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Nature's Way

Curated by Ellen Hackl Fagan — ODETTA Digital on Artsy

Ellen Hackl Fagan, Perseides, 2023, ink, acrylic, clay board panel mounted on wood cradle, 12 x 12 x 2 inches
Ellen Hackl Fagan | Perseides | 2023 | ink, acrylic, clay board panel mounted on wood cradle | 12 × 12 × 2 in
September 22, 2023 – February 22, 2024
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Curated by Ellen Hackl Fagan

"Nature's Way" is an exhibition demonstrating how artists select their subject matter when creating a work of art. Oftentimes artists are drawn to depict what they see, both in the outside world, and in their own mind's eye. Motivated by beauty, curiosity, emotion, and technology, artists often pursue making art as a means of better understanding their thoughts or tools.

Guiding this interest is a reference to the Roman philosopher and poet Lucretius, circa 99–55 BC, who posits that we are part of a universe composed of atoms whose fate is based on scientific reasons rather than supernatural ones. In his poem "On the Nature of Things," he discusses that atoms have a swerve — a type of behavior he refers to as "free will" — which directs internal agency from the atomic level on up to all living creatures.

For "Nature's Way", fifty-four ODETTA Digital artists offer works that demonstrate their inner voice, that inner stirring that prompts them to make a work of art.

Fagan, Bounty_Red Extended, 2023, ink, repurposed paper, clay board panel mounted on wood cradle, 15 x 10 x 2 inches
Fagan | Bounty_Red Extended | 2023 | ink, repurposed paper, clay board panel mounted on wood cradle | 15 × 10 × 2 in
Fagan, Bounty-Blue and Rolled, 2023, 18 x 11 x 2
Fagan | Bounty-Blue and Rolled | 2023 | 18 × 11 × 2 in
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