{"id":1296,"date":"2021-05-06T04:43:09","date_gmt":"2021-05-06T04:43:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/lcbates\/?page_id=1296"},"modified":"2021-05-08T19:18:08","modified_gmt":"2021-05-08T19:18:08","slug":"nancy-bixler","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/lcbates\/nancy-bixler\/","title":{"rendered":"Nancy Bixler"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>Artist&#8217;s Statement<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Slowing the Tides<\/em>, <em>Invisible Cities I<\/em>, and <em>Invisible Cities II<\/em> embody a synthesis of natural history and human imagination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Layers and textures of movement and stillness emerge from beneath smooth surfaces, revealing a palimpsest of collective and individual memory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Visible and invisible evidence of existence remain.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/lcbates\/files\/2021\/04\/12x18_2014_Bxler_Slowing-the-Tides-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"679\" src=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/lcbates\/files\/2021\/04\/12x18_2014_Bxler_Slowing-the-Tides-1024x679.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1299\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/lcbates\/files\/2021\/04\/12x18_2014_Bxler_Slowing-the-Tides-1024x679.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/lcbates\/files\/2021\/04\/12x18_2014_Bxler_Slowing-the-Tides-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/lcbates\/files\/2021\/04\/12x18_2014_Bxler_Slowing-the-Tides-768x509.jpg 768w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/lcbates\/files\/2021\/04\/12x18_2014_Bxler_Slowing-the-Tides-1536x1019.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/lcbates\/files\/2021\/04\/12x18_2014_Bxler_Slowing-the-Tides-2048x1358.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Nancy Bixler, <em>Slowing the Tides<\/em>, mixed media, 12 x 18 in., 2014. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/lcbates\/files\/2021\/04\/18x24_2016_Bixler_Invisible-Cities-I.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"767\" src=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/lcbates\/files\/2021\/04\/18x24_2016_Bixler_Invisible-Cities-I-1024x767.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1301\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/lcbates\/files\/2021\/04\/18x24_2016_Bixler_Invisible-Cities-I-1024x767.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/lcbates\/files\/2021\/04\/18x24_2016_Bixler_Invisible-Cities-I-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/lcbates\/files\/2021\/04\/18x24_2016_Bixler_Invisible-Cities-I-768x575.jpg 768w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/lcbates\/files\/2021\/04\/18x24_2016_Bixler_Invisible-Cities-I-1536x1151.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/lcbates\/files\/2021\/04\/18x24_2016_Bixler_Invisible-Cities-I.jpg 1538w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Nancy Bixler, <em>Invisible Cities I<\/em>, mixed media, 18 x 24 in., 2016. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/lcbates\/files\/2021\/04\/18x24_2016_Bixler_Invisible-Cities-II-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"735\" src=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/lcbates\/files\/2021\/04\/18x24_2016_Bixler_Invisible-Cities-II-1024x735.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/lcbates\/files\/2021\/04\/18x24_2016_Bixler_Invisible-Cities-II-1024x735.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/lcbates\/files\/2021\/04\/18x24_2016_Bixler_Invisible-Cities-II-300x215.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/lcbates\/files\/2021\/04\/18x24_2016_Bixler_Invisible-Cities-II-768x551.jpg 768w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/lcbates\/files\/2021\/04\/18x24_2016_Bixler_Invisible-Cities-II-1536x1103.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/lcbates\/files\/2021\/04\/18x24_2016_Bixler_Invisible-Cities-II-2048x1470.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Nancy Bixler, <em>Invisible Cities II<\/em>, mixed media, 18 x 24 in., 2016. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/lcbates\/home-summer-exhibition-2021\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/lcbates\/home-summer-exhibition-2021\/\">RETURN TO GALLERY<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Artist&#8217;s Statement Slowing the Tides, Invisible Cities I, and Invisible Cities II embody a synthesis of natural history and human imagination. 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