Friday, Nov. 21, 2008
at Mobilia, 43 Haywood Street in downtown Asheville
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6:30 pm – Artist’s Reception with live music, food prepared by Zambra, Mela, The Corner Kitchen, Filo Pastries and Coffee, fine local beer crafted by Asheville’s newest Brewery – Wedge Brewing Company and wine.
7:30 pm – Live Auction with Auctioneer John Hill
$15 admission – Advance Tickets + Info: 350-8484
The mobiles will be exhibited November 4th – November 21st at Mobilia
Over twenty Asheville artists have stepped beyond their beloved mediums to create individually-designed mobiles ranging from an interactive wire, textile, and sound piece designed by collaborators Receiver and Deceiver & Brooke Priddy to Sandra Garcia’s medley of colored glass and wood. These fascinating creations will be offered at a live benefit auction gala on Friday, November 21st at Mobilia, 43 Haywood St. in downtown Asheville. Proceeds from the auction will benefit the Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center.
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In 2007, Mobiles Over Asheville’s entrée into Asheville’s fundraising circuit, the event raised over $5,000 to support the Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center. Mobiles, suspended in space, turning and spinning with the currents of the wind, are captivating and elegantly artful creations. MOBILES over Asheville gives Asheville artists and residents an opportunity to celebrate this extraordinary art form more fully.
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Rick Melby, Chris Kobler, Hertha Horwitz and Kelly Prestwood have returned for a second year of expansive expression with new artists Stina Anderson and Alex Greenwood joining the ranks. All together there are over twenty participating artists. With a year to focus on this new medium, the artists are anxious to demonstrate their second round of unique hanging, twirling, and sensory stimulating genius.
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Mobiles were popularized by the artist Alexander Calder in the 1920s as an outgrowth of his work with kinetic toys and wire sculpture. A visit in 1930 with the artist Piet Mondrian helped him make the shift into abstraction, and the modern mobile was born. Calder, who died in 1976, went on to have major museum shows at MOMA and the Whitney Museum and to create many large sculptures and commissions (mobiles and stabiles), which can be found worldwide.
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Almost 50 years ago, Black Mountain College closed its doors, yet its recognized importance and impact on world culture still resonates. The Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center offers a glimpse into the spirit of the revolutionary liberal arts college where learning was based upon a strong sense of community, free inquiry, creativity and experimental vision.
MOBILES over Asheville participating artists: {mosimage}
Stina Anderson + Bobby Haughey
Connie Bostic
Eric Gebhart
Sandra Garcia
Alex Greenwood
Lynne Harty + Billy Sproul
Michael Hatch
Hertha O. Horwitz
Jeff Kinzel
Chris Kobler
Rick Melby
Brita Nordgren
Adam Pitman
Kelly Prestwood
Brooke Priddy + Matt Schnable
Caroline Rhyne
Mark Schweitzer
Matt Waldrop + Jennifer Brock
Richmond Smith and the 6 year old collaborative team of Annie Madox, Ella Judson, Lucy Mullen + Sam Fleming
Mobiles over Asheville sponsors: Mobilia Contemporary Furniture Store, Leslie Shaw Design, Glazer Architecture, Samsel Architects, Hedy Fischer & Randy Shull, Laurie Corral, Cynthia Turner & Ed Ayers, Zambra, Mela, The Corner Kitchen, Filo Pastries and Coffee and The Wedge Brewing Company.
