Drop City, we hardly knew ya...

Drop City gallery will be closing its doors on November 29th. Seattle's new kid on the block produced some great shows over the last year ("Take a Seat" being my personal favorite).

The current exhibition, John Fleming and W. Scott Trimble's RECLAIM, will be up through Saturday, November 29th. You may see photos of the installation on our website at www.dropcitygallery.com.

Check the space out before it closes!

Drop City Gallery: Reclaim exhibition artist reception June 12th

RECLAIM: A site-specific, collaborative installation by: John Fleming & W. Scott Trimble

RECLAIM is about change, expressed through the re-appropriation of construction materials collected in Seattle's urban neighborhoods. Please join us for an opening reception with the artists Thursday, June 12th 5-8pm If you cannot attend the opening please join us for an informal Artist Talk Thursday, June 19th, 5-6pm Free and open to the public Exhibition on view through Saturday, August 23rd

Drop City Gallery, "Take a Seat" artist Ellen Ziegler

If you get the chance, go and see the "Take a Seat" exhibition at Drop City Gallery, it’s a wonderful show. The show offers a great mix of chairs ranging from the artistic to the more technical. Ellen Ziegler’s design piqued my interest not only because of its artistic merit (Cyanotype (light-sensitive emulsion) on fabric, mosquito netting, gouache on wet-media acetate) but because it also speaks to the insatiable nature of our consumer culture. Below is the artistic statement for her entry.

Ellen Ziegler at Drop City Gallery

A Chair for a Hungry Ghost

The Hungry Ghost of Asian mythology consumes endlessly, but can never be satisfied. It’s considered an act of compassion to visualize the Hungry Ghost being fed to satisfaction so it will no longer suffer from craving.

This chair invites the Ghost to be seated at your table.

The materials for this chair are recycled in two ways:

1. The sheets and chair are from a second-hand store.

2. I have an ongoing pact with another artist not to buy any new art materials till we use up old ones: all other chair materials are from my studio and were not purchased for this project. In addition, the acetate painting is cannibalized from another exhibit.

Ellen Ziegler is an artist, curator and graphic designer. A member of In Lieu Exhibit Space, she has been published, purchased and exhibited widely. Her work is available at LIMN Gallery in San Francisco and SAM Gallery in Seattle, as well as through In Lieu Exhibit Space.

Ziegler is a recipient of a Rome Fellowship from the Northwest Institute of Architecture and Urban Studies in Italy, is an Artist Trust Fellow and a GAP Grant recipient. Her work is in many public and private collections.

You can learn more about Ellen Ziegler at www.ellenziegler.com.

Learn more about Drop City Gallery at www.dropcitygallery.com