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Unfixed Concrete Ideal

curated by Ben Sloat + Allyson Vieira

April 5 - June 1 | Opening Reception / Meet the Artists: Friday, April 5 / 5-8pm

Unfixed Concret Ideal_Katarina Burin

Exhibit Statement


Unfixed Concrete Ideal addresses the wonderful contradictions of concrete in both its formless fluidity and fixed rigidity. In some spaces, concrete can be seen as a modern and democratic material, while in others, it can be quite hostile and oppressive. In many ways, concrete itself represents the ideals of the modern era, but also how incomplete those ideals often became. 

Join us for a rare opportunity to view works by national and international artists and educators, bringing unique perspectives to this material, prompting us to consider concrete’s social, environmental, and aesthetical impacts.

Exhibiting artists:
Skafte Aymo-Boot, Jennifer Barrows, Katarina Burin, Gabo Camnitzer, Arthur Debert, Tory Fair, Hank Fialkow, Andy Graydon, Candice Ivy, Maria Lalou, Ron Lambert, Jia-Jen Lin, Brendan McGuirl, Jerry Mischak, Isaiah "Prophet" Raines, Jim Ricks, Ben Sloat, Tracey Snelling, Anssi Taulu, Brian Unwin, Allyson Vieira

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Artist Bio

Ryan Rasmussen

Ryan Rasmussen is a multi-disciplinary artist, researcher, and educator whose works spans practices in sculpture, installation, kinetic and electronic works, and video. Ryan's current work explores the blurring boundary between virtual and physical bodies to study and interpret the coalescing of these disparate ontologies as an emergent spatiotemporal-virtual entanglement. His teaching covers a broad range of topics including Intermedia, Sculpture, 3D Design, Interactive Art, and Digital Art.

Ryan has had numerous exhibitions worldwide at such venues as: Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art (Doha, Qatar), CICA Museum of South Korea, Kyoto Cultural House (Kyoto, Japan), Art Space (Bay area, CA), Glass Curtain Gallery (Chicago, IL), Museum of Anthropology (Minsk, Belarus), Nancy Fyfe Cardozier Gallery (Midland-Odessa, TX), and the International Print Biennial - Museu do Douro (Portugal).

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Figure 7 / Shaina Gates / 2021 / 6.5x6x2.5 / $400

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Figure 20 / Shaina Gates / 2021 / 10x9x3 / $500

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Figure 12 / Shaina Gates / 2021 / 5x5x3 / $400

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Figure 164 / Shaina Gates / 2022 / 9x8x2 / $500

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Grant support provided by:

NHCF New Hampshire Charitable Foundation
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3S Artspace is supported in part by a grant from the New Hampshire State Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.
Funded in part by a grant from the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation - Rutman Family Fund.


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