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Just dropped off some work to Kollective Gallery in Cleveland...

artlistpro — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 09:07:34 -0500

Just dropped off some work to Kollective Gallery in Cleveland Heights. Next weekend- February 11 from 6-10 there will be an opening. The show is put on by Kollective Gallery, The Coventry Kids, and Silent Rebellion! LET’S TALK ABOUT LOVE> > > Really excited to be a part of another group show! Check out more about it on the Facebook invite here!

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January 28 - March 24, 2012Opening Reception: February 2,...

artlistpro — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 08:26:39 -0500

January 28 - March 24, 2012
Opening Reception: February 2, 6-8pm
Members’ and Artists’ Preview: 5-6pm

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“It Hurts to Let You Go” by Levi Pata

artlistpro — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 08:20:24 -0500

“It Hurts to Let You Go” by Levi Pata:

Kokoro Studio announces
Levi Pata: It Hurts to Let You Go

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

SAN FRANCISCO, CA—Kokoro Studio is pleased to announce It Hurts to Let You Go, an exhibition of new work by Levi Pata, on view through February 23. It Hurts to Let You Go is Pata’s first solo exhibition in…

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Old Masters in Video

artlistpro — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 08:17:16 -0500

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Old Masters in Video

Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, oil and traditional pigments on linen,
oak shadow box with carved onlay gilded with gold leaf, 92cm X 66cm, 2011

Francisco Goya, oil and traditional pigments on linen,
oak shadow box with carved onlay gilded with gold leaf, 86cm X 70cm, 2011

Domínikos Theotokópoulos (a.k.a. El Greco), oil and traditional pigments on linen,
oak shadow box with carved onlays gilded with silver leaf, 89cm X 69cm, 2011

Click here for more information on the old master portraits series.

www.mathieulaca.com

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Save the Date - TrepanierBaer Opens James Carl

artlistpro — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 07:47:28 -0500

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TrépanierBaer is pleased to open the inaugural exhibition of James Carl on
Thursday, March 1st, 2012. We look forward to seeing to you at the gallery!

Please see attachment for details.

TrépanierBaer Gallery
105, 999 - 8 ST SW
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
T2R 1J6
+ (403) 244-2066
info@tbg1.com

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Who is The Biennial Project Fan of the Month?

artlistpro — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 07:47:04 -0500

It of course goes without saying that The Artists of The Biennial Project have only the coolest friends wherever they go. Be it globetrotting in Venice, Beijing, Sao Paulo or Lincoln Nebraska, we always hang with The Upper Crust of the planet’s creative folk. Just last month we had the occasion to spend the evening opening hopping in The Big Apple with our homies Tilda Swinton, Sandro Kopp and Terrance Koh - all of course just HUGE fans of The Biennial Project’s groundbreaking assault on all things biennial. Think we’re just listening to those pesky voices in our heads again? Well, HAH - it really happened - take a gander at the below photo of US with THEM at Sandro’s Ultra Cool Opening at the Lehmann Maupin gallery on the Lower East Side. (Eric took the picture of course, dahling!) You should know better than to doubt US.

And when we’re holed up doing creative work in the quaint seaside village of Boston - as we are now - we naturally also hang with the coolest creative folks around. If while sipping champagne at some elegant joint you happen to overhear an erudite yet sensuous voice extolling the many virtues of The Biennial Project, often as not, that voice is none other than The Ridiculously Cool and Hip Artist Known to her Fans as Martha Mccollough. Seriously, she does some of the most amazing work around, while managing to just DEFINE the word hipster.

And if you again insist on doubting us (may we remind you - always a mistake!), here’s the opinion of the critics (you know, the critics besides US) -

“Clearly the corporate world hasn’t dulled her senses. I can

only hope to become someone like Martha someday.

Someone who is still in touch with her unabashed creativity,

but with a savviness/sauciness/wit that is beyond compare.

She manages to be honest and raw without delving into the

realm of the abrasive. Her work is inviting and there is

something whimsy about her pieces even when it’s a bear incinerating a house with its laser beam eyes.” FluxBoston

(Read the whole review at FLUXBOSTON ARTIST SHOW CASE )

Check more of Martha’s Cool Art at Martha’s Cool Website

or at her cool blog - Martha’s Cool Blog

Here’s Martha smoking opium at a decadent party with other famous artists!

And here’s Martha telling everyone that even she is JEALOUS of The Biennial Project!

Martha

So what, you may ask, is Cool Artist Martha Mccollough working on right this very minute? Well, that’s an easy one! She’s getting her application together for the upcoming 2012 Windsor Whitney Biennial (a survey of American and International art). She knows the submission deadline is February 19th - and cool artists like her don’t let opportunities like this slip away! Neither should you!!!

ENTER THE WINDSOR WHITNEY BIENNIAL!

