hilton, the exhibition director, pointed out how there was a slight amber glare on the spot from the studio lighting above. \u201cSo pure black and pure [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4015,"featured_media":3668,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[92,99,349,502,598,605],"class_list":["post-2826","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-art-exhibit","tag-austin-comm","tag-karen-zimmermann","tag-rio-grande-campus","tag-the-accent","tag-thomas-hilton"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/accent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2826","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/accent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/accent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/accent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4015"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/accent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2826"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/accent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2826\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/accent\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/accent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2826"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/accent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2826"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/accent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}