PICTURES & FORMS
Slemmons Gallery
November 8, 2024 to January 3, 2025
An active painter and sculptor since the early eighties, Mossman's work has always involved the relationships inherent in elements and objects within a given space. Through his sculpture, Mossman’s geometric forms interact with architectural elements within a space and comment on the viewer’s relationship with the work, and existing elements such as soffits, baseboards, ceiling height, windows, and doors, among other features within a space. For this reason, the viewer never finds his sculpture placed at eye-level, where one would find a painting, and subsequently, ignores the rest of the room. Mossman’s paintings also pose this challenge, as elements within the work, such as color, perspective, and composition, work together to push the limits of a flat canvas. Painted tableaus derived from postcard images are paired with illusionistic space to create windows within the canvas.
In Mossman's PICTURES & FORMS exhibit, he has chosen a handful of two- and three-dimensional works that are perhaps his largest and most complex ever.
Click HERE for more information on gallery hours and private appointments.
PICTURES & FORMS
Slemmons Gallery
November 8, 2024 to January 3, 2025
An active painter and sculptor since the early eighties, Mossman's work has always involved the relationships inherent in elements and objects within a given space. Through his sculpture, Mossman’s geometric forms interact with architectural elements within a space and comment on the viewer’s relationship with the work, and existing elements such as soffits, baseboards, ceiling height, windows, and doors, among other features within a space. For this reason, the viewer never finds his sculpture placed at eye-level, where one would find a painting, and subsequently, ignores the rest of the room. Mossman’s paintings also pose this challenge, as elements within the work, such as color, perspective, and composition, work together to push the limits of a flat canvas. Painted tableaus derived from postcard images are paired with illusionistic space to create windows within the canvas.
In Mossman's PICTURES & FORMS exhibit, he has chosen a handful of two- and three-dimensional works that are perhaps his largest and most complex ever.
Click HERE for more information on gallery hours and private appointments.
A native of Omaha, Nebraska with a penchant for the violin, Mossman earned bachelor’s degrees in journalism, art history, and fine arts and moved to Chicago at the peak of the post-modern era where he earned an MFA in painting and sculpture under the tutelage of Rod Carswell, Martin Puryear, and many of the other visionaries that taught at the University of Illinois at the time. Though active exhibiting throughout the country before graduation (Chautauqua National Exhibition of American Art-NY, Alexandria Museum of Art-LA, and the Joslyn Art Museum Biennial- NE), upon graduation Mossman began exhibiting with Nancy Lurie and was part of several pivotal exhibitions (Crisp and Clean: and On Paper at the Hyde Park Art Center, and Three Views of Abstraction at the UIMA) and shortly after was one of 18 artists in a touring exhibition Primarily Paint organized by the Texas Fine Arts Association. Most recently, Mossman's paintings and sculptures have been exhibited nose-to-nose in numerous one-person shows at the Noyes Center in Evanston, The University Club, Heaven Gallery, and Harper College in Palatine. Mossman currently lives and works in Chicago, IL.
A native of Omaha, Nebraska with a penchant for the violin, Mossman earned bachelor’s degrees in journalism, art history, and fine arts and moved to Chicago at the peak of the post-modern era where he earned an MFA in painting and sculpture under the tutelage of Rod Carswell, Martin Puryear, and many of the other visionaries that taught at the University of Illinois at the time. Though active exhibiting throughout the country before graduation (Chautauqua National Exhibition of American Art-NY, Alexandria Museum of Art-LA, and the Joslyn Art Museum Biennial- NE), upon graduation Mossman began exhibiting with Nancy Lurie and was part of several pivotal exhibitions (Crisp and Clean: and On Paper at the Hyde Park Art Center, and Three Views of Abstraction at the UIMA) and shortly after was one of 18 artists in a touring exhibition Primarily Paint organized by the Texas Fine Arts Association. Most recently, Mossman's paintings and sculptures have been exhibited nose-to-nose in numerous one-person shows at the Noyes Center in Evanston, The University Club, Heaven Gallery, and Harper College in Palatine. Mossman currently lives and works in Chicago, IL.
