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Artwork copyright dick ibach. Photo courtesy of Spokane Falls Community College, 2019.
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Artwork copyright dick ibach. Photo courtesy of Spokane Falls Community College, 2019.
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Artwork copyright dick ibach. Photo courtesy of Spokane Falls Community College, 2019.
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Artwork copyright dick ibach. Photo courtesy of Spokane Falls Community College, 2019.
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Artwork copyright dick ibach. Photo courtesy of Spokane Falls Community College, 2019.
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Artwork copyright dick ibach. Photo courtesy of Spokane Falls Community College, 2019.
Temptation at Shining Mountain, 1985
dick ibach
American (born 1940, died 2021)
Location: Spokane Falls Community College, Spokane
About the Artwork
Temptation at Shining Mountain is a painting installation by dick ibach. The two panels and ten cut-out shapes feature ibach's signature intensive patterning and acid-bright colors. He believes that you, the viewer, has a responsibility to develop visual literacy: "the ability to know what your feelings and thoughts are in response to an image without the aid of this statement or the need for subject matter.”
Temptation at Shining Mountain was originally created for Shining Mountain Elementary School, in Spanaway, Western Washington. In 2004, it was relocated to Spokane Falls Community College (in Eastern Washington), where ibach taught art for over fifteen years.
This artwork was acquired for the State Art Collection in partnership with Community Colleges of Spokane.
About the Artist
Spokane, Eastern Washington-based artist dick ibach (1940-2021) created paintings that combine figurative imagery with expressive forms, symbolism, and intense patterning. His art is humorous and often based on his memories: "It is my intention to speak of the contradictions of the human condition: to address both the nobility and stupidity of it all." He believes that the viewer must develop a “visual literacy” and not expect explanations, because “Artists are visual, and their imagery is visual… Words are for poets.”ibach was born and grew up in Yakima, Central Washington. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Seattle University and a Master of Fine Arts degree from the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York, in 1972. He taught art at Spokane Falls Community College for over fifteen years. He was also a Jesuit brother for ten years during the 1960s and he worked many odd jobs such as a hospital orderly, sod buster, cattle brander, grave digger, and cabinet maker. These experiences shaped his point of view as an artist.
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