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Site:Brooklyn

The Figure: Interpreted Through Contemporary Mediums

  • Thu, Jan 19, 20171:00pm
    Sun, Feb 19, 20176:00pm
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This exhibition examines the various complexities and interpretations of the figure in contemporary art. The exhibition, selected by Barbara McAdam, succeeds in representing the most interesting and exciting reaches of contemporary figurative work. From Raphael’s “The School of Athens” to Willem de Kooning’s abstract renderings of the human body, the figure has held a central, though now, increasingly contested place in art history. With the advent of photography and mass imagery, artists have had to continually reimagine their relationship with the human form. This show exhibits a wide array of work— all of it technically masterful and visually resonant—that fruitfully engages with such a relationship.

About the Juror:

We are fortunate to have the highly respected Co-Executive Editor of ARTNews Barbara A. MacAdam. She has worked as executive editor of Art + Auction, and was an editor of Review: Latin American Literature and Arts and New York Magazine. She has written on art and design, reviewed books on art and literature for the LA Times Book Review, Newsday, and The New York Times Book Review, among others. She has been co-president of AICA-USA (the International 

 

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peace pigeon #20

Last fall I started a project - an experiment with new materials. My subject the German beak - trumpeter pigeon. He is graceful, interesting and conducive to expressing energy. Picasso drew this same pigeon and called him a the peace dove. 

 http://www.arttimesjournal.com/art/reviews/May_June_10_Ina_Cole/Pablo_Picasso_Ina_Cole.html

I can't seem to stop the project. Here is another pigeon.  

German beak trumpeter found object 6" X 6" X 7"  View from front  

German beak trumpeter

found object

6" X 6" X 7"  

View from front  

Below are two of my drawings that inspired the project.  

German beak trumpeter pigeonwith leg muffs.  charcoal  24" X 19"  

German beak trumpeter pigeonwith leg muffs.  

charcoal  

24" X 19"  

German beak trumpeter pigeonwith leg muffs II charcoal  24" X 19"  

German beak trumpeter pigeonwith leg muffs II 

charcoal  

24" X 19"  

The lines of my childhood.

I was in El Paso to celebrate my Dad's 89th birthday and I talked my Mom into driving with me to the rural farming community we lived in until I was 7, Dell City Texas- I think the pop. topped off at 400 about 1964. My last visit to Dell city was in the late 60's. I have often thought that the lines and shapes that keep appearing in my art and that I find my self drawn to are lines from my childhood. 

Half way between El Paso and Carlsbad NM you will see the cut off sign for Dell City. 

Half way between El Paso and Carlsbad NM you will see the cut off sign for Dell City. 

There was not a pop. sign but I think it is about 200 now.  

 http://www.texasescapes.com/TOWNS/DellCityTexas/DellCityTexas.

Dell city was established when an oil company was drilling for oil and instead discovered water. This discovery made the land farmable and attracted young families to settled and establish the community. My parents were among the young families. They started the school, raised money to build a community center where they would have parties and meetings. 

The Dell City community building today.  

The Dell City community building today.  

My oldest brother remembers the adults having parties or meetings at the community center. Since all the families were young they did not have older kids to babysit. When they had meetings or parties  the parents would take their children to the community center with blankets and make little palettes in the corner so they could keep an eye on them as they had their meetings or parties. 

 

My brother also remembers his first dance in Junior high school.  One of the girls had a twist dance party. He loved it and had so much fun. My Mom made a point to tell the other Mom how much fun the twist party was. The other mom replied that the town Baptist preacher told her that the kids should not be allowed to dance and that there would not be any more twist parties.   

Below are some photos of some of the things I saw that I think have influence my sculpting and drawing palette. 

gnarly bayling wire fence.  

gnarly bayling wire fence.  

Tumble weeds

Tumble weeds

Hay stacks  

Hay stacks  

These are much larger than we ever had when I was young.  

