The Goldmark Cultural Center’s Norman Brown Gallery is proud to present “The Battle of Good & Evil”, an exhibition of sculptural works by Goldmark artist Terri Wilder.
The exhibition is on display from 26 May 2023 to 30 June 2023, with a closing reception from 1pm - 3pm on Saturday, 24 June 2023. An artist talk will be presented on Thursday, 8 June 2023, from 11am - 12pm.
About the Exhibition
As we go about our daily lives, each of us makes hundreds of choices between good and evil. Will we be kind and patient or gruff and sarcastic? Do we choose to be generous or selfish? Is honesty our policy even when it costs us, or do we find a little lie more convenient? Why do we so often fall into the temptation to do what we know is wrong? Paul the Apostle described our struggle in his letter to the Ephesians: For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual forces of wickedness in high places. Eph. 6:12
As an artist contemplating Paul’s words during the covid pandemic and the ensuing social and political chaos, Terri wondered what this would look like. The Battle of Good and Evil is her attempt to make these invisible spiritual truths visible.
About the Artist
For 30 years Terri’s passion for art had to fit into the busy work and travel schedule of a flight attendant.
Her career with Delta Air Lines allowed her to meet all kinds of people and to travel around the globe having many great adventures along the way. In 2012 when she retired, she began a new but equally exciting chapter. At last, she was free to give ceramics her full attention. When the possibility to apply for graduate school presented itself, naturally she jumped at the opportunity. The University of Dallas accepted her into their program in the fall of 2016. After completion of her MA in 2018 and MFA in 2019, she moved into her current studio at 14001 Goldmark, Suite 235. She loves being part of this wonderful community of talented artists.
Once she had moved into her studio in July 2020, she got to work creating seven wall-mounted black Madonna. Influenced by her travels to Africa and a love of Ankara fabrics and tribal mask-making, the work challenges ethnocentric ideas of beauty and finds inspiration in spiritual text to bring clarity and insight to a chaotic year of isolation, sickness, social unrest, economic downturn, and overwhelming uncertainty for a good future.
As 2020 gave way to 2021 she added a series of seven devils and seven angels to this body of work. The fourteen double-walled vessels pair together in provocative relationships. For anyone familiar with contemporary Texas clay, they should recognize the influence of her ceramic heroes: Dan Hammett, James Watkins, and Carl Block.