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Dots and Dashes at ICON
A special show designed by ICON Director Bill Teeple and Iowa City artist Steven
Erickson is opening at ICON Gallery June 1st, 6:30 to 10:00pm. The show which has
been brewing in the minds of Bill and Steve for several years has been referred to as
“The Dot Show”. When Iowa City artist Alexandra Janezic was added to the show the
name was changed to “The Dots and Dashes Show”. The exhibit continues
through July.
Bill Teeple was a working artist before becoming a teacher, curator and art historian
in Fairfield. A prominent feature in much of his work, both illustration and pure
abstract art, was dots. When Bill met Steven Erickson over a decade ago they
realized that they both had a fascination with dots. They committed to one day doing
a show emphasizing dots. That day has come to pass.
“My paintings and drawings in this show are very simple, straight forward and
minimalist,” says Bill. “They are an experience in consciousness. In fact,
consciousness is the subject of the work. The vibration created by the subtle field of
dots invites the consciousness of the viewer to play in the field while still fully aware
of itself as the subject.”
Steven Erickson’s work in this show use languages related to minimalism and Op
art, but rather than being non-objective, they use systems related to the
organizational structures of the natural and manmade world. The works evoke air,
space, and molecules as well as landscape and computer data. The goal of his work
is not to convey specific ideas. Rather, he views art as a mechanism to evoke a
different state of being.
Alexandra Janezic is a visual artist, bookbinder, and letterpress printer. She makes
broadsides, artist books, drawings, and fine press prints focusing on the tie between
social ideals of the past and how they manifest in the present using typography. Her
artist books are held in public and private collections, including the Library of
Congress and Yale University. The works in this exhibition were made using a Smith-
Corona electric typewriter.
September and October, 2018
Visionary Dimensions
November December, 2018
ICON Art Auction
January, 2019
ICON will be closed.
February, 2019
Experimental Films
March, April, May, 2019
ICON’s Hudson Collection
June, July August, 2019
Geoffrey Baker Paintings