Martha Mccollough -

artist extraordinaire,

trend-setter,

yogi master,

Biennial Project fan -

here’s to you!!!

BIENNIAL PROJECT BLOG

BIENNIAL PROJECT WEBSITE

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Gallery Happenings - February

artlistpro — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 07:44:35 -0500

Gallery Happenings - February

Miami
Wynwood Lofts - Suite 208
250 NW 23rd St., Miami, FL 33127 Second Saturday Gallery Walk
February 11th 7-10 pm

Featuring gallery artists: Ross Bonfanti, Craig Cully, Peter Gourfain, Brooke Holloway, Frank Hyder, Alejandro Mendoza, Florence Putterman, Alex Queral, Marcelo Suaznabar and Vivian Wolovitz.
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Philadelphia
629 N. 2nd St., Philadelphia, PA 19123

“Hands On”
February 3 - 25

Featuring works by the council members of the Society of American Graphic Artists (SAGA): William Behnken, Joseph Essig, Amir Hariri, Michael Hew Wing, Marion Lerner-Levine, Barbara Minton, Masaaki Noda, Tomomi Ono, Merle Perlmutter, Florence Putterman, Ellen Nathan Singer, Shelley Thorstensen and Steven Walker.
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Hangman Art Gallery Press Release

artlistpro — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 07:43:57 -0500

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE “Hangman Art Gallery Announces “With a Little Help From My Friends”

February 10, 2012 (TORONTO): Hangman Art Gallery is proud to announce “With a Little Help From My Friends”. This is an Artists’ Network volunteer’s art show, in appreciation of the many that have helped with RAW, Little Art Show, plus programs and other committees. Hangman Art Gallery
756 Queen Street East (east of Broadview Avenue)
Toronto, ON
M4M 1H4
Exhibition Run: February 14 - March 4, 2012
Opening Reception: February 16, 7 - 9 PM, Thursday
Gallery Hours: Tuesday - Sunday, 12 - 5 PM
416-465-0302 / Facebook: Hang Man Gallery / Twitter:@hangmangallery

The Hangman Art Gallery is located in the middle of a exciting neighbourhood of creative and visual arts professionals. It is the home of the Artists’ Network. It supports a thriving fine arts community by providing exhibition spaces to connect art lovers and collectors with members and non-members artists alike. It is a venue where artists from all stages of their career can meet and showcase their personal perceptions of the realities of contemporary life. artistsnetwork.ca/hangman

King Wong
hangmangallery@gmail.com

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Piet van den Boog - Bruised and Battered - Opening Thursday February 23

artlistpro — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 07:43:32 -0500

Piet van den Boog Bruised and Battered

February 23 - March 24, 2012

Opening Thursday February 23, from 6-8 pm

Mike Weiss Gallery is pleased to present Bruised and Battered by Dutch artist Piet van den Boog. For his third solo show at the gallery, van den Boog pushes the limits of portraiture by directly confronting emotion head-on by way of large-scale paintings of faces. Oil and acrylic paint make up the flesh tones and fine facial details while abstract strokes in rust tones, cerulean blues and greens are chemically etched into the cold lead surfaces becoming a powerful metaphor for the internal scars we all possess.

Piet van den Boog / Love like you’ll never be hurt / 2011 / Acrylic, oil, rust, azurite and malachite on lead mounted on wood / 75” x 59”

The imposing portraits depicted in the paintings, some as tall as 6 feet, are truncated from the body, consequently becoming nostalgic monumental ruins of a lost time. Akin to the brutal candor seen in the portraits of Jenny Saville and Lucian Freud, they surpass their own representation and acquire a bold, autonomous presence because of their distorted nature. They are not meant to remind the viewers of a specific person, but rather, they become an emblematic entity in and of themselves.

The works’ transcendence as universal symbols of emotionally charged memories is further reinforced in van den Boog’s choice of titles, many culled from song lyrics and poems. In the painting, If there’s one thing you can say about mankind, there’s nothing kind about man, a line from a Tom Waits song, a male figure appears to hover above the viewer, who unexpectedly find themselves thrust into an undermined position, as if knocked down in a battle. The title does not identify the individual portrayed but a perspective on humanity. The face looks back at the viewer with the haunting insistence of an unshakeable memory and the etching pain of heartache.

Piet van den Boog / If there is one thing you can say about mankind, there’s nothing kind about man / 2012 / Acrylic, oil, rust, azurite and malachite on oxidized lead mounted on wood
75” x 110”

A modern day Alchemist, van den Boog experiments with base metals like lead, copper and steel as a visual allegory of personal transmutation, and a quest for an emotional panacea - that cure-all for the human soul. It is van den Boog’s technical process which ultimately imbues the portraits with relatable human qualities. His masterful application of paint is calculated and controlled, while areas of exposed metal are worn and weathered by acids and other oxidizing chemicals in a process left mostly to chance. This element of technical surrender alludes to the unforeseen consequences of intimacy and the perpetual co-existence of pain and pleasure.

