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Opening with the July 7 Gallery Crawl

Artist Statement:
For the Lantern, I am creating a series of three-dimensional word balloons that will be suspended off the ground with two-by-fours. The audience will be encouraged to physically navigate the space of the gallery in order to investigate the individual sentiments written on each object. I want to continue exploring how the act of speech has the capacity to carry a significant intellectual and emotional weight. In addition to the word balloons, I will be exhibiting selected drawings from my on-going project titled, “Daily Geology.” For this project, I have made a drawing every day for the last seven years in which I have recorded a memorable moment from my day. I also publish years collections of the drawings in book form. Both the drawings and books will be available for sale during the exhibition. For more information visit: www.johnpena.net and www.dailygeology.com.