Art exhibition opening Nov 5 for ‘Axiomatic’

Jason Sandford

Jason Sandford is a reporter, writer, blogger and photographer interested in all things Asheville.

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Brett Callero, Kristina Benshoff, Christopher Daniels, Aaron Bernard

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This exhibition features dual bodies of work. One is a new series of mixed media paintings that combine digital and traditional mediums. The other is a map based installation. These works are the result of what Callero calls “self-appropriation.” The imagery used was created through the comprehensive collection of personal experience. In these works, the collection and its documentation are combined with original and appropriated imagery that ultimately advance into a perpetual cycle of recontextualization. The resulting tug-of-war between mediated generations of information spotlights our current disposable definition of originality. This method of working permits Callero the ability to present multiple narratives through the power of suggestion and allows subsequent thoughts and interpretations to become self-fulfilling prophecies.

Callero received a MFA from the Savannah College of Art and Design. Callero has primarily exhibited in Savannah and his hometown of Chicago. This is his solo exhibition debut in Asheville. His work is held in numerous private and public collections. Presently, Callero lives in Atlanta, GA where he is a working artist, facilitator of creative thinking, and a Professor of Foundation Studies at the Savannah College of Art and Design – Atlanta.