Remember, remember, this is now, and now and now, quoted from the journal of tortured poet Sylvia Plath, is one of two self-portraits in the show. Piet’s guarded gaze presents a balanced juxtaposition of emotional fragility and inner strength and resilience, both of which delineate the parameters of human emotion. Van den Boog reminds the viewer of the uncontrollability of life’s forces, with all of their sheer prowess and unpredictability, and the undeniable beauty of the present moment.

Piet van den Boog / Remember, remember, this is now, and now, and now / 2011 / Acrylic, oil and rust on lead mounted on wood / 75” x 59”

Piet van den Boog (b.1951) currently lives and works in Amsterdam. His work is in many important international museums and collections, most notably: the Drents Museum, Assen Netherlands; Scheringa voor Realisme Collection Netherlands, the Eileen S. Kaminsky Family Foundation, New Jersey, the Art Collection of Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science, Den Haag, Netherlands; ING Art Collection, Amsterdam, Netherlands and the Miniature Museum, Gemeente Museum Den Haag, The Netherlands.

For additional information please contact Anna Ortt, Director at anna@mikeweissgallery.com

A fully illustrated catalogue is available.

Mike Weiss Gallery

520 West 24th Street, New York, NY 10011

Tel: 212-691-6899

Gallery Hours: Tues-Sat 10am to 6pm

www.mikeweissgallery.com

http://mikeweissgallery.tumblr.com

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OCC Awards & Scholarships 2012 - Now Open!

artlistpro — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 07:42:48 -0500

The 2012 OCC AWARDS & SCHOLARSHIPS PROGRAM
is now open to applications!!!

Deadline: May 31, 2012 - 5pm ET

Apply for over $25,000 in Awards and Scholarships!

For over 30 years the OCC has helped build craft careers through awards of excellence. It’s worth your time to apply; 25% of applicants last year won an award, scholarship or supply grant. Over 100 scholars have been the beneficiaries of OCC scholarships and more than 400 craftspeople have benefited from a grant or award.

Whether you’re a student looking to continue your studies or an established maker looking for some recognition or aid in mounting an exhibition, with such a wide range of awards there’s something for everyone, in every stage of their career. Winning is not just about the money, it’s also about exposure. Selected works from award recipients will be featured in the OCC Awards Winners 2012 exhibition held at the Ontario Craft Council Gallery in Fall 2012. Winners will also be considered for publication in Studio Magazine, Craftfl@sh and the Canadian Crafts in Toronto brochure.

For information on how to apply, to download the application package and detailed information about all our awards, visit the Awards & Scholarships page on our website, or click the button below:

NEW IN 2012!! This year we are introducing a special dedicated event to celebrate Ontario’s craft talent and showcase our winners and their work. Mark your calendars for the Inaugural Awards and Scholarships Gala Ceremony on October 4, 2012. More details to come…

IMPORTANT PROGRAM DATES
May 31st: Application Deadline
Mid July: Winners are announced
October 4: Inaugural Awards & Scholarships Gala Ceremony and Award Winners 2012 exhibition opening (watch for more details)
October 4 - November 4: Award Winners 2012 exhibition on display at the OCC Gallery

Have questions or need help with your application? We’d be happy to help. Contact Caitlin Plewes at 416-925-4222x222 or cplewes@craft.on.ca

Image credits, 2011 Award Winners: Aislinn Caron, KoEun Park, Tyler MacKenzie, Paula Vandermey, Magdolene Dykstra, Elizabete Ludviks, Molly Grundy,Brad Turner, Caitlin Erskine-Smith, Gregory Bauer, Sayward Johnson, Katrina Cheung, Setsuko Sanagawa, Amanda McCavour, Heather Rathbun, Annie Tung, Micah Adams, Patryjca Zwierzynska, Steven Tippin, Lizz Aston, Jennifer Smith-Windsor, Marina Babic, Jeremy Cox, Silvia Taylor, Shuyu Lu, Theresa Duong, Julie Moon, Deborah Ruth FreemanLike on Facebook

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Chris Cosnowski Opening - March 1, 2012

artlistpro — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 07:41:39 -0500

542 West 24th Street · New York, NY 10011

Cheerleaders, 2011, Oil on panel,
43 x 29 in / 109.2 x 73.7 cm

CHRIS COSNOWSKI

American Metal

March 1 - 31, 2012

Artist’s Reception

Thursday, March 1, 2012

6-8pm

Lyons Wier Gallery

542 West 24th St., New York, NY 10011

Gallery Hours: Tues - Sat, 11-6pm

Nearest subway: C,E @ 23^rd St & 8^th Ave.

