La Luz de Jesus Presents Rick Araluce "The Poetry of Unreason"

Rick Araluce
"The Poetry of Unreason"

La Luz de Jesus Gallery
June 4 - 27, 2010
Artist Reception: Friday, June 4; 8-11 PM

Rick Araluce makes miniature constructions. That means he makes everything himself by hand, including the boxes that contain the collections. He’s spent years inventing methods to fashion (from scratch) a turned table leg, door hardware, a light bulb, a clock case, elaborate trim moulding, and whatever else is required to complete the illusions. Rick has created flutes less than an eighth of an inch in length, functioning miniature clocks measuring less than a quarter inch in diameter, and light switches that illuminate rooms seventeen miniature floors beneath them. No detail is sacrificed by the diminutive scale -even if those flourishes go largely unnoticed by the casual observer; however is nothing casual about the art of Rick Araluce, who makes his return to La Luz de Jesus after more than a decade abroad. Rick will be in attendance at the opening reception.

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