Wednesday, November 04, 2009
DOUBLE CIRCLE (JANUARY, 1996) (OIL ON GRAPHITE ON CANVAS, 12 x 9 IN) by EVE ASCHHEIM
Location: Hallway Before Turret, Pygmalion-First Floor
REGULAR II (MARCH, 1997) (OIL ON GRAPHITE ON CANVAS, 9 X 12 IN) by EVE ASCHHEIM
Location: Hallway Before Turret, Pygmalion-First Floor
AUREOLE (JULY, 1997) (OIL ON GRAPHITE ON CANVAS, 12 IN DIAMETER) by EVE ASCHHEIM
Location: Hallway Before Turret, Pygmalion-First Floor
CONWAY (1995) (OIL, CHARCOAL, GRAPHITE ON CANVAS, 14 x 11 IN) by EVE ASCHHEIM
Location: Hallway Before Turret, Pygmalion-First Floor
[ELEVENTH MENTION DUE TO UPDATE]
UPDATE:
Eve Aschheim opens a new exhibition at Rhode Island College's Bannister Gallery; click on excerpt from press release below for more details:
The exhibition lasts through Dec. 2, 2009.
***
Prov: Stefan Stux Gallery, New York
Location: Hallway Before Turret, Pygmalion-First Floor
REGULAR II (MARCH, 1997) (OIL ON GRAPHITE ON CANVAS, 9 X 12 IN) by EVE ASCHHEIM
Location: Hallway Before Turret, Pygmalion-First Floor
AUREOLE (JULY, 1997) (OIL ON GRAPHITE ON CANVAS, 12 IN DIAMETER) by EVE ASCHHEIM
Location: Hallway Before Turret, Pygmalion-First Floor
CONWAY (1995) (OIL, CHARCOAL, GRAPHITE ON CANVAS, 14 x 11 IN) by EVE ASCHHEIM
Location: Hallway Before Turret, Pygmalion-First Floor
[ELEVENTH MENTION DUE TO UPDATE]
UPDATE:
Eve Aschheim opens a new exhibition at Rhode Island College's Bannister Gallery; click on excerpt from press release below for more details:
Aschheim, a senior lecturer in visual arts in Princeton University’s Lewis Center for the Arts, describes herself and her work this way: “I am an abstract artist who is not interested in image… I use geometry to ‘think about’ the intersection of nature and cityscape. My works might suggest the chaotic geometry of the city, the expectant stillness of air, the tenuous balance of a wire line against a building, the zig-zag movement of wind or water, or defiance of gravity.”
The exhibition lasts through Dec. 2, 2009.
***
Prov: Stefan Stux Gallery, New York
Thursday, October 15, 2009
"AGENTS" (1996) (INK, GRAPHITE AND GEL MEDIUM ON CLEAR MYLAR, 17 x 11 IN) by SHARON LOUDEN
Location: Dining Room, Pygmalion-First Floor
"AGENTS" (1996) (INK, GRAPHITE AND GEL MEDIUM ON CLEAR MYLAR, 17 x 11 IN) by SHARON LOUDEN
Location: Dining Room, Pygmalion-First Floor
[SIXTEENTH MENTION DUE TO UPDATE]
UPDATE:
Sharon Louden invites you, if you’re in New York City the evening of Saturday, October 24th, to attend a screening of her animation, “The Bridge”:
The Bridge
an animation by Sharon Louden
will be screened on just one night in New York City!
as a part of the
6th NYC Downtown Short Film Festival Audience Choice Screenings
Saturday evening, October 24th
at 8:00pm
at the
Duo Theatre
62 East 4th Street, between 2nd Avenue and Bowery streets
New York, NY 10003
(212) 598-4320
http://duotheater.org/
tickets are $10 at the Smarttix site and $15 at the door if they are available.
For the complete film schedule and to purchase tickets please go to:
www.smarttix.com
The Bridge is about the object of paper becoming one with gesture and feeling as though, we as the viewer, are inside a living drawing. Its magical transformation comes about in 2-D and 3-D technology, in three chapters of the animation, where the gesture guides us from one abstract environment to the next.
As with all of my work, my intent is to create characters that in their simplest form evoke playful imagination and promote conversation.
This film has been awarded Excellence in Filmmaking by the Honolulu International Film Festival this past March, and has also been included in many Children's Film Festivals, so it's great for all ages to see.
The Bridge has finally come to New York for the first time, after being screened in museums, film festivals and galleries across the country, including at the Birmingham Museum of Art, Johnson Museum of Art at Cornell University, Weatherspoon Art Museum, Honolulu International Film Festival, Gallery Joe in Philadelphia, PA and Athens International Film Festival in Athens, Ohio.
The NYC Downtown Short Film Festival holds monthly screenings at which the audience is given ballots to vote on each film. Those films that receive the highest ranking at these screenings will then be screened at the annual NYC Downtown Short Film Festival in April, 2010.
The NYCDSFF began 5 years ago with 12 submissions. Last year, over 1,000 films were submitted – so many that the Festival Committee began holding monthly Audience Choice Screenings, with the winning films earning a spot at this year’s festival.
It would be a great pleasure if you were to see my latest effort in animation. Please come out to vote for The Bridge, and help send it on to the annual NYC Downtown Short Film Festival in 2010!
Thanks so much for your consideration and for your support of my work!
With Warmest Wishes,
Sharon
***
Prov. Haines Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Location: Dining Room, Pygmalion-First Floor
"AGENTS" (1996) (INK, GRAPHITE AND GEL MEDIUM ON CLEAR MYLAR, 17 x 11 IN) by SHARON LOUDEN
Location: Dining Room, Pygmalion-First Floor
[SIXTEENTH MENTION DUE TO UPDATE]
UPDATE:
Sharon Louden invites you, if you’re in New York City the evening of Saturday, October 24th, to attend a screening of her animation, “The Bridge”:
The Bridge
an animation by Sharon Louden
will be screened on just one night in New York City!
as a part of the
6th NYC Downtown Short Film Festival Audience Choice Screenings
Saturday evening, October 24th
at 8:00pm
at the
Duo Theatre
62 East 4th Street, between 2nd Avenue and Bowery streets
New York, NY 10003
(212) 598-4320
http://duotheater.org/
tickets are $10 at the Smarttix site and $15 at the door if they are available.
For the complete film schedule and to purchase tickets please go to:
www.smarttix.com
The Bridge is about the object of paper becoming one with gesture and feeling as though, we as the viewer, are inside a living drawing. Its magical transformation comes about in 2-D and 3-D technology, in three chapters of the animation, where the gesture guides us from one abstract environment to the next.
As with all of my work, my intent is to create characters that in their simplest form evoke playful imagination and promote conversation.
This film has been awarded Excellence in Filmmaking by the Honolulu International Film Festival this past March, and has also been included in many Children's Film Festivals, so it's great for all ages to see.
The Bridge has finally come to New York for the first time, after being screened in museums, film festivals and galleries across the country, including at the Birmingham Museum of Art, Johnson Museum of Art at Cornell University, Weatherspoon Art Museum, Honolulu International Film Festival, Gallery Joe in Philadelphia, PA and Athens International Film Festival in Athens, Ohio.