Trophies have played a critical role throughout history. Recipients take pleasure in their award, not because the trophy has monetary value, but because it symbolizes success. Those that win them cherish the satisfaction and legacy associated with them. They revel within the symbolism of the prize itself — victory. Trophies are, and will continue to remain, a visible goal to which any competitor is geared, and harbor the unspoken sacrifices that victory so often demands.

In American Metal, artist Chris Cosnowski utilizes and exploits the intrinsic value and symbolism of these treasured keepsakes. His paintings envision a nostalgic no-holds-barred America. The works allude to the idealism of American values, yet somehow the narratives speak volumes about shifting ideals via the represented objects. What appears to be solid and significant is trumped by the discovery that the metal is an illusion. These beloved objects are not made of gold but merely spray plated plastic with no real weight - an apt metaphor for a country in economic turmoil due to its gratuitous and gluttonous pursuit of all that glitters.

Cosnowski’s figurines exemplify different aspects of American society: the rodeo trophies illustrate our romanticized past and the wild west in all its rugged testosterone-soaked glory; the cheerleaders embody an obsession with sports, beauty and social standing; the motocross continues the sports metaphor and also typifies America’s love for speed, daredevils and gasoline; the bodybuilder pokes fun at the prevailing image of the country as mighty and heroic and evaluates its preoccupation with and perception of physical beauty; and the policeman, whereby the artist states, “I used this imagery to represent the need for excessive security just to live ‘freely’ today.” Cosnowski goes on to say, “America is ostensibly a meritocracy, and I think we can all agree that hard work, talent, creativity and integrity should be rewarded. American exceptionalism, however, seems to have been largely replaced with greed and a craving for celebrity. American metal (mettle) used to mean something solid.”

Muybridge Rodeo (Species Switcharoo), 2011, Oil on panel, 36 x 48 in / 91.4 x 121.92 cm

Chris Cosnowski received his MFA in Painting from Northwestern University and his BFA from Columbus College of Art and Design in Columbus, OH. His work has been exhibited in New York, Chicago, San Francisco and London and has appeared in publications such as New American Paintings (Midwest Edition), American Art Collector and Chicago Magazine. Cosnowski currently lives and works in Chicago and has been represented by Lyons Wier Gallery since 2001.

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For further information, please contact:

Lyons Wier Gallery

542 West 24th Street, New York, NY 10011

Tel: + 1 212 242 6220

Email: gallery@lyonswiergallery.com

www.lyonswiergallery.com

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ART WYNWOOD: BOOTH B13 Feb 17- 20

artlistpro — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:13:04 -0500

Galerie Bernd A. Lausberg, Duesseldorf & Lausberg Contemporary, Toronto

are pleased to announce their participation in
the inaugural fair - ART WYNWOOD

February 17^th- 20^th, 2012

The five-day fair will take place during Miami’s busiest holiday

weekend and will open with a highly anticipated VIP Private Preview on

Thursday Feb 16, 2012. Art Wynwood will be held in the spacious 90, 000

square-foot Art Miami Pavilion, which attracted more than 55,000 attendees

during the 2011 edition of Art Miami.

This year enjoy the exciting works displayed of:

Lluís Barba (ES), Dieter Balzer (D), Rafael Barrios (VE), David Burdeny (CAN), Michael Burges (D)

Freddy Chandra (ID), Carlos Cruz-Diez (VE), Hans Kotter (D), Michael Laube (D), Herbert Mehler (D)

Zammy Migdal (IL), Harding Meyer (D), Jürgen Paas (D), Andreas Reimann (D), Robert Schaberl (AT)

Harald Schmitz-Schmelzer (D), Regine Schumann (D), Klaus Staudt (D), Wolfram Ullrich (D), Achim Zeman (D)

The Art Wynwood Pavilion is located in the Wynwood Arts
District of Midtown Miami. General public show dates:

Friday February 17 11 am- 7 pm

Saturday February 18 11 am- 7 pm

Sunday February 19 11 am- 7 pm

Monday February 20 11 am- 6 pm

For complete show information, directions and schedule of
events, please visit http://www.art-wynwood.com/.

Harding Meyer

Untitled, 2011

Oil on Canvas

47.2” x 59.1” (120 x 150 cm )

Lluís Barba

Dalí six years, Dalí, 2011.

