Mystery Something (2011) Canola Oil Paint on Linen. 7 x 6.5 feet
The Center for Contemporary Art, Sacramento will present the work of Aptos, California-based artist Enid Baxter Blader in the exhibition Signs from February 22 through March 20, 2011. The exhibition will include her paintings and her short film, THE ORD, which documents the de-commissioned Fort Ord Army Base.
A pile of bloody birds lying on the ground, a crooked rainbow formed over a burnt landscape and cows making their way through a flood are other subjects found in Blader’s paintings. There is no rationale for optimism and no proof that things will get better. Yet, there is a hopeful surging forward, a “cutting against the grain” in the face of uncertainty. Sense of place is central in much of Enid’s work, as is an emphasis on the connection of opposites.
A filmmaker, musician and painter, Enid’s work has been exhibited internationally including at the Smithsonian, Sundance, and as part of the Getty Museum’sretrospective of California Video, 1960-present. Enid is the chair of Teledramatic Arts at CSU Monterey Bay. Read the rest of this entry »