The NYC Downtown Short Film Festival holds monthly screenings at which the audience is given ballots to vote on each film. Those films that receive the highest ranking at these screenings will then be screened at the annual NYC Downtown Short Film Festival in April, 2010.
The NYCDSFF began 5 years ago with 12 submissions. Last year, over 1,000 films were submitted – so many that the Festival Committee began holding monthly Audience Choice Screenings, with the winning films earning a spot at this year’s festival.
It would be a great pleasure if you were to see my latest effort in animation. Please come out to vote for The Bridge, and help send it on to the annual NYC Downtown Short Film Festival in 2010!
Thanks so much for your consideration and for your support of my work!
With Warmest Wishes,
Sharon
***
Prov. Haines Gallery, San Francisco, CA
"[] (FOAM, CONTACT PAPER, SHADOW BOX-TYPE FRAME)" by STEPHANIE SYJUCO
Location: Babaylan Lodge
TWENTIETH MENTION DUE TO UPDATE
Stephanie Syjuco continues to be active. Here's her update of recent activities:
Hello friends and colleagues,
It's been a super busy lead-up to three projects that are opening this month of October: a large-scale commissioned project for the Frieze Art Fair in London, and two new works for the exhibition "1969" at P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center in NY. So now I'm happy to share the news and hope you can join me in coming out to see them in person!
Also, I have been awarded a 2010 Artadia Artist in Residence fellowship at the ISCP (International Studio and Curatorial Program) in New York for three months next summer. This funded residency includes studio space and housing stipend, and I'm looking forward to the opportunity! More info on Artadia here: http://www.artadia.org More info on the ISCP here: http://www.iscp-nyc.org
*****
"COPYSTAND: Autonomous Manufacturing Zone"
Frieze Projects, Frieze Art Fair, Regent's Park, London, UK
Private viewing reception: Wednesday, October 14
on view October 14 - 18, 2009
A parasitic project, COPYSTAND is a live artwork counterfeiting event to be held within its own gallery booth space at the Fair. During the week, a cadre of 3-5 artists at a time will be re-creating other artworks found within the Frieze Art Fair and displaying them as they are finished. All works will be available for purchase at a mere fraction of the cost of the originals, with a final liquidation sale happening on the last day. On the left side is the "production area" and the right side is the "gallery area" that will display the finished artworks.
Organized and conceived by Stephanie Syjuco. Commissioned by Frieze Projects 2010
Participating artists include:
Yason Banal, Filipino, resides in Philippines
Bernd Behr, German, resides in UK
Claudia Djabbari, German/Iranian, resides in UK
Gail Pickering, British, resides in UK
Jim Ricks, American, resides in Ireland
Stephanie Syjuco, American, resides in US
Maria Taniguchi, Filipino, resides in UK
Frieze Art Fair features over 150 of the most exciting contemporary art galleries in the world. The fair also includes specially commissioned artists’ projects, a prestigious talks programme and an artist-led education schedule. more
Frieze Projects is a programme of artists’ commissions realised annually at Frieze Art Fair. It is curated by Neville Wakefield and includes seven new projects as well as The Cartier Award and collaborations with this year’s partner institutions CAC Vilnius (Lithuania) and Arte Contempo (Portugal).The seven artists commissioned to create site-specific work for Frieze Art Fair 2009 are Mike Bouchet, Kim Coleman & Jenny Hogarth, Ruth Ewan, Ryan Gander, Per-Oskar Leu, Monika Sosnowska and Stephanie Syjuco. Commenting on this year’s projects, Neville Wakefield stated: “Whether taking the form of grand architectural obstruction or finding new ways of protesting, authenticating or motivating our relationship to the objects we make, look at and buy, this year’s projects create aesthetic opportunity out of the uncertainty that has become the hallmark of our troubled times.”
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"1969"
P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, New York
opening reception: Sunday, October 25
on view October 25, 2009 - April 2010
P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center presents 1969, a large scale exhibition occupying the entire second floor with works drawn from every department of The Museum of Modern Art. Exploring a cross section of art made during a period marked with revolution and socio-political tumult, this exhibition also will embrace five interventions by a current generation of artists whose work reflects the concerns of 1969 and brings the exhibition into the present. These younger artists will be given free reign to respond to the works on view and to the time period in general.
For the exhibition I am reproducing two iconic works from MoMA’s collection: Joseph Beuys’ “Sled” and Robert Morris’s “Untitled” felt work, which will be presented at PS1 in lieu of the originals. Due to the archival condition of the original works, they are unable to be shown and I was invited to address their absence and “reworked” presence within the show, giving each a new political and social spin by addressing issues of globalization, American labor, and gift economies.
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"Borrowed Beuys" (working title)
Using all objects borrowed from my friends and extended social network, I am recreating Joseph Beuys' iconic "Sled" work from 1969. The six main components (wooden sled, blanket, flashlight, strapping, lard, and twine) were gathered from around the world via email solicitations. During the course of my search for the objects, I was offered many different variations of each one, bringing into the work an interesting dimension of variation within "sameness." Beuys' work existed as a multiple, and the multiples of offers I received will be displayed alongside the final chosen configuration. Each lender of a component will be credited as a formal lender to the exhibition. Essentially, I asked the general public to do what MOMA itself couldn't: lend a Joseph Beuys artwork for the show.
-----------------------------------------
"Morris Mover" (working title)
I had a custom-made industrially-produced moving blanket fabricated in the exact height and width dimension of Robert Morris original "Untitled" work. Made by an American moving blanket factory, this work brings it in conversation with the industrially-made material of the original felt Morris. The final moving blanket will be used to wrap or transport works from MOMA to PS1, before finally being installed at PS1 in the same hanging manner as the original work. I will be in communication with the preparator crew at MOMA to figure out logistics, and i am excited by this added movement and "function" of the work before it's display as art. Snapshots will be taken documenting how it is wrapped around or padding various things (a challenge with all the slits), and several of these printed photographs will be displayed alongside the hanging work. As a proxy for the original Morris work, which cannot be lent to P.S.1, this new work will trace a similar, yet modified journey.
Artists in "1969" include: Vito Acconci; Robert Adams; Ryoji Akiyama; Carl Andre; Keith Arnatt; Richard Artschwager; Richard Avedon; Lewis Baltz; Robert Barry; Larry Bell; Mel Bochner; Marcel Broodthaers; Scott Burton; James Lee Byars; John Cage; Vija Celmins; Ron Davis; Walter De Maria; Agnes Denes; Jan Dibbets; Fluxus; Helen Frankenthaler; Lee Friedlander; Gego; Guerrilla Art Action Group; Philip Guston; R. L. Haeberle, Art Workers Coalition and Peter Brandt; Richard Hamilton; Strike Poster Workshop, Harvard University Graduate School of Design; Douglas Huebler, Robert Irwin; Jasper Johns; Ray Johnson; Donald Judd; Stephen Kaltenbach; Craig Kauffman; Joseph Kosuth; Standish Lawder; Sol LeWitt; Lee Lozano; George Maciunas; John McCracken; Lutz Mommartz; NASA; Bruce Nauman; Claes Oldenburg; Dennis Oppenheim; Nam June Paik; Richard Pettibone; Adrian Piper; Arnulf Rainer; Ely Raman; Robert Rauschenberg; Gerhard Richter; Martha Rosler; Dieter Roth; Edward Rusha; Rudolf Schwarzkogler; Seth Seigelaub; Richard Serra; Joel Shapiro; Robert Smithson and Nancy Holt; Michael Snow; Andy Warhol, Claes Oldenburg, David Novros, Forrest Myers, Robert Rauschenberg, and John Chamberlain; Lawrence Weiner; John Wesley; Christopher Wilmarth; and Gary Winogrand.
