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From Hera member John Kotula

A Virtual tour of Gates of Heaven and Other Stories

My exhibit titled Gates of Heaven and Other Stories opened at Hera Gallery on March 7th and was scheduled to be up until April 4th. Well… life is what happens while you’re making other plans. Of course, the gallery had to close well before April 4th. On the other hand the show is still on the walls, because subsequent events were also put on hold and it is unclear when things will get back to normal and Hera’s always excellent programing will get going again. It maybe that my show and its companion exhibition, Chad Amos Self’s WE TIED HOTDOGS TO STRINGS AND MARVELED AT OUR DISCOVERIES: FINDING FORMS IN LOCAL WATERS, will stay up until Hera reopens, allowing some time for things to get reorganized. Perhaps there will be a public event to celebrate Hera being back in business!

In the meantime, I want to present this blog entry as an alternative means of sharing the writing and art from the exhibition. The show consists of three installations. The central component of each is the text of a story I’ve written. The stories are accompanied by artwork intended to amplify and deepen the experience of reading the story. The art doesn’t function as a traditional illustration, conveying visually events or characters that the story describes in words.   However, the hope is that the combination of words and images will create a third thing; an enhanced tale.

Below you will find an installation view of each piece, a link where you can read the text, and several photos of the artwork. I’d love to hear your reactions.

FIREBALL AND THE DEVIL

                                                                                       (Photo 1 - Installation view of Fireball and the Devil)
You can read the story here: 
https://anoldartist.blogspot.com/2020/04/fireball-and-devil.html



(Photos 2,3,4,5 Fireball prints)

THE ROASTED COCK THAT CROWED
(Photo 6 - Installation view of The Roasted Cock That Crowed)

You can read the story here:
https://anoldartist.blogspot.com/2020/04/the-roasted-cock-that-crowed.html




(Photos 7,8,9,10 Roosters)


HEAVEN’S GATE

(Photo 11 - Installation view of Heaven’s Gate)


You can read the story here:
http://portraitoftheartistasanoldman.blogspot.com/2014/10/gates-of-heaven.html





(Photos 12,13,14,15 Gun images)

Thanks for reading,
John Kotula
johnkotulapchn@ yahoo.com

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