Allure: Works by William Jude Rumley curated by TAD Projects

Exhibition Opening Saturday May 4th, 5:00 - 9:00pm

"Allure Series

Allure: verb, powerfully attract or charm; tempt.

At this point in my life I identify as a self-proclaimed extraordinarily adequate fly fisher and flytier.

I have spent many years learning to tie my own flies—learning through mimicry of many wellknown, published fly fishers.

I have come to think of the practice of fly fishing as a form of puppetry. The puppeteer creates the puppet, as object, and then simulates life by imparting life through mimicry in movement, as performance, to engage the audience and convey a message or narrative.

In fly fishing the audience is not man but beast.

The practice of fly tying is a very repetitive and meditative process.

During these meditative times, I came to the realization that I could combine my art practice with fly tying. My work as an artist has been based in storytelling and theatrical devices.

My work of the past and present is performance in nature, presented most often through mechanical reproductions of form through the use of indexical media.

My objective, in regard to my work as an artist, is to explore my understanding of art making and to critique social constructs often not apparent due to systemic blindness.”

-William Jude Rumley

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