The artists acting as commentators are Base, The Bruce High Quality Foundation, Mathew Day Jackson and David Tompkins, Stephanie Syjuco, and Hank Willis Thomas.
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MORE EVENTS & GOINGS-ONS:
"Domestic Disturbance,"
Worth Ryder Gallery, University of California Berkeley
http://art.berkeley.edu/calendar/event.php?id=69
curated by Anu Vikram
Oct. 7 - 31, 2009.
"One Every Day,"
Elizabeth Foundation For the Arts Project Space, NY NY
http://www.efanyc.org/efa-project-space/
curated by Amze Emmons
Nov. 2009
Columnist for SFMOMA's "Open Space" blog
Sept. 2009 - January 2010
http://blog.sfmoma.org/
Visiting faculty, UC Berkeley Department of Art Practice, 2009-10
Lecturer, California College of the Arts, Graduate Fine Arts Program
***
Prov.: New Langton Arts, San Francisco
Location: Babaylan Lodge
TWENTIETH MENTION DUE TO UPDATE
Stephanie Syjuco continues to be active. Here's her update of recent activities:
Hello friends and colleagues,
It's been a super busy lead-up to three projects that are opening this month of October: a large-scale commissioned project for the Frieze Art Fair in London, and two new works for the exhibition "1969" at P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center in NY. So now I'm happy to share the news and hope you can join me in coming out to see them in person!
Also, I have been awarded a 2010 Artadia Artist in Residence fellowship at the ISCP (International Studio and Curatorial Program) in New York for three months next summer. This funded residency includes studio space and housing stipend, and I'm looking forward to the opportunity! More info on Artadia here: http://www.artadia.org More info on the ISCP here: http://www.iscp-nyc.org
*****
"COPYSTAND: Autonomous Manufacturing Zone"
Frieze Projects, Frieze Art Fair, Regent's Park, London, UK
Private viewing reception: Wednesday, October 14
on view October 14 - 18, 2009
A parasitic project, COPYSTAND is a live artwork counterfeiting event to be held within its own gallery booth space at the Fair. During the week, a cadre of 3-5 artists at a time will be re-creating other artworks found within the Frieze Art Fair and displaying them as they are finished. All works will be available for purchase at a mere fraction of the cost of the originals, with a final liquidation sale happening on the last day. On the left side is the "production area" and the right side is the "gallery area" that will display the finished artworks.
Organized and conceived by Stephanie Syjuco. Commissioned by Frieze Projects 2010
Participating artists include:
Yason Banal, Filipino, resides in Philippines
Bernd Behr, German, resides in UK
Claudia Djabbari, German/Iranian, resides in UK
Gail Pickering, British, resides in UK
Jim Ricks, American, resides in Ireland
Stephanie Syjuco, American, resides in US
Maria Taniguchi, Filipino, resides in UK
Frieze Art Fair features over 150 of the most exciting contemporary art galleries in the world. The fair also includes specially commissioned artists’ projects, a prestigious talks programme and an artist-led education schedule. more
Frieze Projects is a programme of artists’ commissions realised annually at Frieze Art Fair. It is curated by Neville Wakefield and includes seven new projects as well as The Cartier Award and collaborations with this year’s partner institutions CAC Vilnius (Lithuania) and Arte Contempo (Portugal).The seven artists commissioned to create site-specific work for Frieze Art Fair 2009 are Mike Bouchet, Kim Coleman & Jenny Hogarth, Ruth Ewan, Ryan Gander, Per-Oskar Leu, Monika Sosnowska and Stephanie Syjuco. Commenting on this year’s projects, Neville Wakefield stated: “Whether taking the form of grand architectural obstruction or finding new ways of protesting, authenticating or motivating our relationship to the objects we make, look at and buy, this year’s projects create aesthetic opportunity out of the uncertainty that has become the hallmark of our troubled times.”
-----------------------------------------
"1969"
P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, New York
opening reception: Sunday, October 25
on view October 25, 2009 - April 2010
P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center presents 1969, a large scale exhibition occupying the entire second floor with works drawn from every department of The Museum of Modern Art. Exploring a cross section of art made during a period marked with revolution and socio-political tumult, this exhibition also will embrace five interventions by a current generation of artists whose work reflects the concerns of 1969 and brings the exhibition into the present. These younger artists will be given free reign to respond to the works on view and to the time period in general.
For the exhibition I am reproducing two iconic works from MoMA’s collection: Joseph Beuys’ “Sled” and Robert Morris’s “Untitled” felt work, which will be presented at PS1 in lieu of the originals. Due to the archival condition of the original works, they are unable to be shown and I was invited to address their absence and “reworked” presence within the show, giving each a new political and social spin by addressing issues of globalization, American labor, and gift economies.
-----------------------------------------
"Borrowed Beuys" (working title)
Using all objects borrowed from my friends and extended social network, I am recreating Joseph Beuys' iconic "Sled" work from 1969. The six main components (wooden sled, blanket, flashlight, strapping, lard, and twine) were gathered from around the world via email solicitations. During the course of my search for the objects, I was offered many different variations of each one, bringing into the work an interesting dimension of variation within "sameness." Beuys' work existed as a multiple, and the multiples of offers I received will be displayed alongside the final chosen configuration. Each lender of a component will be credited as a formal lender to the exhibition. Essentially, I asked the general public to do what MOMA itself couldn't: lend a Joseph Beuys artwork for the show.
-----------------------------------------
"Morris Mover" (working title)
I had a custom-made industrially-produced moving blanket fabricated in the exact height and width dimension of Robert Morris original "Untitled" work. Made by an American moving blanket factory, this work brings it in conversation with the industrially-made material of the original felt Morris. The final moving blanket will be used to wrap or transport works from MOMA to PS1, before finally being installed at PS1 in the same hanging manner as the original work. I will be in communication with the preparator crew at MOMA to figure out logistics, and i am excited by this added movement and "function" of the work before it's display as art. Snapshots will be taken documenting how it is wrapped around or padding various things (a challenge with all the slits), and several of these printed photographs will be displayed alongside the hanging work. As a proxy for the original Morris work, which cannot be lent to P.S.1, this new work will trace a similar, yet modified journey.