Diasec

250 x 160 cm

+++ current exhibition in Duesseldorf: Jürgen Paas: WUNDERBAR 02.10- 04. 13+++

+++ current exhibition in Toronto: WINTER GROUP EXHIBITION Rafael Barrios, David Burdeny, Freddy Chandra, Franco DeFrancesca, James Robert Durant, Marie Lannoo, Michael Laube, Zammy Migdal, Udo Nöger, Jürgen Paas, Rui Pimenta, Rita Rohlfing, Dirk Salz, Klaus Staudt, Gaby Terhuven & Achim Zeman

01.12- 03.20+++

+++ current exhibitions in FLORIDA +++

+++Centre for Visual Communication, Miami: LLUIS BARBA: TRAVELERS IN TIME EXTENDED until end of February 2012+++

+++ Armoury Art Centre, Palm Beach: HERBERT MEHLER CURVED 12.16- 04.06 +++

+++ ART WYNWOOD, Miami (http://www.art-wynwood.com/) 02. 16- 02. 20 +++

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Galerie Bernd A. Lausberg Lausberg Contemporary Lausberg Contemporary

Hohenzollernstr. 30 326 Dundas Street West

40211 Duesseldorf Toronto, ON M5T 1G5 Miami, FL

T + F: +49 211/ 836 84 91 T: +1 416/ 516 4440 Toll Free: +1 866 516 4440

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www.galerie-lausberg.com toronto@galerie-lausberg.com miami@galerie-lausberg.com

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4 Elements at PSPS

artlistpro — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:10:57 -0500

4 Elements PRESS RELEASE Preview Reception February 16th, Closing Exhibition March 8th

4 Elements: A Collaboration

4 Elements tracks the process of creating a large-scale collaborative painting that spans the walls at PS Project Space, 548 W 28th St. 3rd fl. NYC 10001, from February 2nd - March 11th 2012. Artists Nic Bevilacqua, Justin Brunelle, Fletcher Crossman, and Paul Seftel combine their four distinct styles into a fluid exploration of new possibilities. There is a preview reception on February 16th, 2012 from 6 to 8:30 pm, Closing exhibition March 8th, 2012 from 6-8:30 pm.

PRESS RELEASE Four artists in Chelsea are experimenting with a whole new approach to creating a painting. All four will be collaborating on a single piece, and it’s a huge one – thirty five feet long and traversing the entire walls of PS Project Space.

The project is entitled 4 Elements and will be created over the course of four weeks. Each of the four artists in the group has a distinct visual language and contrasting approach to painting. They all share inner elements of artistic tradition - the realist, the abstract, free-drawing, and conceptual symbolism – and are excited to discover what happens when such varied approaches combine. “It helps that we all respect each other’s work,” says Fletcher Crossman. “We all share a passion for exploring new directions. It comes to life when we leave our egos at the door and attempt to create as a single organism. What a fascinating dynamic.”

For the initial stage the artists have lined the walls with 8 ft high canvases and are deliberately avoiding planning what kind of image to create. The actual process of applying paint will be left to develop organically, with the artists learning how to work as part of mutually beneficial team. “Painting is usually a solo activity,” says Nic Bevilacqua, “and you’re in total control of the outcome. 4 Elements is about releasing that control and seeing if what comes out is better than the sum of its parts. It happens when rock bands play together, so it’ll be interesting how that happens here.”

“This project is engaging for me in both artistic and social terms,” adds Justin Brunelle. “While collaboration may be a dance of many rhythms under a shared umbrella, ultimately, fusion is the goal.” “I’m excited by how organically this project is coming together.” says Paul Seftel. “Justin, Nic and Fletch all have great vision and energy, it’s not simply a mural we are creating, but a projection of minds across the walls of space. It’s limitless.”

The 4 Elements project runs at PSPS 548 W 28th St. 3rd fl. NYC 10001 from February 2nd - March 11th 2012. The preview reception is on February 16th, 2012 from 6-8:30 pm, Closing exhibition March 8th, 2012 from 6-8:30 pm. More details about the special events and happenings can be found at www.psprojectspace.com.

PSPS Paul Seftel Project Space 548 W 28th St F.3 NYC 10001 WWW.PSPROJECTSPACE.COM Thurs.12 - 8pm, Fri, Sat 11- 6pm & by appointment info@psprojectspace.com 917 388 9585	4 Elements Preview Reception February 16th, 6 - 8.30pm Closing Exhibition March 8th, 6 - 8.30pm

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Patrick Mahon & Barbara Balfour | Opening Reception Saturday Feb 18th

artlistpro — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:34:32 -0500

Patrick Mahon

Water and Tower

The Katzman Kamen Gallery is pleased to present an exhibition by Patrick Mahon, titled Water and Tower. The exhibit runs from February 14 to March 4, 2011. An official opening will be held on Saturday, February 18 from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00p.m. with Patrick Mahon present.

Patrick Mahon’s new wall-based and floor-dependent printed sculptures extend the artist’s longstanding commitment to intersecting art and design, decoration and expression, and the singular with the multiple. Invoking water as both a natural and socially inscribed material, and towers as paradigms of human enterprise, the artist has set about creating works where structure and flow, solids and liquids, interplay to produce provocative new forms. Mahon’s materially intense objects, printed on wood in deep hues and with subtle references to the grid, are mounted on plexiglas such that they appear to float off the wall. Other pieces run across the floor in surprising and poetic configurations.

