The Grates and Grills

Some works of grates and grills, exploring pattern in relief by taking rubbings and further working them in the studio. I find pattern meets function in the abstraction. Some of the patterns are very old, such as the Victorian heating grates. The telephone access lids are from the earlier part of the 20th century. If you look around, they are every where in the Baltimore environment.

Selected Artworks 2002 - 2023

For more than twenty years, I've been creating art that seeks to bring healing and change by examining what it means to be human.   My original poetry accompanied with paintings and innovative printmaking techniques have allowed me to explore human emotions of our time, and to capture human imperfections and strengths.




Decision is a Choice

Written and performed by Theresa Columbus
Originally performed with: Jenny Sage, Carrie Fucile, John Alex Lind, and Whitney Simpkins.

Performed as part of "Puss Fusst" Nov. 2012, The "12 12 12 Show" in Milwaukee Wisconsin at the Redline, Dec. 12, 2012, as part of the opening of Ink Press Productions in spring of 2013, as part of the Martha Wison exhibit at the INOVA gallery in Milwaukee in Aug. 2013, and as part of Gabfestry in Machias Maine in Aug. 2013. (see www.gabfestry.org)

POLIPOP: POLITICAL POP ART

POLIPOP (Political Pop Art)
Mina Cheon's Solo Exhibition at Sungkok Art Museum, Seoul, South Korea
January 12 – March 11, 2012


Korean-American new media artist Mina Cheon showcases POLIPOP (Political Pop Art) at the Sungkok Art Museum in Seoul, the first of three installments of Cheon’s consecutive solo-exhibitions to be held in 2012. After Seoul, Polipop projects will show at the Maryland Art Place in Baltimore and White Box in New York City.

POLIPOP AND PAINTINGS

Polipop & Paintings
Mina Cheon's Solo Exhibition at Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, Maryland
May 3 – June 30, 2012

Maryland Art Place (MAP) proudly announces Mina Cheon’s solo exhibition Polipop & Paintings, May 3 - June 30, 2012. The exhibition includes a series of digital paintings (8x5 feet each) coming from her mid-career solo exhibit Polipop (Political Pop Art) at the Sungkok Art Museum in Seoul, Korea; works that became an instant media sensation in Korea early this year.

Raising Water

Raising water has been an ongoing interest of mine. It’s the ultimate in cause and effect. Creating a sculpture that is a wind-powered fountain is a concept that has been under development for a long period of time. WW Ladew 2020 is the latest example. 

There were many other projects that led up to the Ladew wind-powered fountain: Wind Wirtz at Park School, Wind Wirtz #2 at Goya Contemporary, Chase Pier model at Gedankenexperiment, and Wind-Wirtz Ladew at Ladew Topiary Gardens.
 

Pop Deco

Regardless of taste or budget, the decorative impulse, the desire to enhance your physical appearance and that of your home, is universal. It connects us intimately to our distant ancestors. However, the contemporary practice of sampling has enabled an entire generation of artists to borrow freely across cultures and time periods, creating unique hybrids in a range from harmonious to jarring.

Manolis

This kinetic sculpture was an investigation to test two kinds of movement: one is the disks spinning in opposite directions on the same axle, the other is the column spinning both above and below the horizontal support arm.
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