IOWA CONTEMPORARY ART | 58 North Main Street, Fairfield, IA 52556 | 641-919-6252 | bill@icon-art.org | iconbillteeple@gmail.com
ICON is an IRS 501(c)(3) non-profit educational charity. All donations are tax-deductible.
Next 2022 ICON Exhibits:
ICON closed for January
Greg Thatcher, Bill Teeple, John Preston
February 4 to March 19, 2022
David Kupferman
April 1 to May 21, 2022
20th Century Japanese Prints
June 3 to August 6, 2022
IOWA CONTEMPORARY ART
The Current ICON show is in the Front Window of the gallery.
Also check us out on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ICON.gallery
November 29, December 16, 2021
ONLINE MINI ART AUCTION
All images under 4” x 6”
Final bidding day, Thursday, December 16
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New Exhibit in the Hudson Collection Gallery at ICON
The Hudson Collection Gallery on the mezzanine at ICON has an all new exhibition,
opening on First Friday in Fairfield, October 1. The gallery was created to be the
permanent home for the prestigious Hudson Collection of Shiva Linga paintings
donated to ICON in 2018. The exhibition was organized by David T. Hanson.
This exhibition brings together a selection of anonymous Shiva Linga paintings from
ICON’s Hudson Collection, five anonymous Tantra paintings from the collection of
David T. Hanson, and a group of Tantra-inspired paintings by Charlotte Cain. The
Shiva Linga paintings shown here reproduce the selection and sequence of images
chosen by Hudson and Feature Inc. to represent the entire collection of 71
anonymous Shiva Linga paintings on the gallery’s website.
The exhibition is dedicated to the late Frank Andre Jamme (1947 - 2020), who is
responsible for introducing this art to the west. Frank Andre Jamme was a French
poet, artist, and translator. Jamme published numerous poems and fragments, as
well as multiple limited-edition books. A specialist of Indian Tantric, Brut, and Tribal
art, he was also praised for his work as an international curator. Working with
Hudson and Feature Inc., Jamme assembled the series of Anonymous Shiva Linga
Paintings in he Hudson Collection. We are deeply indebted to Frank Andre Jamme.
“We’ve paired the Tantric art with paintings by Charlotte Cain,” says ICON Director
Bill Teeple. “Charlotte drew inspiration from Tantric painting and Indian miniature
painting. She was highly trained in the art of the west having graduated from the
Rhode Island School of Design. She went on to study miniature painting in India with
one of the great masters of that art form, Bannu Sharma. She was a bridge between
cultures.”
Mini Art Auction Fundraiser in ICON Front Windows
Through Dec 16
35 Artists and 103 works of art, so far.
Click on this link or poster to go to the Online Mini Art Auction:
https://www.charityauctionstoday.com/auctions/icon-2021-mini-art-auction-28294
Contributing Artists
Kathy Poppers
Laura Kaufman
Michael Rutherford
Nick Johnson
Paulette Buckingham
Steve Prettyman
Suanna Breed
Sue Hettmansperger
Sundari
Wyndi Rutledge
Anonymous (XA1)
Allen Cobb
Alyson Leigh
AylyaLight
Betsy Dockhorn
Bill Teeple
Care Connet
Carla and Duncan Brown
Cathy Tepper
Cheryl Jacobsen
Chris Cambridge
Cindy Kaynor Ballou
Cris Soth
The ICON Annual Mini Art Auction is on display in the ICON Gallery front windows
November 29th through December 16th. The original art can be seen in the
windows, but all bidding will be online. Go to the ICON website www.icon-art.org and
click to go to the auction site. Local and regional artists have fun making tiny works
of art for this event. Images can be no larger than 4 x 6” or 5 x 5” (25 sq. Inches).
All bidding starts at $15. Bidding ends at 8:00pm sharp December 16th. These small
works make great holiday gifts and will raise money for ICON.itions and compositions
are created, which present layered references and content.
Danielle Shier
David Dunlap
Galen Saturley
Irene Murphy
Jeanne Brooks
Jo Bartruff
Joanie McGinnis
John Preston
Judy Bales
Kartika Damon
Kathy Hurley
