The Ecstatic

I participated in the group show, The Ecstatic at Curious Matter with the following artists:

GREG BRICKEY

ARTHUR BRUSO

CHRISTINE CALLAHAN
PETER A. DAVIS
PETER H . EVERETT
MAX ERNST GREIS
ELAINE HANSEN
RICHARD HAYMES
PATTI JORDAN
SKY KIM
TOM KOKEN
BRYAN K . LAUCH &
PETRA POKOS
ROSS BENNETT LEWIS
MARIANNE MCCARTHY
RAYMOND E. MINGST
JEANNE MISCHO
ERIC MISTRETTA
LORRAINE A. MULLINS
LAUREN NYE
WALTER O’NEILL
YOSSI PTERAMODE
LAURIE SHERIDAN
ERIC STANDLEY
JENNIE THWING
COURTNEY LEE WEIDA

The show run dates were May 16 to June 13 2010. Here is the first paragraph of the catalog essay:


"As he journeyed, he came near Damascus and suddenly a light shone round him from heaven. Then he fell to the ground and he heard a voice…. Acts 9: 3-4

It is the intensity and life altering nature that makes for an ecstatic experience. Saul was a Roman citizen and a persecutor of Christians. He set out for Damascus with a mission to capture and imprison converts. On the way he experienced a religious vision of such strength he was knocked from his horse. So potent was the incident and so complete was his transformation, that he not only became a believer in Christ, he became a devout missionary for the cause. To christen the new person he had become, Saul changed his name to Paul and is now known as one of the principal founders and shapers of Christianity."

To read the essay in it's entirety, please go to the Curious Matter website. 

The Ecstatic catalog is available from lulu or from Curious Matter.