The gallery walls are dotted with paintings by four other artists who use the circle as a recurring element in their work.
The curators thought the 3-D effects and circles integrated into all the works would make an interesting show, said Cathy Billings, art librarian and gallery manager.
“Artist Yesung Kim creates circles by applying strings to canvas in a spiral pattern,” Billings said. “Her work creates texture and depth in using a 3-D effect, whereas the other artists use paint to build up a texture and 3-D effect. And in some there is not depth, there is a sort of pattern that happens using many circles. It’s really a fun and interesting show.”
Walker creates her 3-D installations out of vinyl. The material comes 5 feet wide, and sometimes she uses the whole width while other times she cuts the vinyl in strips, circles and other shapes.
“But it’s all about the layering, so I can get different transparencies,” she said. “I overlap the colors, so that’s why it creates transparencies. The vinyl is translucent.”
The dancers, Liz Curtis and Martha Carrascosa, will dance behind the strips creating a light and shadow effect, Walker said.
Curtis is a guest dance instructor teaching ballroom dancing this summer at Glendale Community College.
Arlene Vidor, director of special events for the Associates of Brand Library, was taking her class and asked Curtis to participate in the opening performance, Curtis said.
The interactive experience with the audience is what makes this show different from a dance performance onstage, Curtis said.
“It crosses artistic boundaries because it involves the dance, the visual art and most importantly the connection between the audience, which isn’t the audience anymore,” she said. “They become part of the piece, so they are not passive. They are active in it.”
