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Common Ground

The title Common Ground refers to the collaboration of 42 American artists, many of whom are Utah residents. Their commonality was born of a prescribed prompt of "ground" donated by master printer and artist Wayne Kimball. Although Wayne did not choose the artists, most are in some way connected or influenced by him.

In 2019, Wayne had spent weeks detailing and hand-printing an edition of 50 prints that included multiple matrices and two of his iconic images; a nose-less stone head and a chair (or pieces of chairs) ... just a few of the serial and cryptic subjects common to his work. The prints sat for months in a tidy stack on his work table. Wayne still hadn't signed or titled the edition when his son, Abe, pressed the issue. Wayne then produced a collaged version of the print from which began a discussion of using it to collaborate with other artists. Abe was soon talking with Namon Bills to tag team and curate the show.

Participating artists were invited to alter and integrate the print into their own work; a dialogue with Wayne's work. The most common response to our invitation was an incredulous, "You want me to cut up a Wayne Kimball?" but they quickly embraced the challenge for their own purposes. The final exhibit is a display of formal decisions, play, and symbolism, as much as personal relationships. The collection will continue on to other locations throughout 2021.

This exhibit is on display in the Celebration Gallery at the Utah Cultural Celebration Center from December 1, 2020 to January 14, 2021.

Wayne Kimball, The Common Ground Print:

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Zane Anderson, Suckling de Corona

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Mixed media

Walter Askin, Afternoon Tea in Calcutta

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Paint on Lithograph

Gary Barton, Common Ground

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Mixed media

Carrie Beeke, Rogerian Argumentations

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Mixed media, collage

Namon Bills, Rethinking

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Mixed media

Linnie Brown, Stacks of Broken Days

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Mixed media

Loren Brown, The Philosopher's Garden

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Collage

Sandy Brunvand, Ecotone Collaboration

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Mixed media

Andrew Caruso, Untitled

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Laser engraving

Aaron Coleman, Answer...

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Mixed media

Robert DeGroff, Stoick Philosopher on a Stick Pussyfooting Around Plato's Ideal Chair

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Mezzontint on Lithograph

Justin Diggle, Chasing Mr. Kimball's Chairs

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Collage

Stefanie Dykes, Once There Was a Chair

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Original print produced on linen with screen printed antique handkerchiefs and envelopes

Joshua Fowlke, Sacrifice

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Digital collage

Brian Hoover, Ulysses in Dark Patterned Cloak, Sets Off with a Cat in a Boat

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Oil on lithograph

Abraham Kimball, CHAIRishing Friends of Their Maker

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Lithograph(s)

Wayne Kimball, Somewhat Heroic Personages

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Collaged lithograph

Jason Lanegon, Relic & Icon of a Mentor: Wayne Kimball

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Assemblage

Jacqui Larsen, Dezamanam: Man Amazed

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Mixed media

Adam Larson, A Formal Cascade of Severed Lithograph

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Sculptural artists' book

Bill Lee, Why Send Away Wayne?

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Mixed media

Vince Mattina, This is a Pipe

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Assemblage

Caleb Maurer, Creation of Man

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Digital

Chris McAfee, Arise, and Sit Down

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Book arts

Abraham McCowan, Your Son Abe is my Blood Brother

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Mixed media

Frank McEntire, Diptych: 'Holy Name' Found Me in Ogden on a Sunny Saturday

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Assemblage

Joe Ostraff, All the King's Horses and All the King's Men Couldn't Put Wayne Together Again

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Painting

Rebecca Pletsch, Dappled Light of Memory

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Mixed media, collage

Marnie Powers-Torrey, Fables of the Deconstruction (after R.E.M., Wayne Kimball & Bob Kleinschmidt)

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Assemblage

Andrew Rice, Where's Wayne?

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Collage

Ron Richmond, Still Finishing Up

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Paint on lithograph

Kandace Steadman, Kimball Mandala

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Mixed media, collage

Nick Stephens, Trying to Relate

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Acrylic

Steven Stradley, Remnant Tapestry #1

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Mixed media

Cerese Vaden, Examining Empire

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Mixed media assemblage

Cerese Vaden, Paper Throne

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Mixed media assemblage

Adrian Van Suchtelen, In All Cases Alike

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Acrylic

Erik Watterkote, Untitled

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Inkjet print, stencil, varnish

Justin Wheatley, No Respecter of Persons

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Mixed media

Emily Wilson, Over, Under, Around and Through

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Etching, lithography, graphite

Paul Woods, Formal Image, A Tribute to Wayne

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Lithography with charcoal and oil
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