 

The Guadalupe Mountains - view from the side of our old house.

The Guadalupe Mountains - view from the side of our old house.

We used to water the crops by a ditch system. The water was pumped out of the ground into the ditches then syphoned  with big hoses into rows of crops in the fields. I remember many a time my Dad frustrated trying to fix the pump. Below is what is left of one of the pumps on what used to be our farm. 

Out of commission water pump. 

Out of commission water pump. 

Now the only thing that flows out of the pump is the view of the Guadalupe's. ( Which is of course where the water comes  from that fills the aquifer. )

Tumble weeds, wire and cracked old post  

Tumble weeds, wire and cracked old post  

Tracks in the dust.  

Tracks in the dust.  

The lines and textures I remember in the summer were very different this winter. I will need to go back. 

National juried show - 2017 invitational -Conroe art league

 I love sharing these two pieces with the public because they are both pieces that summon happy memories - and that just always feels good.  In return I always try to do my part to promote the organization.  Below is the information regarding the show. 

" sit!"  - wire 41" H X 37" D X 19" W 2016photo by Will Micheles


" sit!"  - wire 

41" H X 37" D X 19" W 2016

photo by Will Micheles

"Sit" is part of a larger body of work that I hope to show in the next year. 

 HAPPY DOG - on bed4" X 8" X 11" bronze and concrete

 HAPPY DOG - on bed

4" X 8" X 11" bronze and concrete

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The juror was Cynthia Reid she is a fabulous artist and I hope to get to meet and thank her. 

Exhibit Dates: Wednesday February 1, 2017 thru Friday, February 24, 2017

Artist Reception and Award Ceremony - Saturday, February 11, 2017, 6pm to 8pm

 

The Conroe Art League127 Simonton Street
Conroe, TX 77301
936-756-9572 is the phone number for the gallery. The Galley is closed on Sundays and Mondays.

 

"drifting"

drifting" 36" X 45" X 55"  found object wire cloth

drifting"

36" X 45" X 55"  

found object wire cloth

This piece is made from upcycled wire cloth I found at Txrx labs. They pour aluminum and use these wire strips to reinforce their molds. They break out the castings and leave the wire mesh in the yard. I always pick it up when we pour bronze because it is sharp. I started playing with it while we waited for the bronze to heat. I fell in love with it's malability, rusted patina and chunks of plaster embedded between the wires.  

I sculpted this when I was thinking about urban ecology and  how successful birds and especially pigeons have evolved in urban environments. In contrast many of the people we see in these environments with pigeons appear to be struggling to stay present.  

This figure leans in on his left side where he is clearly involved in the environment around him. His right side is patently struggling to stay present and his head/brain and right side upper body are not visible to the viewer. Evidence of their absence is depicted through the torn collar and shredded back right of shirt. 

I can't to come up with the perfect base for him. Right now he is temporarily sitting in a box wrapped in paper.  

 

Inspiration

After the freeze  

After the freeze  

At first glance it is always heart breaking to loose landscaping to a freeze.  When you take the time to look closely -it is really beautiful. 

These were thriving and a bit envasive elephant ears in my urban pond bog. It will be fun to see them rebound this spring but for now you can not deny the beauty. The lines, the color I will register them in my mental artist pallet.  

Dorothy Hood

The Dorothy Hood exhibit at the STMFA was stunning. Sadly they did not allow any photos of the exhibit. They did have this cool photo exhibit. Here are we are. #dorothyhood

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Cindee and curtis at STMFA

Cindee and curtis at STMFA

#dorothy hood 

If you are in NYC check out my piece @ Site:Brooklyn art gallery

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The Figure: Interpreted Through Contemporary Mediums

    Juried by Barbara A. MacAdam

    Site:Brooklyn
    165 7th St
    Brooklyn, NY

     

    for details see the link below.  

