{"id":102936,"date":"2019-04-24T11:07:37","date_gmt":"2019-04-24T15:07:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=102936"},"modified":"2019-04-24T09:10:10","modified_gmt":"2019-04-24T13:10:10","slug":"jim-ridlon-discord-dissent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=102936","title":{"rendered":"Jim Ridlon: Discord & Dissent"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Commentary on contemporary politics exhibit opens at library in May <\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Jim Ridlon (file photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The New Woodstock Free Library is presenting an exhibit of\nworks by the internationally-recognized Cazenovia-based artist Jim Ridlon from\nMay 6 to June 29. In the exhibit, Ridlon will be displaying assemblages he\ncreated and presented at Syracuse\u2019s Art Rage Gallery in 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In her June 2, 2018, article \u201cPolitics as Art,\u201d Karen\nTashkovski wrote of Ridlon\u2019s works, \u201cThey are visual puns meant to take the\nsting out, to replace the discord with fun, humor and the strange machinations\nof this Renaissance man\u2019s mind. They are outfitted in sports gear to possibly\nrefer to the political arena as a game, as well as referencing his own history\n\u2013 football hero turned Syracuse University professor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere are clipped feathers found on meditative hikes taken\nwith his son that speak of the illusion of the sanctity of government\npositions; rusty found objects from various trips to flea markets \u2013 hunting the\nperfect pair of old scissors or wood turnings, ropes\/chains to bind the\nopponent in an intricate power trip. Well-worn accessories complete these\nframed boxes of objects, the human element that sets the viewer on this quest\nto create meaning.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ridlon earned a B.F.A. in sculpture from Syracuse University\nin 1957 and was drafted by the San Francisco 49ers the same year; he spent six years\nplaying professional football and an additional two years for the Dallas\nCowboys. After eight years of pro football, he returned to S.U. to complete his\nM.F.A. in sculpture. He served on the faculty at Syracuse University for 36\nyears and was the artistic director of the New York State Summer School for the\nArts for 22 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere is not enough room to write of all of the\naccomplishments of this remarkable man,\u201d said Library Events Coordinator Traci\nSchuster. \u201cYou just have to see him and his work to know you are getting the\n\u2018real deal.\u2019 Besides his talents as an artist and athlete, he is considered a\nphilanthropist and philosopher by all who know him. His generosity is well-documented\nin our community.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more information about this or other programs and events\nat the library, call 315.662.3134, visit midyork.org\/newwoodstock, or check out\nthe library\u2019s Facebook page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The library is open Mondays from 1 to 9 p.m., Tuesdays from 1\nto 5 p.m., Wednesdays from 1 to 5 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m., Thursdays and Fridays\nfrom 1 to 5 p.m. and Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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