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Juruseh Hill: Let's his art speak for itself |
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Written by Maura Brady McMullen
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Thursday, 26 July 2007 |
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 Juruseh Hill doesn’t want to give an oral dissertation on why his art is, well, art. He’d rather the pieces just be appreciated and taken in without overblown explanations.
“I really don’t like talking about my art,” Hill said without pretension. “I’d rather let it talk for itself.”
Hill, 31, will present some of his pieces at FoCo LoCo perfecto, from Studio Gallery Wright, which opens on Wednesday, Aug. 1, at Hodi’s Half Note in Fort Collins.
The FoCo LoCo perfecto show features 10 area artists and on opening night will have three local bands playing the night away. Co-organizer and owner of Studio Gallery Wright, Erin Wright, said the show is supposed to be a celebration of Fort Collins and its culture.
“We (Wright and her husband and co-organizer, Jonny) want to get the art into the real world, into the everyday life in our community,” Wright said. “Hodi’s is a great venue because there is a high amount of exposure.”
Wright said the opening evening is a mixture of all forms of art.
“We’re trying to bring together artists and musicians and people who are interested in both. It’s a synergistic atmosphere,” she said.
 The “synergistic atmosphere” has helped Hill. Hill’s working relationship with the Wrights has helped his creativity from becoming stagnant.
“I’ve been doing artwork for a long time and when people are creative, it forces good things to come,” Hill said. “Everyone’s got a little creative outlet, but if they aren’t tapping into it, they should.”
The outlets for his creativity start as simply as a pen and ink drawing and then gradually build into bigger and more complex pieces.
Hill takes his pen and ink pieces and transforms the two-dimensional into a three dimensional piece of metal art.
“I’ve done gates and railings — all different kinds of styles, but with the gates I keep things more traditional,” Hill said. “But with the wall pieces, some are provocative, some are kosher. It’s hard to lump them into one genre.”
The inspiration for all of Hill’s work isn’t purely from within. Hill compares his belief in inspiration to Alex Grey paintings.
“It (the Grey art) has a Hindu feel — divine inspiration, being a utensil for the pen,” Hill said. “Half the time I am the utensil and the inspiration is floating in ether.”
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SEE HIS WORK
The Foco Loco Perfecto opening night show is at 8 p.m. at Hodi’s Half Note, 167 N. College Ave. Call 472.2034 | Only registered users can write comments.
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