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Curated by Ken Dubin







EXHIBIT IMAGES
updated 6/16/2014

ICON website images of the opening night - press link below
Many thanks to David Fleming for his photos 


 PAINTER'S BREAD Images by Mike Rutherford





Saturday July 12,  2pm  
Gallery Walk-Through and Reception
with director Bill Teeple and artists
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ICON    IOWA CONTEMPORARY ART
bill@icon-art.org     (641) 469-6252     http://icon-art.org







Lee Emma Running                      Botanical Life Hand cut custom printed fabric, 2014   










Mike Rutherford       back, Mary Laube       floor, Amber O'Harrow       Bob Hoerlein








 Mike Rutherford                            Amber O'Harrow                            Mary Laube







Mary Laube









Robert Hoerlein                         Sense and Not Sense series     acrylic on fabric, 2014



Robert Hoerlein                         Sense and Not Sense series     acrylic on fabric, 2014



Robert Hoerlein    Untitled (Spectacle #1)  acrylic on fabric, wire, wood, and plastic, 2014











Mary Laube, left wall                               Dennis Kowalski












 Gyan Shrosbree









 Ken Dubin









left wall, Jim Shrosbree      middle, Judy Bales      right wall, Benjamin Gardner      far right, Gyan Shrosbree 








Benjamin Gardner







Jim Shrosbree                             Benjamin Gardner






 Jim Shrosbree








 Judy Bales








Amber O'Harrow
Amber O'Harrow
Amber O'Harrow






































Curated by Ken Dubin









ICON    IOWA CONTEMPORARY ART
May 2 - July 12, 2014     12-5, Tu-FRI  •  1-4, SAT & by appointment
bill@icon-art.org     (641) 469-6252     http://icon-art.org



whimsy
playful
the trait of acting unpredictably 
an unusual, odd, unexpected, or fanciful idea
a strange but playful and funny quality


play 
amuse oneself by engaging in imaginative pretense
the space in or through which a system can or does move
a particular action, or the quality of the action
a deliberate coordinated movement 
the action or manner of engaging in


quirk
a strange attitude or habit
something strange that happens for reasons that you do not know or understand
peculiarity, oddity, eccentricity
a peculiarity of behavior; an idiosyncrasy


tongue-in-cheek 
cleverly amusing in tone
with ironic or flippant intent
characterized by irony or whimsical exaggeration



The work included in Whimsy: Play, Quirk and a Tongue-in-Cheek Aesthetic, shares a like-minded sensibility in that the work seems to exist first and foremost to explore or reference the nature of play or playfulness, of quirk and a quirkiness; that refers either directly to the work itself or makes reference to events and ideas outside the work.






































58 N. Main Street, Fairfield, IA  52556

Tu–F: 12–5,  Sat: 1-4,  & by appointment
bill@icon-art.org     (641) 469-6252     http://icon-art.org






Saturday July 12,  2:00  
Gallery Walk-Through and Reception
with director Bill Teeple and artists