In Between: A Cross and a Hardgrave

AMcE Creative Arts and Koplin Del Rio are pleased to co-present and co-curate two solo exhibitions by Seattle artists Tim Cross (Koplin Del Rio) and Robert Hardgrave (AMcE).

The concurrent exhibitions of Tim Cross and Robert Hardgrave offer a meaningful encounter within Seattle’s contemporary art community. Both artists embrace an expansive, multimedia approach, moving fluidly among painting, drawing, transfer printing, collage, and unconventional material processes. Yet their visual languages and conceptual concerns occupy distinctly different territories.

Rather than seeking common ground, the two exhibitions highlight the artists’ unique voices within their shared city, community, history, and generations of shared experience, as well as their deep mutual respect. Pairing these two artists offers an opportunity to see not only what connects them, but how their work fits into the distinctive visual movements and aesthetic conversations of the Pacific Northwest, and beyond.

Longtime colleagues and friends Eleana Del Rio of Koplin Del Rio and McLean Emenegger of AMcE Creative Arts co-curate the show. Eleana and McLean have a 20-year relationship spanning back to their days in the Los Angeles art scene. Their recent collaborations include the exhibitions LAnd SEA and Assembly Art Fair, where they shared space in the new Seattle-based invitational.