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The City Arts Center in Oklahoma City will present an exhibition of works by fiber artist Maggie Casey titled "Bearing the Echo of Proving Ground". Casey creates large-scale yarn drawings and installations that fill rooms. This will be Casey's first exhibition in Oklahoma and will feature several large sculptures and installations made of materials like plaster, wire, and string. The exhibition opens on March 1st with a reception and artist talk, and will include an interactive collaborative art project in the gallery.
The City Arts Center in Oklahoma City will present an exhibition of works by fiber artist Maggie Casey titled "Bearing the Echo of Proving Ground". Casey creates large-scale yarn drawings and installations that fill rooms. This will be Casey's first exhibition in Oklahoma and will feature several large sculptures and installations made of materials like plaster, wire, and string. The exhibition opens on March 1st with a reception and artist talk, and will include an interactive collaborative art project in the gallery.
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The City Arts Center in Oklahoma City will present an exhibition of works by fiber artist Maggie Casey titled "Bearing the Echo of Proving Ground". Casey creates large-scale yarn drawings and installations that fill rooms. This will be Casey's first exhibition in Oklahoma and will feature several large sculptures and installations made of materials like plaster, wire, and string. The exhibition opens on March 1st with a reception and artist talk, and will include an interactive collaborative art project in the gallery.
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Leading contemporary fiber artist stretches thread through space and creates yarn drawings of objects that fill the capacity of a room.
For immediate release
February 19 , 2011
OKLAHOMA CITY — — When Chris Keesee first saw the
work of a young, American artist named Maggie Casey, he hoped to see an exhibition of her work in Oklahoma City. Bearing the Echo of Proving Ground is Ca- Keesee, a longtime art collector who serves as Chairman of sey’s first exhibit in Oklahoma. It will also rep- Kirkpatrick Bank and Kirkpatrick Oil Company, as well as resent the Southwest’s first formal exposure to President of City Arts Center, recommended the exhibits her work. committee at City Arts Center review her portfolio. “We were impressed with her work and decided to pursue the exhibition” said Mary Ann Prior, Executive Director, City Arts Center. “In talking to Maggie about her work and aspirations, it quickly became apparent to me that she is a thoughtful, serious artist who is mature beyond her years.” Last week, Casey, along with her assistant, Genevieve, loaded a truck with her artwork and began the long drive from Oregon to Oklahoma. The 2,000-mile journey will take them through four U.S. capital cities, Boise, Salt Lake City, Cheyenne and Denver, before arriving in Oklahoma City Monday. They will immediately begin installing the exhibit. The body of work presented will range in format and media and include sculpture, installation and new media. The exhibit will feature 10 pieces including five larger pieces. Some of the artwork reflects generational studies. At 27, Casey is one of the youngest artists to ever exhibit at City Arts Center. “I have never been to Oklahoma and I’m very excited to enter a city where everything is new to me,” Casey said. “I’m most excited about the amount of space the center has available.” According to Prior, a Londoner who served as art curator for Bank of America Europe before moving to Oklahoma in 2009, the space available for exhibiting artwork is one of City Art Center’s most admired assets. “We are so fortunate to have the space we have,” Prior said. “It lends itself to large installations like we’ll see from Maggie Casey.” Bearing the Echo of Proving Ground opens at 5:30 p.m., March 1, with a wine and cheese reception. At 12 p.m. (noon) that same day, Casey will deliver a lecture, String Me Along, about her work. She will discuss the evolution from airy outlines to solid sculpture, as well as current processes. Also, that evening in the Circle Gallery, the public, including children, will kick off a collaborative event that will run in tandem with the exhibit. Participating patrons will have an opportunity to stretch various fibers including ribbons, crepe paper, yarn, string and colored tape through the one-time planetarium. Each contribution will build upon preceding creations. “Maggie is definitely a talent to watch because she is already attracting a lot of attention around the country and I wouldn’t be at all surprised if she gains international recognition quite soon,” Prior said. Bearing the Echo of Proving Ground runs through May 14. -more-
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pr@cityartscenter.org, (405) 951-0000 Biography, Maggie Casey Maggie Casey grew up in Pennsylvania, and received a BFA in Fiber in 2005 at The University of the Arts in Philadelphia. In 2007 her tapestry series, Model, was shown at F.E.U.L. Gallery. The work was recognized by the American Craft Council and became part of the Searchlight Artist series at the 2008 Baltimore ACC show. Maggie moved to Portland OR in 2008, and has since created installations at Oregon College of Art and Craft, Mile Post 5 and Appendix Project Space. In 2009 she became a coordinator of Appendix Project Space and collaborated with the other members during their time of residency at Portland State University. The collective has continued to work alongside one another, and have collectively shown at New American Art Union and Ditch Space this past year. While her work has undergone a shift in influences and materials, Maggie continues to take part in conversation regarding contemporary fiber. She most recently was invited to participate in the Symposium titled Materiality + Meaning in Seoul, South Korea, which was in conjunction with a group show at 175 Gallery. The body of work being presented at Oklahoma City Art Center will range in format and media, and include sculpture, installation, and new media.
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pr@cityartscenter.org, (405) 951-0000 Goldtooth by Maggie Casey
Goldtooth 10' x 1' x 6' Plaster, Wire, String
According to Casey, Goldtooth is primarily plaster presentation that
mimics a grid, topography and islands. It is installed cattycorner on a 16 foot floating wall.
Range by Maggie Casey / Jeff Stockbridge Archival Pigment Print on Canvas
13' x 4' Ink, Canvas
According to Casey, Range doesn’t ring as true in print as it does in per-
son. 1t 13-feet wide, it features 2 pixels per inch in some places and 13 pixels per inch in others, which creates an optical illusion.