Mahon’s interest in describing “a liquid with a line” is longstanding, and the presence of fluid passages and architecture-inspired approaches is not new to the artist. Here it is renewed with fresh and often urgent conviction. In preparation for this work, Mahon recently travelled in India, where he photographed water towers, often in areas where the 2004 tsunami had devastated the countryside. He was also a participant last year in a residency in Boussan, France, where he installed Chateau d’eau (Water Tower), a purpose-built, patterned sculpture.

Patrick Mahon’s work is embedded with historical narratives and modern “texts” but is, fundamentally, a contemporary expression that invokes the tensions, contradictions and visual intrigues of the present moment.

Barbara Balfour
The slightly sad color of early winter P.M.

The Katzman Kamen Gallery is pleased to present an exhibition by Barbara Balfour, titled The slightly sad color of early winter P.M. The exhibit runs from February 14 to March 4, 2011. An official opening will be held on Saturday, February 18 from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00p.m. with Barbara Balfour present.

Barbara Balfour’s new body of work, The slightly sad color of early winter P.M., grew out of her experience with David Foster Wallace’s Infinite Jest. A few pages into the thousand-page novel, she was so overwhelmed by Wallace’s vocabulary that she began to make note of certain words. A pattern evolved: she collected words and phrases that intrigued her, and then made notes on her collection. In addition to idiosyncratic spelling and phrases, she discovered outright fabrication of certain words and terms.

A list of the vocabulary drawn from Infinite Jest could engender various specific word lists, relating to tennis or pharmaceutical drugs, for example. One such spinoff list, of the colours mentioned by Wallace, led to From DFW – qualified colours. In addition to a preponderance of instances of the word black, usually regarding depressive moods, Balfour noted idiosyncratic references to colours, qualified by adjectives or short descriptions. Examples such as “anachronistic white,” “mature-eggplant-skin purple,” and “the slightly sad color of early winter P.M.” give a sense of David Foster Wallace’s nuanced colour references, which encompass the succinct, elliptical and even cryptic.

Looking over her collection of colour references from Infinite Jest, Balfour imagined what each colour would look like and began mixing printing inks. She then made “draw-downs” (a printmaking term used to describe the process for testing the tone and luminosity of a mixed ink on paper prior to printing) of each colour, exemplifying the imagery in David Foster Wallace’s language. Creating a playful dance between the written word and the imagined colour, each group of seven “draw-downs” are delicately displayed, encased like specimens, records of Balfour’s journey through Infinite Jest.

The exhibition runs from February 14th to March 4th, 2012
Gallery hours are Tuesday to Saturday, 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
For further information, please contact:
Marianne Katzman at (416) 504-9515 or info@katzmankamengallery.com
Katzman Kamen Gallery, 80 Spadina Ave., Suite #406, Toronto, ON M5V 2J4
http://www.katzmankamengallery.com/

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Artist Talk and Reception Introducing the Art of Brent Comber at Jennifer Kostuik Gallery

artlistpro — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:09:05 -0500

You are invited to a Cocktail Reception and Artist Talk introducing the sculptural works of Vancouver based artist, Brent Comber.
Thursday evening, Februrary 9th, 5:30-8pm.
Please join us for an evening of stories, discussion, and an open invition to touch the art work!

When Brent Comber was given wood from one of Canada’s oldest known trees located in near the Capilano River in North Vancouver BC, he did not realize that working with this ancient material would have such a profound effect on him. The powerful history of the tree, including the many different communities that had inhabited the area over the centuries, inspired him to look backward in time. Working with this significant material triggered a desire to create art that would engage the viewer’s curiosity while also revealing the entire story of the tree. Thus the inspiration for Comber’s art stems from his connection to the basic material used in his work. This connection has everything to do with personal history, a sense of place in the region and the community in which the artist was born. Comber sees wood as a language rather than as a functional building material. His ability to take material and transform it so that we can see it from a different perspective speaks to his desire to alter perceptions and awaken new ways of thinking. Wood is his canvas that allows him to reveal the symbolic journey that connects people to each other, as well as to themselves. It is his interpretation of the natural world that drives Brent to create art works that reflect the stories that surround him.

