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News Release
December 28, 2007
“PRINTS ON THE WALL!”
Printmakers Jason Hargrove and Eric A. Johnson Visit the Taube Museum
(Minot, ND) The Taube Museum of Art at 2 N. Main St. will be exhibiting “En Route” by new Minot resident with the USAF, Jason Hargrove and “Polka Dots and Crooked Trees” by Fargo area native, Eric A. Johnson. The prints in this exhibit include two different styles and both exhibit a very strong creative and artistic style.
Hargrove created a process of printmaking using vinyl sign equipment; which combines art and machine. He has a degree in desktop publishing and previously owned a vinyl sign business before the Air Force. He uses the vinyl sign equipment to experience new levels within his art, to perhaps add more detail or speed up the process to enhance his main flow of work. His work has different themes, Air Force, Alaska, social and cultural issues and styles, from realistic to abstract.
Johnson is a printmaker currently devoting his creative energy to the linocut process. He uses the reductive method, carving a layered tapestry of interwoven lines that manifest as expressive trees glowing and vibrating in their brilliantly hued fantasy landscapes. He graduated with an MFA from the University of North Dakota and has exhibited his work both nationally and internationally. He currently keeps a studio in Fargo and works as an intern at the Printmaking Education and Research Studio (P.E.A.R.S.) assisting Master Printmaker Kent Kapplinger.
This exhibit will be displayed, intermixed, in the full gallery from December 29 – February 23, 2008. There will be an Artist Reception held on Thursday, January 10th from 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm. with the artists in attendance.
For more information on either artist, please visit www.eajarts.com and www.jason-hargrove.com.
There is no charge for admission, but contributions will be accepted to help the Taube Museum fulfill their mission of enriching lives through the arts. Refreshments will be served.
Please call Nancy F. Brown, Executive Director at the Taube Museum of Art at 838-4445 for further information.
Images available upon request.
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About the Artist
- Jason Hargrove
- Not a day goes by without finding Jason Hargrove with brush or pen in hand. His artistic mind is always searching, reaching, manipulating and creating to make sense of his world. It is a compulsion that gives us a window into his unique way of seeing issues and situations that affect him, and us, as he works them out on canvas or board. Committed to sharing his art with the public he has taken part in solo exhibits, two-man shows, group exhibits, demonstrations and competitions as well as both public art and installation art.