Accessed (Means of Entry): Andrew Rice
“Within These Walls” (laser excavated screen print) by Andrew Rice
“Space is an elemental yet often overlooked pillar of our existence. There is a duality to space. It has the ability to both liberate as well as enclose us.”
Carbondale Arts presented “Accessed (means of entry)”, a solo exhibition by mixed media artist Andrew Rice, which opened First Friday, March 6 and was on display through March 27 at the Carbondale Arts R2 Gallery located inside The Launchpad.
Andrew’s work investigated the psychological implications of the spaces that keep us alive but also prevent access from outside surroundings. His work explores this conceptual and artistic nexus of space. Andrew is interested in the contradiction between space’s limitations as well as immensity, and that tension of the in-between. Within these spaces, he is drawn to their ability to be both a point of access as well as inaccessibility.
“Accessed (means of entry)” was generously sponsored by Forum Phi, an award-winning Architecture & Interior Design Firm with offices in Carbondale and Aspen, Colorado. Forum Phi thoughtfully provides a collaborative architecture and interior design environment, with client-centric and sustainability-driven processes. The team specializes in design-led renovations and highly crafted new builds, with an expanding portfolio of work across the Roaring Fork Valley and beyond.
This exhibition opened the same evening as “Clever” by Elizabeth Morisette. Both shows were at the R2 Gallery through March 27.
Andrew Rice
Painter & Mixed Media Artist, Salt Lake City, UT
Andrew Rice has always called the Rocky Mountain West region his home. Born in Aspen, CO, he received his BFA in printmaking from the University of Colorado in Boulder and his MFA in Salt Lake City, UT at the University of Utah, where he currently teaches printmaking. Through a variety of print processes, oil stick drawings, and collage, Rice’s work investigates the use and occupation of space. How we have a need to carve out a space of our own, no matter our environment. Rice has exhibited his work widely at national and international venues including the Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, CUAC (Central Utah Art Center), the Holter Museum of Art (Helena, MT), the 8th International Triennial of Graphic Arts (Sofia, Bulgaria), 2nd Kaunas International Printmaking Biennial (Kaunas, Lithuania).