{"id":4659,"date":"2017-12-05T15:25:57","date_gmt":"2017-12-05T20:25:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vermontartguide.com\/content\/?p=4659"},"modified":"2017-12-10T16:06:33","modified_gmt":"2017-12-10T21:06:33","slug":"the-book-of-changes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/vermontartguide.com\/content\/the-book-of-changes\/","title":{"rendered":"The Book of Changes"},"content":{"rendered":"

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ART ON VIEW<\/p>\n

Elizabeth Nelson: “The Book of Changes”
\nat the Highland Center for the Arts in Greensboro
\nDecember 2, 2017-February 18, 2018<\/h2>\n

Elizabeth Nelson is best known for her images of Northeastern landscapes. Her work has been shown since the late 1980s and has been presented in juried shows for nearly as long. She is represented by galleries in New York and Vermont and has won commissions for public art. Neither a young nor obscure artist, one can believe her when she says, \u201cEvery so often artists come to the end of what they\u2019re exploring.\u201d They have to ask, \u201cWhere do I go from here?\u201d 2012 was one of those periods for Liz. She wanted to transform her work.<\/p>\n

In January 2012, she started a series of “Symbolic Landscapes” inspired by the sixty-four hexagrams of the I Ching. Incorporating chance even into the procedure, she throw coins to choose a hexagram each time a painting was started and contemplate the result as she thought or dreamt an image. Her work has always referenced the landscape of northern New England and this new series continued that exploration, but with an interior dimension of symbols and geometric juxtapositions.<\/p>\n

A friend showed her the I Ching book in the mid 1960s. \u201cThe language about the symbols connected so closely to unconscious thoughts I had been having.\u201d She wears divination loosely; there are times she refers to the method frequently and times she puts it aside for years. Liz describes her use as \u201csomething I have used in different ways for different questions and in different intensities.\u201d<\/p>\n

The discipline of such a project is \u201cvery freeing.\u201d Describing the freedom inside of discipline, Nelson makes this analogy: \u201cIf you\u2019ve cooked a souffle, one that\u2019s followed the rules, and have had some success, then you start changing things.\u201d She applies that thought to painting: \u201cYou have to keep pushing the edges of your knowledge and capabilities to grow as an artist. \u201cCompleting one idea,\u201d she explains, gives her the \u201cconfidence to do a riff on it. It\u2019s a physical skill, among other things. You have to have confidence in your skills; you keep practicing.\u201d<\/p>\n

For the first time, all 64 of these new paintings are on exhibit.<\/p>\n

(text adapted from the venue\u2019s press materials)<\/em><\/p>\n

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INFORMATION<\/strong><\/p>\n

Highland Center for the Arts<\/strong>
\n2875 Hardwick Street
\nGreensboro 05841
\n(802)\u00a0533-9075<\/p>\n

Hours:
\nNOTE: Closed January 15-February 5, 2018<\/p>\n

Tuesday-Friday, 9AM-5PM
\nand during public events<\/p>\n

MAP<\/a> | WEBSITE\u00a0<\/a>| FACEBOOK<\/a><\/p>\n

Image:<\/strong>
\nThe Marrying Maiden<\/i> (54)
\nby Elizabeth Nelson
\n20″x20″
\nacrylic on panel<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

ART ON VIEW Elizabeth Nelson: “The Book of Changes” at the Highland Center for the Arts in Greensboro December 2, 2017-February 18, 2018 Elizabeth Nelson is best known for her images of Northeastern landscapes. Her work has been shown since…<\/p>\n

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