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    Site:Brooklyn

    Artist Reception – Wednesday January 18th 6-9PMJan 19 – Feb 19, 2017

    Gail Nadeau - "The Red Kimono"Artists:

    Steven Palumbo, Kang Sean, Courtney Bae, Elise Thompson, John Gallagher, Petrea Noyes, Carol Coates, Phillip Connell, Tom Acevedo, Barbara Smith, Ronald Gonzalez, Cindee Klement, Andrew Hockenberry, Deborah Druick, Robin Dintiman, Kathy Collins, Claire Gilliam, Candice Flewharty,
    Farnosh Olamai Birch, John Power, Philippe Hyojung Kim, Ola Aldous,
    Greta Young, Gail Nadeau, Mary Lou Greene, Tomas Modzelewski,
    Claire Apana, John Patrick Snyder, Alain Rogier, Diana Burchfield,
    Alexa Hoyer, Sophie Brenneman, John Kayrouz, Brooke Alexander,
    Joshua Dean, Owen Brown, Sharon Bartel Clements, Rajab Sayed,
    John Edwards, Gill Alexander, Lee Ann Carr, Colleen Kelly,
    Michelle Muri-Sloane

     

    A history of lenticular prints

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    A history of Lenticular's

    from www.didik.com

    The concept of 3d effects and images goes back to at least 1692 when Gois-Clair, a French painter, discovered that he could achieve a dimensional effect on canvas by interposing a grid between the viewer and the painting. Bois-Clair painted two distinct pictures on a plane surface, over which he affixed a grid of vertical laths. These laths were arranged perpendicular to the plane and attached to it at right angles. By looking at the painting from the left side, you would see one distinct painting, while if you looked from the right side, you would see another distinct painting, while if you looked straight on, you would see a blending of the two together. Examples of his work can be seen at the Rosenborg Castle in Copenhagen. The Brussels Museum of Arts has a similar example, but using three distinct images.

    Russian Lenticular films of the 1930's

    1936 Patents covering what would lead to the formation of Vari-Vue. The term Lenticular is used in the patent to describe linear lenses.

    1948 Vari-Vue is formally incorporated in New York. Informally, lenticulars had been produced by the founder since the 30's. Vari-Vue goes on to popularize the technology world wide and becomes a household name. Vari-Vue creates the first flip images, animated images and "winkies". Most terms used in the lenticular industry today were coined by Vari-Vue.

    Look Magazine printed anaglyph images, starting in 1950

    The February 25, 1964 issue of Look Magazine featured a Lenticular black and white image of Thomas Edison surrounded by several of his inventions. An other example was in the April 7, 1964 issue of Look Magazine and was full color ad for Kodel Fiber division of Eastman Chemical Company. Eight million lenticular images were produced for each of these two magazine issues.

    Venture, which was also owned by Crowl Communications, used a lenticular cover for their magazines, starting in 1964.

    Crowle Communications produced, between 1964 and 1968, 100 million "Xerographs" or lenticular images under the Crowle Communications name and under the Visual Panographics, Inc name (which was located at 488 Madison Avenue in New York City). Sizes ranged from a few millimeters to 28" wide by 19 1/2" high. They used so-called rigid PVC or poly vinyl chloride which as inexpensive to produced but had a number of drawbacks including its tendency to yellow, and limited optical qualities. This technology was at licensed and then purchased from Topan Printing in Japan, which, in the late 1950's, had a relationship with Vari-Vue, also of New York

    Mark making with scissors.

    A favorite blouse mysteriously ended up with a weird frayed rip in the back.  - my solution - mark making. I am a fan of the frayed rip look that is big in the fashion world right now. I am going to go to town making marks with tiny scissors all over the blouse. 

    My beautiful blouse pre slashing.  

    My beautiful blouse pre slashing.  

    Frayed rip  

    Frayed rip  

    Now to rewash and hope I get the same fray all over.  

    I love it.  

    I love it.  

    It will get better every time I wear it.