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- 30 - 39
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- $100k - $250k
Cusp presents three contemporary artists whose work in different media hovers between the known and the unknowable. Their artworks are in flux as paintings transform into sculptures, works on paper evoke memories, and three-dimensional installations recite poetry. These artworks never quite settle into any realm but exist in ambiguity with an ever-shifting environment.
Brian Dickerson‘s paintings are structured from aggregated surfaces, rich with energetic brushwork enveloping angular, constructed elements. As the sculpted paintings interact with light, the edges and apertures recombine, forming endlessly shifting topographies.
Melinda Stickney-Gibson‘s delicate drawings, paintings, and installations meditate on memory. Cryptic phrases, trembling lines, and blurred forms emerge through glowing layers of wax, paper, and paint, much as conscious thought morphs into spontaneous imagination before sleep.
Millicent Young’s installations of hair, wood, and clay create contemplative spaces for reflecting on loss—both personal and collective. Drawing on humble materials, Young weaves, sculpts, and scribes metaphors drawn from ancient archetypes while sounding an alarm for a fragile future.
As visual poets, Dickerson, Stickney-Gibson, and Young capture the transformation from what is seen to what is felt. The artists invite us to tolerate the unknown, opening portals between a concrete and intuitive world.
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Brian Dickerson
Brian Dickerson creates works that are familiar yet mysterious. His work is influenced by the
earth and its layers of sediment, as well as specific geographic locations that are deeply
personal – the area around Ballycastle, Ireland, and his hometown in the Schoharie Valley in
upstate New York. One does not need to be familiar with these locations but rather understand
the emotional resonance and the idea of place. Assertive and decisive in composition,
Dickerson’s paintings act as altarpieces that lead the mind to contemplation.
Melinda Stickney-Gibson
Melinda Stickney-Gibson’s paintings, drawings, and sculptures involve a diaristic, distinctly
personal, and often graphic approach. She incorporates succinct phrases from her private
journals and resonating fragments from other writers. Simple words such as “yes,” “maybe,”
“no?” and “her” inscribed in her artwork echo the mind’s dialogue with the self. Sculptural work
using wire, steel, and glass continues the diaristic practice of personal mark-making and sense
of place.
Millicent Young
Millicent Young is a studio artist focusing on sculpture, installation, and projects merging sound,
poetry, and movement. Young’s study of visual art, craft, music, and poetry in the museums and
streets of the city formed the foundation of her broad art education. Cross-cultural childhood
experiences, witnessing the impacts of poverty, the diversity of her family background, and her
immersion in rural lifeways and wilderness have been formative influences on Millicent Young's
artworks.
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