Artists in "1969" include: Vito Acconci; Robert Adams; Ryoji Akiyama; Carl Andre; Keith Arnatt; Richard Artschwager; Richard Avedon; Lewis Baltz; Robert Barry; Larry Bell; Mel Bochner; Marcel Broodthaers; Scott Burton; James Lee Byars; John Cage; Vija Celmins; Ron Davis; Walter De Maria; Agnes Denes; Jan Dibbets; Fluxus; Helen Frankenthaler; Lee Friedlander; Gego; Guerrilla Art Action Group; Philip Guston; R. L. Haeberle, Art Workers Coalition and Peter Brandt; Richard Hamilton; Strike Poster Workshop, Harvard University Graduate School of Design; Douglas Huebler, Robert Irwin; Jasper Johns; Ray Johnson; Donald Judd; Stephen Kaltenbach; Craig Kauffman; Joseph Kosuth; Standish Lawder; Sol LeWitt; Lee Lozano; George Maciunas; John McCracken; Lutz Mommartz; NASA; Bruce Nauman; Claes Oldenburg; Dennis Oppenheim; Nam June Paik; Richard Pettibone; Adrian Piper; Arnulf Rainer; Ely Raman; Robert Rauschenberg; Gerhard Richter; Martha Rosler; Dieter Roth; Edward Rusha; Rudolf Schwarzkogler; Seth Seigelaub; Richard Serra; Joel Shapiro; Robert Smithson and Nancy Holt; Michael Snow; Andy Warhol, Claes Oldenburg, David Novros, Forrest Myers, Robert Rauschenberg, and John Chamberlain; Lawrence Weiner; John Wesley; Christopher Wilmarth; and Gary Winogrand.
The artists acting as commentators are Base, The Bruce High Quality Foundation, Mathew Day Jackson and David Tompkins, Stephanie Syjuco, and Hank Willis Thomas.
------------------------------------
MORE EVENTS & GOINGS-ONS:
"Domestic Disturbance,"
Worth Ryder Gallery, University of California Berkeley
http://art.berkeley.edu/calendar/event.php?id=69
curated by Anu Vikram
Oct. 7 - 31, 2009.
"One Every Day,"
Elizabeth Foundation For the Arts Project Space, NY NY
http://www.efanyc.org/efa-project-space/
curated by Amze Emmons
Nov. 2009
Columnist for SFMOMA's "Open Space" blog
Sept. 2009 - January 2010
http://blog.sfmoma.org/
Visiting faculty, UC Berkeley Department of Art Practice, 2009-10
Lecturer, California College of the Arts, Graduate Fine Arts Program
***
Prov.: New Langton Arts, San Francisco
Monday, October 12, 2009
"PARVA, XXXIV" (1993) (ACRYLIC ON WOOD, 5.75 x 32 x 4 IN) by ANNE TRUITT
Location: Galatea Offsite/San Francisco Apartment
[FOURTH MENTION DUE TO UPDATE]
UPDATE:
The New York Times covers a retrospective of Anne Truitt:
“ANNE TRUITT: PERCEPTION AND REFLECTION,” opening on Thursday at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington
(Thanks to Emmy Catedral, whose works are also in Galatea's Art Collection, for letting me know!)
***
Prov.: Danese Gallery, New York
Location: Galatea Offsite/San Francisco Apartment
[FOURTH MENTION DUE TO UPDATE]
UPDATE:
The New York Times covers a retrospective of Anne Truitt:
“ANNE TRUITT: PERCEPTION AND REFLECTION,” opening on Thursday at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington
(Thanks to Emmy Catedral, whose works are also in Galatea's Art Collection, for letting me know!)
***
Prov.: Danese Gallery, New York
"PATCHWORK: X-27 EXPLORER" (ROBOT SERIES) (2005) (VINTAGE PAPER, STITCHING HOLES. GRAPHITE, WATERCOLOR, INK) (4 X 4, FRAMED) by LISA SOLOMON
Location: Library, Pygmalion-First Floor
[THIRTEENTH MENTION DUE TO UPDATE]
UPDATE:
Lisa Solomon is busy! She updates on some recent activities:
Binding Constant at Rare Device in San Francisco
I'm super excited about this show. It's a whole new body of thread drawing work based on my memories of my grandparents.
Plus I LOVE the artists I'm showing with Marina Luz and Diem Chau . Starting Oct. 2nd, all of our work will be available to see and purchase online at rare device's website. You can read the press release for the show here.
the show opens Friday, OCTOBER 2, 2009
it runs through November 1, 2009 at
RARE DEVICE
1185 Market Street
San Francisco 94103
Stitched, Looped & Knitted @ the Mills Building in San Francisco
my 7' bed drawing and a few other pieces are in this show curated by Kerri Hurtato of Artsource Consulting
Also included in the show are: Emily Bartletta, Lauren DiCioccio, Laura, Kamian, Aliza Lelah, Ruth Marshall, Lacy Jane Roberts, Esther Traugot, and Marina Vendrell
it's up NOW through December 5, 2009 at
THE MILLS BUILDING
220 Montgomery Street
San Francisco 94104
the building is open Monday - Friday from 8-6pm and by appointment on weekends
for more info or to make an appointment - contact Artsource
Group Show at Richard Levy Gallery
My work will be in a group show at the Richard Levy Gallery from
November 3 - December 5, 2009
514 Central Ave. SW
Albuquerque, NM 87102
contact the Levy Gallery for more info
I hope I translate well
This June images of my work and studio as well as a lengthy interview were part of Art + Design a Chinese magazine.
you can see the 8 page spread on my website.
I hope what I said makes sense in Chinese :)
images of the entire magazine spread
***
Prov.: Graystone, San Francisco; 2005 San Francisco International Art Expo
Location: Library, Pygmalion-First Floor
[THIRTEENTH MENTION DUE TO UPDATE]
UPDATE:
Lisa Solomon is busy! She updates on some recent activities:
Binding Constant at Rare Device in San Francisco
I'm super excited about this show. It's a whole new body of thread drawing work based on my memories of my grandparents.
Plus I LOVE the artists I'm showing with Marina Luz and Diem Chau . Starting Oct. 2nd, all of our work will be available to see and purchase online at rare device's website. You can read the press release for the show here.
the show opens Friday, OCTOBER 2, 2009
it runs through November 1, 2009 at
RARE DEVICE
1185 Market Street
San Francisco 94103
Stitched, Looped & Knitted @ the Mills Building in San Francisco
my 7' bed drawing and a few other pieces are in this show curated by Kerri Hurtato of Artsource Consulting
Also included in the show are: Emily Bartletta, Lauren DiCioccio, Laura, Kamian, Aliza Lelah, Ruth Marshall, Lacy Jane Roberts, Esther Traugot, and Marina Vendrell
it's up NOW through December 5, 2009 at
THE MILLS BUILDING
220 Montgomery Street
San Francisco 94104
the building is open Monday - Friday from 8-6pm and by appointment on weekends
for more info or to make an appointment - contact Artsource
Group Show at Richard Levy Gallery
My work will be in a group show at the Richard Levy Gallery from
November 3 - December 5, 2009
514 Central Ave. SW
Albuquerque, NM 87102
contact the Levy Gallery for more info
I hope I translate well
This June images of my work and studio as well as a lengthy interview were part of Art + Design a Chinese magazine.
you can see the 8 page spread on my website.
