The Gary Simendinger Gallery features Warren County artists, past and present, on a rotating schedule.
It is located on the 1st floor of Harmon Museum. (105 S. Broadway, Lebanon OH 45036)
Opening Receptions are held the day the exhibition begins (Friday) at 6:30pm.
It is located on the 1st floor of Harmon Museum. (105 S. Broadway, Lebanon OH 45036)
Opening Receptions are held the day the exhibition begins (Friday) at 6:30pm.
Harmonic: the paintings of Cedric Michael Cox | May 13 - July 2
Free Opening Reception | May 13 | 6:30p
Artist Talk | June 4
The paintings and drawings I create are intended to build bridges between the past, present, and future for both individuals and ALL groups of people, through stylistic ideas and expressions that crossover into many genres. Historically, my interest in art draws from cubism at the beginning of the 20th century. In contemporary terms, I have been noted to create images that relate to elements of urban architecture, highlighting areas of the city in which I lived and worked.
My intention was to create a kind of architectonic lyricism. Much of my work still combines elements of cubism and deconstructionism, thus combining my interests in the musical composition and its relationship to my visual world. A change in rhythm can be compared to a change in line, weight, brushstroke, value, and pitch. Though my work has characteristics of abstract art, I encourage my viewers to reexamine material culture through my art; therefore, my abstraction is not totally non-objective. It is semi-abstraction. In recent years my work has increasingly transitioned into bolder, brighter color, as a shift in mood and tempo create drawings that originate as studies and become important to my process. The forms seem to grow like plants and flowers interweaving together in my vivid pictorial arena. While incorporating shapes that reference biomorphic forms in nature and internal human anatomy, I combine recognizable imagery placed in natural and man-made environments to create paintings that celebrate the enduring positive spirit of humanity through passionate color.
This use of vibrant color adds a dreamy and playful quality to my work. As a child, I possessed the passion to put my interpretation of the world around me on paper, later forging those images into paintings. I want the child I once was to be represented in my paintings on a visceral level, and at the same time express the refinement of a maturing culmination. The personal becomes the universal. Art is an important way for me to communicate and subsequently build relationships with others. My work is a spiritual testimony to the visual experiences that arouse my senses. As I examine and interpret the world around me, I seek to share an exquisite interplay of subtle and bold.
Learn more about Cedric Michael Cox on our blog!
My intention was to create a kind of architectonic lyricism. Much of my work still combines elements of cubism and deconstructionism, thus combining my interests in the musical composition and its relationship to my visual world. A change in rhythm can be compared to a change in line, weight, brushstroke, value, and pitch. Though my work has characteristics of abstract art, I encourage my viewers to reexamine material culture through my art; therefore, my abstraction is not totally non-objective. It is semi-abstraction. In recent years my work has increasingly transitioned into bolder, brighter color, as a shift in mood and tempo create drawings that originate as studies and become important to my process. The forms seem to grow like plants and flowers interweaving together in my vivid pictorial arena. While incorporating shapes that reference biomorphic forms in nature and internal human anatomy, I combine recognizable imagery placed in natural and man-made environments to create paintings that celebrate the enduring positive spirit of humanity through passionate color.
This use of vibrant color adds a dreamy and playful quality to my work. As a child, I possessed the passion to put my interpretation of the world around me on paper, later forging those images into paintings. I want the child I once was to be represented in my paintings on a visceral level, and at the same time express the refinement of a maturing culmination. The personal becomes the universal. Art is an important way for me to communicate and subsequently build relationships with others. My work is a spiritual testimony to the visual experiences that arouse my senses. As I examine and interpret the world around me, I seek to share an exquisite interplay of subtle and bold.
Learn more about Cedric Michael Cox on our blog!
From the Collection | July 9 - September 23
Darren Goodman | September 30 - November 26
Previous Shows:Women's Creations in the Victorian Era
Watercolor weavings of Tim Ryan The Life's Work of Gary Simendinger On the Shoulders of Our Ancestors - the work of Bing Davis Drawings and Paintings of Sylvia Thompson Outland Kelly Murray Frigard's Embroidered Tales Celebrating Quaker Artist, Marcus Mote Equestrian Bronzes by Lynda Sappington The Photography of Marshall Miller Sculpture by Neale Murray The Print work of Kevin Harris A Celebration of John & Martin Rettig (the first Rettig exhibition in 20 years) The Illustrations of C. F. Payne Paintings by John Vakaleris Stained Glass by Valerie Sherwood Rask Collected Ceramic works by Warren County Potters (Greg Shooner, Fred Cook, Greg Neal, Mike Baum, Karan Witham-Walsh, Trish McLennan, Peggy Hamlin & David T. Smith) Photography by Kelly Joslin The Magical World of Charley Harper |
Executive Director, Michael Coyan, discusses the Harmon Museum collection, the art exhibition of John & Martin Rettig and the upcoming shows for 2020.
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Office Phone: 513 932-1817
Wchs Office/Harmon MuseumTues - Sat: 10am - 4pm
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