Hashimoto Contemporary is pleased to present Assembled Lands, a solo exhibition by Minnesota River Valley-artist Gregory Euclide. In Assembled Lands, Euclide explores ideas surrounding nature and the human experience. The artist’s mixed media assemblages resemble landscape paintings but defy categorization. These non-traditional observations of nature are collaged from original photographs, paintings, drawings, Cyanotype, cut paper as well as natural organic materials Euclide forages from the prairie. The artist tears and layers these elements to build a new pictorial space which more accurately resembles the way he takes in the land.
When spending time in nature, the artist looks not only at the whole, but also the elements which make up the landscape - individual trees, the colors and textures of leaves and bark. By breaking down the whole to reveal the sum of the parts, each fresh glance reveals a unique moment full of textures, shapes and colors. Euclide invites us to explore worlds where he blends the real and imagined, objects, and materials to evoke feelings of nostalgia, question the reality of the present moment, and provide a look toward the future.
