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Artist Statement:
I am fascinated by the pattern
within art, especially, though
not exclusively, experienced
through vicarious involvement
with the artist and his/her
environment and response to
that environment by absorption
in the art. When I see the
Dolni Vestonice bust, I feel
as though I know the artist,
or at least something about
the environment in which he or
she lived and the artistic
drive with which they
responded to that environment.
From this ice age person, I
feel that I have learned
something about the continuity
of our species and its art and
perspective. Usually
contemporary, though quite
often non contemporary artist,
and/or anyone else who left us
a record of the environment,
life, and culture from the
dawn of the species to the
present, can help us to
understand life's experience
in it's myriad facets, so when
you view someone's work or
read or listen to the ancient
myths and you hear or see
something "new" , a satori
opens up, and you cannot help
but to know that this "new"
was intrinsically apropos.
In the cave art of southern
France and the Pyrenees we can
discern patterns that reemerge
in the sculpture of the ...
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Artist Galleries:
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Artist Reviews:
Rod's works have been
shown in the Chicago Tribune,
the Logan Square Free Press,
The Cedar rapids Gazette, The
North Liberty Leader, The
Chicago Sun Times, The Daily
Ledger, the All About Art
e-zine, The Chronicle, the
Post dispatch, and the Storm
Lake Pilot Tribune.
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"He gives...
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Collections:
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Commissions:
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Exhibitions for Rod Patterson:
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Rod has had his works shown at the Willoughby towers gallery, the Grove street gallery, the around the coyote gallery, The Mandali gallery, The N.A.B. gallery, the frink-manheim gallery, and in several smaller group shows. He was a founding member of the bucktown/Holstein park artist fest, and participated in the earlier greening of wicker park festivals. His works are in private collections from Hermosa Beach in California, to LightHouse Point in Florida. 2 are on public display in Chicago.
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