Comber’s art is created for indoor and outdoor applications. A natual story teller, the artist will discuss the inspiration and application choices behind his Alder Disk, Solid Spheres, Shattered Spheres and his Sentinal Series. It is this notion of changing perceptions that drives Comber’s art, his desire to convey the physicality that occurs when working with wood and to reveal how his process hopes to unfold the unique energy that exists within this universal material. For more information and images on Brent Comber, please click here: http://www.kostuikgallery.com/?section=Artists&a=20&artist=Brent++Comber&page=Artworks

info@kostuikgallery.com
http://www.kostuikgallery.com

Capilano Sphere, 2010
Douglas Fir, Clear Hard Wax oil finish
(source: 1100 year old tree)
30 inches diameter
Suitable for outdoor applications
approx. 180lbs
$12,000.00

Port Orford Sphere, 2011
Port Orford Cedar
(source: species located only in Oregon)
35 inches diameter
Does not have a finish as it is especially fragrant
approx. 180lbs
$14,000.00

Sentinel, 2009
Western Maple whitewashed
82 x 30 x 21 inches
$18,000.00

Shattered Sphere, 2011
Western Red Cedar
44 inches diameter
Indoor and outdoor application
Approx. 250 lbs
$12,000.00

China Grove
Western Red Cedar, white porcelain paint, acrylic panels, wires
48 inches height, dimensions variable
Current location: Salt Spring Island, BC

January 26, 2012: Brent Comber recenlty acquired a large spruce from Squamish. The tree was felled approximately 8 years ago. Comber states about the process of finding materials, “Initially, I made all of my pieces from wood that I salvaged from demolition sites around Vancouver. My material now comes from several environmentally friendly sources. But while my wood choices are in keeping with the percepts of sustainability, this is incidental rather than intentional. I simply want to use wood that best suits my purposes: unprocessed wood with cracks, bark sinews, knots, and swirling and uneven grain patterns. This type of wood is not available from most commercial wood outlets, which generally stock clear, straight-grained wood. Instead, I visit mills, lumber yards and other sources to find cast-off wood in which the lumber industry has little or no interest. For me, this is authentic wood, wood with powerful character, and capable of telling the strongest and most vivid stories.”

1070 Homer Street
Vancouver BC V6B 2W9
Canada
Tel. 604.737.3969
info@kostuikgallery.com
http://www.kostuikgallery.com

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Art Show & Sale - SOUL THRU NATURE, by Jana Cerna-Bachtik & Mika Holubec

artlistpro — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:36:12 -0500

Origo Books Gallery is proud to showcase a selection of works by local visual artists JANA BACHTIK and MIKA HOLUBEC — Friday March 2, 5pm. Downtown Toronto.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

February 8, 2012 —

Origo Books Gallery is proud to showcase a selection of works by local visual artists JANA CERNA-BACHTIK and MIKA HOLUBEC.

As a reflection of her own cognitive process, JANA’s paintings strives to express and channel the feelings, thoughts, and experiences incoming from the external world. Her work recognizes the body as the script of each individual’s personal story, convinced as she is that the figurative must become secondary to the inner state of being poured on the canvas and should be constructed from within, from those thoughts and feelings that shape our lives and determine our fates.

Photography provides MIKA with a deep spiritual connection with the subject, nature, and the world at large. Her urge to capture a moment and the emotion that streams out from it like an inner voice finds resonance in her hope that people absorb, experience, and feel enriched by the beauty of the instants she has felt blessed to have experienced.

JANA CERNA-BACHTIK is a Toronto-based visual artist with a steady track of solo and joint exhibits in the last decade. She studied Art Collage in her natal Czech Republic and classical painting at her arrival in Canada. Her work has been shown at the Hittite Gallery, Laurier Gallery, Zypr Gallery, Michelangelo Gallery and Praxis Gallery (Toronto), as well as the World Fine Gallery (New York), among others.

MIKA HOLUBEC has been taking photographs since her teen years while she was living in the Czech Republic. After her arrival in Canada, she studied Art and Photography at York University, Toronto. Her photos has been featured in several collective shows around the GTA.

SOUL THRU NATURE art show & sale will continue until Saturday March 31, 2012. Located at the store’s mezzanine, the Origo Books Gallery is open Monday to Friday, Noon to 6pm.

Opening date: Friday March 2, 2012 at 5:00pm.

ORIGO BOOKS

49 Lower Jarvis St.

Downtown Toronto, ON

(Just one block south of the St. Lawrence Market)

Tel. 416-703-3535

gallery@origobooks.com

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Ampleur du phénomène du faux en peinture et raison d’être du...

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:36:11 -0500

Ampleur du phénomène du faux en peinture et raison d’être du droit d’auteur

Be a part of The Future of Post Modernism!! Enter The Windsor Whitney Biennial!!

artlistpro — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:35:26 -0500

Call for Entries for Windsor Whitney Biennial. Submission via email only. Submission deadline February 19th.
Finalists will be included in a digital art display at The Biennial Project’s Windsor-Whitney New York City Reception on March 2, 2012 at the Art Connects New York /Spattered Columns Gallery in SOHO and in a blog posting to 2,000 Art Lovers! The Grand Prize Winner will attend, as a guest of The Biennial Project (travel and hotel costs not included),the February 29th Opening Reception of The Whitney Biennial (a $250 Value!). They will also have a solo show on our website supported by a separate bold entry highlighting the winners online show.