I hope what I said makes sense in Chinese :)
images of the entire magazine spread
***
Prov.: Graystone, San Francisco; 2005 San Francisco International Art Expo
KIAUWE ASH GLAZE VASE (200[6]) by ADAM G. FIELD
Location: Kitchen, Pygmalion-First Floor
[FIFTH MENTION DUE TO UPDATE]
UPDATE:
There's updated information and new images of pottery by Adam Field at TRAX Gallery in Berkeley. These reflect the artist's time in Korea studying with a 6th generation Onggi Master, Kimll-Mahn.
***
Prov.: Direct from Artist.
Location: Kitchen, Pygmalion-First Floor
[FIFTH MENTION DUE TO UPDATE]
UPDATE:
There's updated information and new images of pottery by Adam Field at TRAX Gallery in Berkeley. These reflect the artist's time in Korea studying with a 6th generation Onggi Master, Kimll-Mahn.
***
Prov.: Direct from Artist.
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
"Philip the Arabian, First Half of the III Century, A.D." (2006) (ACRYLIC ON WOOD BLOCK, 6.5 x 5.75 x .75) by MARK MULRONEY
Location: Galatea Offsite - San Francisco Apartment
"Untitled" (2005) (ACRYLIC ON WOOD BLOCK, 7.75 x 4.75 x 1.05) by MARK MULRONEY
Location: Galatea Offsite - San Francisco Apartment
FOURTH MENTION DUE TO UPDATE:
Mark Mulroney will be part of the following exhibition:
Mixed Greens Presents
10th Anniversary Exhibition
July 9- Aug. 14, 2009
Opening: July 9, from noon-6 p.m.
Mixed Greens
531 W. 26th Street
New York, N.Y. 10001
***
Prov.: Mixed Greens, New York
Location: Galatea Offsite - San Francisco Apartment
"Untitled" (2005) (ACRYLIC ON WOOD BLOCK, 7.75 x 4.75 x 1.05) by MARK MULRONEY
Location: Galatea Offsite - San Francisco Apartment
FOURTH MENTION DUE TO UPDATE:
Mark Mulroney will be part of the following exhibition:
Mixed Greens Presents
10th Anniversary Exhibition
July 9- Aug. 14, 2009
Opening: July 9, from noon-6 p.m.
Mixed Greens
531 W. 26th Street
New York, N.Y. 10001
***
Prov.: Mixed Greens, New York
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
"ENSO" (DRAWING ON FOUR PIECES OF HANDMADE PAPER) by MAX GIMBLETT
Location: Galatea Offsite/San Francisco Apartment
"UNTITLED" (COLLABORATIVE DRAWING ON BUTCHER PAPER BETWEEN MAX GIMBLETT, E.T., T.P. AND NOMI) (2001)
Location: Galatea Offsite/San Francisco Apartment
"[]" (2003) (PRINT, 15/25) by MAX GIMBLETT
Location: Yellow Bedroom, Pygmalion-Second Floor
"UNTITLED" (SUMI INK DRAWING AGAINST ASIA SOCIETY PROGRAMS) (2001) by MAX GIMBLETT
Location: Babaylan Lodge
POETRY/ART BROADSIDE by MAX GIMBLETT AND E.T.
Location: Babaylan Lodge
"DOUBLE HEADED CREATURE FEATURE" (ARTISTS' BOOK, 17.5 X 7 X 0.5 IN) by MAX GIMBLETT AND JOHN YAU WITH TOBY HINES
Location: Library, Pygmalion-Second Floor
DRAWINGS IN TWO OF E.T.'S ART/POETRY JOURNALS by MAX GIMBLETT
Location: Library, Pygmalion-Second Floor
DRAWINGS IN TWO COPIES OF MAX GIMBLETT MONOGRAPH by MAX GIMBLETT (2003)
Location: Library, Pygmalion-Second Floor
EPHEMERA by MAX GIMBLETT
Location: Library, Pygmalion-Second Floor
THIRTEENTH MENTION DUE TO UPDATE
Max Gimblett has a new exhibition, his first in Germany:
PARADE - THE PRESENCE OF BEAUTY
HAMISH MORRISON GALERIE
EXHIBITION DATES: JUNE 19 - AUGUST 1
Hamish Morrison Gallery is pleased to present, for the first time in Germany, New Zealand artist Max Gimblett (1935). His work enjoys special recognition in his home country with which he has retained many links, but especially in the United States where he has lived since the 1970s. This year his works have been exhibited at the Guggenheim Museum New York as part of the exhibition The Third Mind - American Artists Contemplate Asia, 1860-1989.
The work of Max Gimblett is characterized by paintings and drawings of great virtuosity and finesse as a bridge between different cultures. The contact with artists like Brice Marden, Robert Motherwell and Jackson Pollock has had significant influence on his painting in the context of abstract expressionism. However, since the 1980s his cultural curiosity which had first been aroused by Maori art has been reflected by the influence of Asian culture on his work and his life.
By using the Greek word Téménos which refers to the space dedicated to a sacred shrine or sanctuary, to describe the exhibition, Gimblett does not evoke the religious aspect of art, but its spiritual dimension. The technological and aesthetic delicacy of his paintings consisting of rare and precious materials such as sheets of silver, gold and palladium imported from all over the world and combined with traditional materials and contemporary polymers results in masterful and fascinating works. The unique forms of his paintings break the convention, which automatically identifies a rectangle suspended from a wall as a work of art or at least as a decorative image. The viewer becomes aware of this quasi-votive character of the work, allowing him access to a dimension beyond time and space, opening a space of meditation.
In the act of painting, his gestures reflect an energy, a rhythm and a dance in which the viewer can participate. This participation is made possible by the perception of time by observation; time, which according Gimblett is concentric. The spectator, by following the traces of the paint brush, witnesses the beginning, accelerations, decelerations and the culmination of the gesture. For Gimblett the process of painting is not a cold cerebral act expressing the Cartesian “I” of the proud and egocentric modern man, but the Buddhist principle of non-self eclipsing one’s judgment. His painting expresses intuitive, pure energy.
The titles of his works and their shapes reflect the wealth of inspiration and syncretism of the artist as well as his interest in different cultures and his reflections on the Jungian collective unconscious. He appears to look beyond the Jungian self which is the unknown centre of personality where antinomies and the collective unconscious expressed by myths of different cultures and embodied by certain signs, such as quatrefoil (Apricot Garden, Celestial) are reconciled. By using the quatrefoil with its association to the four elements, windows, flowers in general or lotus in particular, Gimblett convokes the vital forces and archetypal transcendence of the human psyche.
This motif explains the most recurring references such as the influence of Japanese painter Sengai Gibon (1750-1837), for whom the circle, triangle and square – bases for many of Gimblett’s works - alone represent the universe. (The Gaze - For Jackson Pollock 2008, Guggenheim Enso Series, 2008). According to the philosopher of Buddhism Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki, the circle corresponds with the infinite without beginning and without end, while the triangle is the beginning of all forms, and the square, a double triangle, stands for the process of duplication. The approximation of the series Guggenheim Enso with "Ten Ox Herding Pictures", which reflect the path to enlightenment in Zen, is particularly interesting, especially the 8th picture above entitled: "Self and Ox Forgotten"
Gimblett's work is a synthesis not only of the many questions and answers posed by the history of art, but also between cultures by bringing together opposing values and principles, such as calligraphy and geometry, abstraction and figuratism, as well as aesthetic and philosophical propositions of east and west. In bringing together these spiritual considerations and coming to terms with the seductive power of images, and the intellectual and aesthetic enjoyment, Gimblett achieves in his work the reconciliation of the Apollonian and Dionysian.
