ALPHABET OF THE SPIRIT
by Daniel Fleckles
About the Work
The digital world enables me to bring to life images that might otherwise
have remained inaccessible for being far too complex to paint or draw.
What may at first appear to be a photographic artifact is actually a fictional
object, an image constructed from multiple layers. Each layer is a
"slice" of collected materials that produce the illusion of a single object.
Work of this kind often has content that is not obvious and is, in fact,
sometimes intentionally hidden. The five images from Alphabet of the
Spirit possess eccentric features in terms of time and space. Yet their
polymorphous aspects result in seamless, fully realized compositions. I
work in the tradition of illuminated manuscripts––with images designed
to be seen alongside blocks of text as well as to be viewed independently.
Alphabet of the Spirit appears for the first time on this website.
Digital prints can be ordered by contacting me at: sharonherson@comcast.net.
Recent Exhibitions
2004 "In Memory of Lonny Bier #2," in the 48th Annual
National Juried Print Exhibition, The Hunterdon Museum of Art, Clinton,
New Jersey (May-July)
2003 The Firewheel, Part II, The Gallery at Brooke
Farm, Glen Gardner, New Jersey (September-November) [solo show: 28 images,
presented in an installation created for the gallery space]
2003 "Wilhelm in Russia," in the 47th Annual National
Juried Print Exhibition, The Hunterdon Museum of Art, Clinton, New
Jersey (May-July)
2003 "Homero’s Shack," two drawings, pastel and graphite,
from The Firewheel, in Extreme Landscape, group exhibition
at The Hunterdon Museum of Art, Clinton, New Jersey (August-October)
2002 The Firewheel, Part I, The Gallery at Brooke
Farm, Glen Gardner, New Jersey (May-June) [solo show: 47 images, presented
in an installation created for the gallery space]
Other Exhibitions
New media
1979 Alternative Imaging Systems, Everson Museum, Syracuse,
New York
1979 Electroworks, International Museum of Photography, Eastman
House Rochester, New York; exhibit traveled to Toronto (Canadian Centre
of Photography and Film), New York (Cooper-Hewitt Museum of Design), and
Nashville (Center for Performing Arts).
Oil and acrylic
1983 Painting Annual, The Butler Institute of American
Art, Youngstown, Ohio
1982 Choice Painting, Center for Contemporary Art, University
of Kentucky,
Lexington, Kentucky
Film
1980 The Knowing Shapes, Toronto Film Festival, Toronto, Canada
1978 Two Rooms, Festival Internacional del Nuevo Cine Super
8, Caracas, Venezuela
Education
1969 University of Massachusetts, Amherst, M.F.A. (Painting)
1964 University of California, Santa Barbara, A.B. (Art)
Teaching
1969-75 Assistant Professor of Art, Kenyon College,
Gambier, Ohio
Grants and Honors
1974 Recipient of Ford Foundation Faculty Development
Grant during the academic year for film
1970-73 Recipient of Ford Foundation Faculty Development
Grants during the summers for printmaking, holography, and film
1963-64 E.P.I.C. [Educational Program Instructors for College],
Honors Program funded by the Ford Foundation, University of California,
Santa Barbara
Daniel Fleckles
270 Rocky Run Road
Glen Gardner, New Jersey 08826
(908) 537-4378 sharonherson@comcast.net
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