Iowa City Artist's 'Space in Between' Exhibit to be Shown at the Englert

Englert Media Release

On Display: May 30 - June 25 

Opening Reception: Friday, June 7 from 5-8pm (part of the Iowa City Gallery Walk) 

The Englert Theatre’s Douglas & Linda Paul Gallery is pleased to host The Space in Between, an installation by Argentinian-born, Iowa City-based artist Isabel Barbuzza. The exhibit will be on display May 30th through June 25th in both the Englert’s theater space and the Douglas & Linda Paul Gallery, located on the second floor of the Englert. A free opening reception will be held in conjunction with the Iowa City Gallery Walk on Friday, June 7th from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m.

The Space in Between challenges notions of beauty, value, and perceptions of nature, using thousands of suspended artificial flowers to create a physical space reminiscent of gardens, natural landscapes, or traditional paintings. This large installation is composed of hundreds of re-appropriated artificial flowers which were disassembled, ironed, flattened, and placed between two sheets of kitchen wax paper. The sheer size of the exhibit creates a mystifying, ethereal effect that will transcend the Englert’s Douglas and Linda Paul Gallery and move into the performance space itself.

Isabel Barbuzza was born in Mendoza, Argentina and currently lives in Iowa City, Iowa. She studied art at the Universidad Nacional de Cuyo in Mendoza, Argentina (1978) and received a BA (1988) and an MFA (1990) in Art Studio from the University of California in Santa Barbara. Her work has been shown in galleries and exhibits around the world, including the Minnesota Center for Book Arts in Minneapolis, the Santa Barbara Museum of Art, and the arteBA Festival in Buenos Aires, Argentina, among many others.  Barbuzza is currently an associate professor at the School of Art and Art History at the University of Iowa, where she teaches and directs the sculpture department. 

See The Space in Between in the Douglas & Linda Paul Gallery, located on the second floor of the historic Englert Theatre. The Gallery is open Monday through Friday from 12 to 6pm, and during select performances. For more information, call (319) 688-2653 or visit englert.org.