Hamish Morrison Galerie
Heidestrasse 46-52
10557 Berlin
Germany
TEL +49 30 280 40577
FAX +49 30 280 41898
Mobile +49 172 561 3487
www.hamishmorrison.com
***
Prov. Direct from Artist
Location: Galatea Offsite/San Francisco Apartment
"UNTITLED" (COLLABORATIVE DRAWING ON BUTCHER PAPER BETWEEN MAX GIMBLETT, E.T., T.P. AND NOMI) (2001)
Location: Galatea Offsite/San Francisco Apartment
"[]" (2003) (PRINT, 15/25) by MAX GIMBLETT
Location: Yellow Bedroom, Pygmalion-Second Floor
"UNTITLED" (SUMI INK DRAWING AGAINST ASIA SOCIETY PROGRAMS) (2001) by MAX GIMBLETT
Location: Babaylan Lodge
POETRY/ART BROADSIDE by MAX GIMBLETT AND E.T.
Location: Babaylan Lodge
"DOUBLE HEADED CREATURE FEATURE" (ARTISTS' BOOK, 17.5 X 7 X 0.5 IN) by MAX GIMBLETT AND JOHN YAU WITH TOBY HINES
Location: Library, Pygmalion-Second Floor
DRAWINGS IN TWO OF E.T.'S ART/POETRY JOURNALS by MAX GIMBLETT
Location: Library, Pygmalion-Second Floor
DRAWINGS IN TWO COPIES OF MAX GIMBLETT MONOGRAPH by MAX GIMBLETT (2003)
Location: Library, Pygmalion-Second Floor
EPHEMERA by MAX GIMBLETT
Location: Library, Pygmalion-Second Floor
THIRTEENTH MENTION DUE TO UPDATE
Max Gimblett has a new exhibition, his first in Germany:
PARADE - THE PRESENCE OF BEAUTY
HAMISH MORRISON GALERIE
EXHIBITION DATES: JUNE 19 - AUGUST 1
Hamish Morrison Gallery is pleased to present, for the first time in Germany, New Zealand artist Max Gimblett (1935). His work enjoys special recognition in his home country with which he has retained many links, but especially in the United States where he has lived since the 1970s. This year his works have been exhibited at the Guggenheim Museum New York as part of the exhibition The Third Mind - American Artists Contemplate Asia, 1860-1989.
The work of Max Gimblett is characterized by paintings and drawings of great virtuosity and finesse as a bridge between different cultures. The contact with artists like Brice Marden, Robert Motherwell and Jackson Pollock has had significant influence on his painting in the context of abstract expressionism. However, since the 1980s his cultural curiosity which had first been aroused by Maori art has been reflected by the influence of Asian culture on his work and his life.
By using the Greek word Téménos which refers to the space dedicated to a sacred shrine or sanctuary, to describe the exhibition, Gimblett does not evoke the religious aspect of art, but its spiritual dimension. The technological and aesthetic delicacy of his paintings consisting of rare and precious materials such as sheets of silver, gold and palladium imported from all over the world and combined with traditional materials and contemporary polymers results in masterful and fascinating works. The unique forms of his paintings break the convention, which automatically identifies a rectangle suspended from a wall as a work of art or at least as a decorative image. The viewer becomes aware of this quasi-votive character of the work, allowing him access to a dimension beyond time and space, opening a space of meditation.
In the act of painting, his gestures reflect an energy, a rhythm and a dance in which the viewer can participate. This participation is made possible by the perception of time by observation; time, which according Gimblett is concentric. The spectator, by following the traces of the paint brush, witnesses the beginning, accelerations, decelerations and the culmination of the gesture. For Gimblett the process of painting is not a cold cerebral act expressing the Cartesian “I” of the proud and egocentric modern man, but the Buddhist principle of non-self eclipsing one’s judgment. His painting expresses intuitive, pure energy.
The titles of his works and their shapes reflect the wealth of inspiration and syncretism of the artist as well as his interest in different cultures and his reflections on the Jungian collective unconscious. He appears to look beyond the Jungian self which is the unknown centre of personality where antinomies and the collective unconscious expressed by myths of different cultures and embodied by certain signs, such as quatrefoil (Apricot Garden, Celestial) are reconciled. By using the quatrefoil with its association to the four elements, windows, flowers in general or lotus in particular, Gimblett convokes the vital forces and archetypal transcendence of the human psyche.
This motif explains the most recurring references such as the influence of Japanese painter Sengai Gibon (1750-1837), for whom the circle, triangle and square – bases for many of Gimblett’s works - alone represent the universe. (The Gaze - For Jackson Pollock 2008, Guggenheim Enso Series, 2008). According to the philosopher of Buddhism Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki, the circle corresponds with the infinite without beginning and without end, while the triangle is the beginning of all forms, and the square, a double triangle, stands for the process of duplication. The approximation of the series Guggenheim Enso with "Ten Ox Herding Pictures", which reflect the path to enlightenment in Zen, is particularly interesting, especially the 8th picture above entitled: "Self and Ox Forgotten"
Gimblett's work is a synthesis not only of the many questions and answers posed by the history of art, but also between cultures by bringing together opposing values and principles, such as calligraphy and geometry, abstraction and figuratism, as well as aesthetic and philosophical propositions of east and west. In bringing together these spiritual considerations and coming to terms with the seductive power of images, and the intellectual and aesthetic enjoyment, Gimblett achieves in his work the reconciliation of the Apollonian and Dionysian.
Hamish Morrison Galerie
Heidestrasse 46-52
10557 Berlin
Germany
TEL +49 30 280 40577
FAX +49 30 280 41898
Mobile +49 172 561 3487
www.hamishmorrison.com
***
Prov. Direct from Artist
Monday, June 08, 2009
"WARPED WOMEN," (COLLAGE, MIXED-MEDIA PAINTING) by SUSAN BEE
Location: Blue Bedroom, Pygmalion-Second Floor
Eleventh MENTION DUE TO UPDATE]
UPDATE:
I moved Susan Bee's painting into my bedroom recently -- like it that much! And, her exhibition Eye of the Storm: New Paintings at A.I.R. Gallery was recently reviewed in Art News. You can see the review at http://epc.buffalo.edu/authors/bee/images/Art-News_2009.jpg
***
Prov.: A.I.R. Gallery, New York; Direct from Artist.
Location: Blue Bedroom, Pygmalion-Second Floor
Eleventh MENTION DUE TO UPDATE]
UPDATE:
I moved Susan Bee's painting into my bedroom recently -- like it that much! And, her exhibition Eye of the Storm: New Paintings at A.I.R. Gallery was recently reviewed in Art News. You can see the review at http://epc.buffalo.edu/authors/bee/images/Art-News_2009.jpg
***
Prov.: A.I.R. Gallery, New York; Direct from Artist.
