BGuthrie Photos: DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2019B Spring Exhibit: Squire Broel

DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2019B Spring Exhibit: Squire Broel:

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April 6-August 11, 2019
A selection of Broel’s life-sized to monumentally-sized totemic bronze sculptures creates space for reflection and contemplation about what it means to be human, be engaged as an individual within community and interact intentionally with the natural world. In his series of vertically oriented structures, Broel references tangible and intangible notions that resonate universally: botanical and architectural structures, environmental rhythms, physical and emotional solitude. Intentional abstraction creates a generous context for engaging with the sculptures. Allusions to historical references create a sense of timelessness and familiarity, yet the pieces exist outside the rapidly shifting visual language of stylized contemporary aesthetics.

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2019_DC_KatzenXT_Drag_190413: DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2019B Spring Event: Dragception Workshop (348 photos from 2019)
2019_DC_KatzenX_2019B_Carrillo: DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2019B Spring Exhibit: Eduardo Carrillo, Las Tropicanas (140 photos from 2019)
2019_DC_KatzenX_2019B_Press: DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2019B Spring Exhibit: Forward Press: 21st century printmaking (69 photos from 2019)
2019_DC_KatzenX_2019B_MFA_1Yr: DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2019B Spring Exhibit: Peripheral Visions: Studio Art MFA First Year exhibition (39 photos from 2019)
2019_DC_KatzenX_2019B_Broel: DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2019B Spring Exhibit: Squire Broel (31 photos from 2019)
2019_DC_KatzenX_2019B_MFA_Thesis: DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2019B Spring Exhibit: Turbulence: Studio Art MFA Thesis Exhibition (78 photos from 2019)
2019_DC_KatzenX_2019B_Continuum: DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2019B Spring Exhibit: (Alper) Kenneth Victor Young: Continuum (19 photos from 2019)
2019_DC_KatzenXT_Peterson_190413: DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2019B Spring Gallery Talk: Richard Peterson (intro to Dragception) (40 photos from 2019)
2019_DC_KatzenXT_Carrillo_190405: DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2019B Spring Gallery Talk: The Work of Eduardo Carrillo (15 photos from 2019)
2019_DC_KatzenO_190405: DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2019B Spring Opening Reception (Member) (26 photos from 2019)
2019_DC_KatzenO_190504: DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2019B2 Spring II Opening Reception & Gallery Talk (87 photos from 2019)

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1. KATBRO_190413_08.JPG: This selection of Broel's life-sized to monumentally-sized totemic bronze sculptures creates space for reflection and contemplation about what it means to be human, be engaged as an individual within community, and interact intentionally with the natural world. In his series of vertically oriented structures, Broel references tangible and intangible notions that resonate universally: botanical and architectural structures, environmental rhythms, physical and emotional solitude. Intentional abstraction creates a generous context for engaging with the sculptures. Allusions to historical references create a sense of timelessness and familiarity, yet the pieces exist outside the rapidly shifting visual language of stylized contemporary aesthetics. Broel's work is also a tribute to endurance and resilience. His totems are made to command attention and because they are portable, they offer to every new space they inhabit, fresh considerations for a more intentional way of life-a life closer to the bone.1 Broel's preferred materials of cast bronze, wood, and resins allowed countless civilizations to grow and flourish, the remnants of which endure to this day. Broel's totems stand as clues to the inner and outer workings of humans of the early 21st century: our aesthetic preferences, habits, our adaptability, and our capabilities. This unique sculptural installation exposes viewers to aspects of the American rural West's untamed spirit, vast rugged landscapes, and traditions of mysticism. Broel's intentional decision to live and work in a small agrarian community in the Pacific Northwest provides viewers with a raw vision of inward examinations that relate more to the health of the psyche than to the pop-culture echo chamber. The work is a complex fusion of expressions: longing, melancholy, hope and contentment. Anthony Bourdain, "No Reservations," Season 5 episode 4, 2008. Refers to the existence of a lifestyle connected to the land and one's need to engage with the land.
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2019 photos: Equipment this year: I continued to use my Fuji XS-1 cameras but, depending on the event, I also used a Nikon D7000. Trips this year: a four-day jaunt to Massachusetts (Boston, Stockbridge, and Springfield) to experience rain in another state, Asheville, NC to visit Dad and his wife Dixie, four trips to New York City (including the United Nations, Flushing, and the New York Comic-Con), and my 14th consecutive San Diego Comic-Con (including sites in Utah). Number of photos taken this year: about 582,000.
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