Our guest juror is Morgan The Sucklord Phillips from Bravo’s hit TV show ‘Work of Art’. Follow link attached for entry info and form:

http://windsorwhitneybiennial.com/biennial2.aspx
Even if you do not enter please come to our
Opening Glittering Champagne Reception: March 2nd, 2012 at the Art Connects New York /Spattered Columns Gallery in SoHo.

For more information, please go to http://biennialproject.com/blogengineNET/
Join our fan club to receive updates about international Biennial or Biennale exhibition opportunities!!
Feel free to forward this email to your friends.
Do not let them or yourself miss the opportunity to become part of the future of post modernism

The Biennial Project is a collaborative project by artists Eric Hess, Anna Salmeron and our friends to explore the nature and understand the perception of biennial exhibits within the art world, and, in so doing, to develop a collective body of work that will be exhibited in as many biennial exhibits as possible – especially the really cool ones.

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Unfamiliar Territories at Lonsdale Gallery February 8- March 25, reception February 18 from 2-4pm

artlistpro — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:33:25 -0500

LONSDALE GALLERY Unfamiliar Territories

February 9 - March 25, 2011

reception: Saturday, February 18 from 2-4pm

featuring: Sally Ayre, Jim Hake, Osheen Harruthoonyan, Joan Kaufman

Unfamiliar Territories brings together the work of artists: Sally Ayre, Jim Hake, Osheen Harruthoonyan and Joan Kaufman. Each of these artists employ ambiguous narratives in their work. Though varied in their techniques, a sense of the magical, the oblique and the bizarre presides in the work of each of these artists.

Sally Ayre is a photo-based artist employing techniques such as Van Dyke, cyanotype, photo silk-screen and photo lithography in her work. At the core of her art practice are notions of loss, longing, and the history of her Newfoundland roots. Now based in Toronto, the artist frequently returns to Newfoundland, in search of objects and information, which become the basis for the work. Organic objects such as rocks, seaweed, shells, and feathers, are the building blocks for her constructed narratives, abstractions that have their roots in the artist’s childhood and reminiscence. Jim Hake tells stories through sculpture. Although his work is dominated by clay and porcelain, he works with a variety of materials including wood, metal, plaster and glass. His work often depicts icons of the human condition with themes such as community, parenthood, and loss. Hake’s deeply personal works touch on issues that effects us all, allowing for an individual connection for each viewer. Jim Hake received his BFA in sculpture at the Maryland Institute College of Art, an MA in Sculpture at the California State University, Sacramento and an MFA in sculpture at Henry Radford Hope School of Fine Arts, Indiana University, Bloomington. His work has been exhibited extensively throughout Europe, in particular Milan, Bologna, Venice, Lugano, Stockholm and London.

Osheen Harruthoonyan is a photographer and experimental filmmaker based in Toronto. He employs a multi-faceted approach towards his practice, investigating themes such as memory, history, and the deconstructive process of time. The idea of the fragmentation of memory over time is emphasized by his use of analogue printing processes in a traditional black & white darkroom. Harruthoonyan layers and manipulates both found and personal photographs to create provocative hand-made images that straddle the line between dream and nightmare. Osheen’s work has been widely exhibited, including two Featured Exhibitions with the Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival (2010 and 2011). Joan Kaufman is a multi-disciplinary artist exploring the mediums of sculpture, photography, video and sound composition to produce highly symbolic multi-dimensional works of art. She works in series producing multi-media installations that blur the boundaries between illusion and reality by creating both photographic and filmic constructs. Her work thus generates moments, which are continuously suspended in a larger unfolding narrative that spans the artist’s entire oeuvre. Kaufman has exhibited both nationally and internationally; is the recipient of Canada Council, Ontario Arts Council and Manitoba Arts Council grants; and has works in both public and private collections.

LONSDALE GALLERY
410 SPADINA ROAD
TORONTO, ON M5P 2W2
416.487.8733
www.lonsdalegallery.com

Gallery Hours: Thursday - Sunday from 11-5
and by appointment

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New Dana Holst lithograph available

artlistpro — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:32:34 -0500

Katharine Mulherin Contemporary Art Projects
is pleased to offer Dana Holst
The Wishing Well, 2011
Litho on paper, 24 x 19”
(Edition is of 25)
$475

To view work, click here:
http://kmcap.blogspot.com/2012/02/new-dana-holst-lithograph-available.html

To reserve a print:
Contact Katharine Mulherin at 416-993-6510
or email
info@katharinemulherin.com

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  KATHARINE MULHERIN CONTEMPORARY ART PROJECTS 1086 Queen St. W. Toronto, ON Canada M6J 1H8 T: 416.993.6510 www.katharinemulherin.com

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