Sunday, April 05, 2009
"DON'T TOUCH ME" (2003) (MIXED MEDIA, 9.5 x 1.1 x 2 IN) INSTALLATION by STELLA LAI
Location: Foyer, Pygmalion-First Floor
"FOUR SEASONS VACATION -2" (2003) (gouache on paper, 30 X 22 in) by STELLA LAI
Location: Yellow Bedroom, Pygmalion-Second Floor
"FOUR SEASONS VACATION -4" (2003) (gouache on paper, 30 X 22 in) by STELLA LAI
Location: Yellow Bedroom, Pygmalion-Second Floor
"PUCHAA MASK" (2002) (YARN, 13 x 9 x 8 IN) SCULPTURE by STELLA LAI
Location: Galatea Offsite/San Francisco Apartment
"PUCHAA IN BOX" (MIXED MEDIA, 2001) SCULPTURE by STELLA LAI
Location: Galatea Offsite/San Francisco Apartment
"PUCHAA'S SHORTCUT" (2002) (ROTATING MOTOR AND MIXED MEDIA, 9 x 4 x 4 IN) SCULPTURE by STELLA LAI
Location: Library, Pygmalion-First Floor
"UNTITLED" (PUCHAA DRUNK AMONG WINE BOTTLES" (2003) DRAWING by STELLA LAI
Location: Library, Pygmalion-First Floor
"MTR SUPER HERO" (2003) (SILK SCREEN PRINT & HAND PAINTED PUSHPIN, #2/25) by STELLA LAI
Location: Turret Guest Bathroom, Pygmalion-First Floor
"[ ] PUCHAA AND CHECHE" DRAWING by STELLA LAI
Location: Library, Pygmalion-First Floor
EPHEMERA (DRAWINGS IN E.T.'S ART/POETRY JOURNAL, GALATEA GUEST BOOK, NLA AUCTION CHAPBOOK, & INVITATION AND INDIVIDUAL MASK MOLD FROM "DON'T TOUCH ME" INSTALLATION)
Location: Library, Pygmalion-First and Second Floors
"PUCHAA" (PAPER SCULPTURE) (2003) by STELLA LAI
Location: Galatea Offsite--SF Apartment
"A&G" (WATERCOLOR) (2006) by STELLA LAI
Location: Library, Pygmalion-Second Floor
THIRTEENTH MENTION DUE TO UPDATE]
UPDATE
Stella Lai recently issued a Newsletter to encompass her busy-nesses! To wit:
2009 Updates
There's been a few exciting pieces of news I would like to share with everyone since my show in Beijing Oct 2008.
Interview with Daily Serving
by Allison Gibson
Allison and I meet in Ojai through Nathan Larramendy. She is currently writing for Daily Serving and Beautiful Decay magazines. View at http://www.dailyserving.com/2009/03/stella_lai_1.php#more
Giant Robot
by Martin Wong
I am very proud to be on the cover of Giant Robot 58th Issue. There is an 8 page interview with Martin inside. Thank you Giant Robot! View at http://www.giantrobot.com/
Beautiful/Decay: A to Z
Beautiful/Decay magazine and the Kopeikin Gallery are excited to celebrate the release of Beautiful/Decay's 26th Issue Z with a retrospective art show. View at http://www.kopeikingallery.com/
Flash Art Review
by Cecilia Freschini
FF2 Gallery in Beijing was reviewed in Flash Art. "Best of Beijing" View at http://www.tree-axis.com/stella/assets/press/FlashArt-sm.jpg
***
Prov.: Direct from Artist; Lizabeth Oliveria Gallery, CA
Location: Foyer, Pygmalion-First Floor
"FOUR SEASONS VACATION -2" (2003) (gouache on paper, 30 X 22 in) by STELLA LAI
Location: Yellow Bedroom, Pygmalion-Second Floor
"FOUR SEASONS VACATION -4" (2003) (gouache on paper, 30 X 22 in) by STELLA LAI
Location: Yellow Bedroom, Pygmalion-Second Floor
"PUCHAA MASK" (2002) (YARN, 13 x 9 x 8 IN) SCULPTURE by STELLA LAI
Location: Galatea Offsite/San Francisco Apartment
"PUCHAA IN BOX" (MIXED MEDIA, 2001) SCULPTURE by STELLA LAI
Location: Galatea Offsite/San Francisco Apartment
"PUCHAA'S SHORTCUT" (2002) (ROTATING MOTOR AND MIXED MEDIA, 9 x 4 x 4 IN) SCULPTURE by STELLA LAI
Location: Library, Pygmalion-First Floor
"UNTITLED" (PUCHAA DRUNK AMONG WINE BOTTLES" (2003) DRAWING by STELLA LAI
Location: Library, Pygmalion-First Floor
"MTR SUPER HERO" (2003) (SILK SCREEN PRINT & HAND PAINTED PUSHPIN, #2/25) by STELLA LAI
Location: Turret Guest Bathroom, Pygmalion-First Floor
"[ ] PUCHAA AND CHECHE" DRAWING by STELLA LAI
Location: Library, Pygmalion-First Floor
EPHEMERA (DRAWINGS IN E.T.'S ART/POETRY JOURNAL, GALATEA GUEST BOOK, NLA AUCTION CHAPBOOK, & INVITATION AND INDIVIDUAL MASK MOLD FROM "DON'T TOUCH ME" INSTALLATION)
Location: Library, Pygmalion-First and Second Floors
"PUCHAA" (PAPER SCULPTURE) (2003) by STELLA LAI
Location: Galatea Offsite--SF Apartment
"A&G" (WATERCOLOR) (2006) by STELLA LAI
Location: Library, Pygmalion-Second Floor
THIRTEENTH MENTION DUE TO UPDATE]
UPDATE
Stella Lai recently issued a Newsletter to encompass her busy-nesses! To wit:
2009 Updates
There's been a few exciting pieces of news I would like to share with everyone since my show in Beijing Oct 2008.
