PLAYING WITH POSSIBILITIES
A 40 year Retrospective, The Art of Bonnie Hartenstein
February 13-26, 2018
Sedona Arts Center Special Exhibition Gallery
Sedona, Arizona
This exhibit presents 8 bodies of work from 1978-2018 created by artist Bonnie Hartenstein: large scale paintings; video of site-specific installations; heavily textured acrylic and mixed-media constructions on unstretched canvas; painted and sculptural viewer-interactive compositions; and an intimate representational 27 piece configuration of her experiences in Tuscany.
Hartenstein's work is about a state of Change, the Wisdom of Nature and its ceaseless transformations. Her work explores the startling shifts from one form to another, and the inner harmony to its instability. She is not interested in the traditional concept of Beauty that belongs to Renaissance Art, but instead the primordial mysterious insight that can be found in chaos. She sees the artist as a shaman interacting with the viewer to embrace the sacred mysteries of Nature and rediscover the power of a deep immersion into the World of Possibilities.
Exhibition Events: Feb. 13-26, 2018 from 11:00-5:00 daily
Opening Reception with music by jazz duo from Chicago - Feb. 13 (5-8 p.m.)
Gallery Talk by Artist and Friends with Music by Yarrow - Feb. 18 (3 -5 p.m.)
Panel on "How Business Depends on Playing with Possibilities" - Feb. 18
