Noel Hefele | Painter | MA Arts and Ecology student

Site Visit Video for The Landscape Thinks Itself In Us

February 8, 2010

Joanna O’Donovan (curator) and I talk about the sites of the paintings featured in the exhibition; The Landscape Thinks Itself In Us.

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Installation of Old Drawings

Art

I was in a show this past september in Philadelphia, called Five Dudes: Artwork and Booze. It was deftly curated by Matt Maloney at 2424 Studios on York St. in Fishtown. The exhibition featured artwork from Ron Johnson, Shane Leddy, Matt Maloney, Michael Xander and myself.
The exhibition space was huge. I [...]

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eXchange | AAP’s Centennial Exhibition Opening

Events

Constance Merriman and I will be exhibiting Dwelling at Exchange: Emerging and Experienced Artists Come Together. The show is part of the Associated Artists of Pittsburgh’s centennial celebration. 40 artists are participating and collaborating in pairs.
The opening reception is this
Friday, February 5th at 5:30 – 8pm
937 Liberty Avenue
Pittsburgh PA.
Unfortunately, I won’t be in Pittsburgh for [...]

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Untitled

Paintings

This painting documented a space that was 50 meters from the gallery. We tried to query the audience for a title, but that effort was largely unsuccessful.
4′x4′
Oil on canvas
2010

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Persistence Under Change

Paintings

Totnes is a ‘Transition Town,’ yet this view of the East Gate along the high street remains largely unchanged over many years.
4′x4′
Oil on canvas
2010

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The Harvesters

Paintings

With this painting, I started to see neglect and abandonment in a cyclical perspective.
4′x4′
Oil on Canvas
2010

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The Atmospheric Principle

Paintings

4′x4′
Oil on Canvas
2010

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Dwelling | Preview of the Results

Exchange: Emerging and Established Artists Come Together

Constance Merriman and I collaborated on this photo experiment which we exhibited in the Landscape Thinks Itself In Us show in January 2010. It will be showing at the Exchange in a more intimate format from February 5th until April 17th.

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Exhibition Framing Statement

The Landscape Thinks Itself In Us

19th Century French painter, Paul Cezanne, once wrote in a letter to a friend; ‘the landscape thinks itself in me… and I am its consciousness’. It is this relationship between the land and us, the intertwined and interdependent relationship between the observer and the observed, the inhabitant and the inhabited, that is the focus of [...]

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