Interview with Daily Serving
by Allison Gibson
Allison and I meet in Ojai through Nathan Larramendy. She is currently writing for Daily Serving and Beautiful Decay magazines. View at http://www.dailyserving.com/2009/03/stella_lai_1.php#more
Giant Robot
by Martin Wong
I am very proud to be on the cover of Giant Robot 58th Issue. There is an 8 page interview with Martin inside. Thank you Giant Robot! View at http://www.giantrobot.com/
Beautiful/Decay: A to Z
Beautiful/Decay magazine and the Kopeikin Gallery are excited to celebrate the release of Beautiful/Decay's 26th Issue Z with a retrospective art show. View at http://www.kopeikingallery.com/
Flash Art Review
by Cecilia Freschini
FF2 Gallery in Beijing was reviewed in Flash Art. "Best of Beijing" View at http://www.tree-axis.com/stella/assets/press/FlashArt-sm.jpg
***
Prov.: Direct from Artist; Lizabeth Oliveria Gallery, CA
"[] (FOAM, CONTACT PAPER, SHADOW BOX-TYPE FRAME)" by STEPHANIE SYJUCO
Location: Babaylan Lodge
NINETEENTH MENTION DUE TO UPDATE
Stephanie Syjuco has an update on her recent activities:
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EXHIBITIONS & EVENTS:
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The Village (Small Encampments)
solo exhibition
James Harris Gallery, Seattle, WA
April 2 - May 2, 2009
Opening reception: Thursday, April 2, 5-7pm
http://www.jamesharrisgallery.com
Syjuco constructed small cut-out dioramas taken from tourist photographs of the Philippines and placed them conspicuously throughout her apartment. She then photographed her living space as a personal travelogue. Her apartment became the landscape for the stage-like settings of the dioramas; acting as crude reminders of a place she is connected to by birth and yet very unfamiliar with. The four sets of paired photographs and the slide projection installation take on two seemingly disparate narratives: a documentary portrait of the artist’s domestic space with a completely constructed and fantasized “homeland” hidden within. The idea that she is a "counterfeit" Filipino is something Syjuco’s been very interested in playing with recently; exploring the murky area of cultural authenticity and even the fictions we create for our own allegiances. By examining and constructing objects with fictional identities and histories, the artist reveals a larger truth: that we constantly invent narratives about ourselves and about others.
It's Not Us, It's You
The San Jose Institute for Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA
April 4 - June 20, 2009
Opening reception: Friday, April 3, 6-8pm
http://www.sjica.org/
"It’s Not Us, It’s You" is an exhibition that explores the inevitability of rejection in our lives – a timely topic in today’s woeful economic climate. Through a tragic and sometimes heartbreaking lens, the artists in this exhibition respond to the reality of rejection with subversion, self-reflection, humor and brutal honesty. The show is guest curated by artist Ray Beldner and includes paintings, sculpture, video, and multi-media work from artists Anthony Discenza, Stephanie Syjuco, Michael Arcega, Kara Maria, Steve Lambert, Jonn Herschend, Dee Hibbert-Jones, Nomi Talisman, Desiree Holman, Orly Cogan, Kate Gilmore, Robert Eads and Arthur Gonzalez.
Innapropriate Covers
David Winton Bell Gallery, List Art Center, Brown University, Providence, RI
April 11 - May 29, 2009
Opening reception Friday, April 10, 5:30pm
Artist Talk with Stephanie Syjuco on opening night, beginning at 5:30pm
http://www.brown.edu/Facilities/David_Winton_Bell_Gallery/future_frameset.html
Through various forms of "covering" and acts of "inappropriation" the works chosen for this exhibition seek to uncover layers of meaning that were previously hidden or obscured. Although appropriation techniques have a deep and variable history throughout 20th-century art, in contemporary culture the rampant use of sampling, remixing, and appropriation has become a general and widespread activity. Inappropriate Covers seeks to revitalize the discussion of appropriation, using the combination of the two words in the exhibition's title to further develop and enrich our understanding of appropriation practices — practices where the artist seizes preexisting cultural materials to use as source materials for the creation of his or her own artwork.
Tech Tools of the Trade: Contemporary New Media Art
de Saisset Museum, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA
April 17 - June 28, 2009
Opening reception: Friday, April 17
http://www.scu.edu/desaisset/exhibits/Tech-Tools-of-the-Trade.cfm
This survey exhibition features work produced by Bay Area-based or Bay Area-rooted artists using new media—defined in the context of this exhibition as electronic, digital, or web-based. Organized into accessible thematic sections, the work in this exhibition explores the ways that technology has shaped our sense of selves, our vision, our bodies, and our world. The exhibition examines our cultural fascination with technology (including our continued faith in its benefits), our myriad uses of the internet, as well as the potentially troubling applications of technology in simulation and surveillance.
Panel Discussion:
Tactical Digital Aesthetics
Wednesday, May 20, 2009 from 6:00-8:00 pm, de Saisset Museum
An evening of art and conversation exploring new media, remediation, and cultural politics. Keynote by Johanna Drucker; roundtable by Ray Beldner, Stephanie Syjuco, Anthony Discenza, and Johanna Drucker; and moderated by Katie Vann and Kathy Aoki.
Unsolicited Fabrications
solo exhibition
Pallas Contemporary Projects (in conjunction with Space 126), Dublin, Ireland
Opening reception: Friday, May 1, 2009
http://www.pallasprojects.org/
Exploring issues of authorship, collaboration, and production, this solo exhibition presents a display and fabrication area where the artist will be making a collection of sculptures based on a shared database of online “artworks” created by users of SketchUp (a shareware 3-D modeling program). Acting as their "unsolicited fabricator," and using common everyday materials, Syjuco's attempts to handmake computer-designed sculptures calls into question ideas of craft, the copy, and also how a group of anonymous amateur designers come to define what an art object "looks like."
Rising Tide: Arts & Ecological Ethics
Conference and panel discussions
Sponsored by California College of the Arts & Stanford University
http://www.risingtideconference.org/
Saturday April 18, 11am - 12:15pm
I'll be speaking on the panel entitled "Material Culture and Sustainability":
What are new materials that artists/designer/architects are experimenting with? What materials have impacts on which industries? Where are the holes in research? What is sustainable business? How is culture sustainable?
Moderator: Bonnie Sherk, with panelists Stephanie Syjuco, Lynda Grose, and Banny Bannerjee
----------------------------------------
For recent work, including past projects and lots of images, visit:
http://www.stephaniesyjuco.com
***
Prov.: New Langton Arts, San Francisco
Location: Babaylan Lodge
NINETEENTH MENTION DUE TO UPDATE
Stephanie Syjuco has an update on her recent activities:
-----------------------------------
EXHIBITIONS & EVENTS:
-----------------------------------
The Village (Small Encampments)
solo exhibition
James Harris Gallery, Seattle, WA
April 2 - May 2, 2009
Opening reception: Thursday, April 2, 5-7pm
http://www.jamesharrisgallery.com
Syjuco constructed small cut-out dioramas taken from tourist photographs of the Philippines and placed them conspicuously throughout her apartment. She then photographed her living space as a personal travelogue. Her apartment became the landscape for the stage-like settings of the dioramas; acting as crude reminders of a place she is connected to by birth and yet very unfamiliar with. The four sets of paired photographs and the slide projection installation take on two seemingly disparate narratives: a documentary portrait of the artist’s domestic space with a completely constructed and fantasized “homeland” hidden within. The idea that she is a "counterfeit" Filipino is something Syjuco’s been very interested in playing with recently; exploring the murky area of cultural authenticity and even the fictions we create for our own allegiances. By examining and constructing objects with fictional identities and histories, the artist reveals a larger truth: that we constantly invent narratives about ourselves and about others.
It's Not Us, It's You
The San Jose Institute for Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA
April 4 - June 20, 2009
Opening reception: Friday, April 3, 6-8pm
http://www.sjica.org/
"It’s Not Us, It’s You" is an exhibition that explores the inevitability of rejection in our lives – a timely topic in today’s woeful economic climate. Through a tragic and sometimes heartbreaking lens, the artists in this exhibition respond to the reality of rejection with subversion, self-reflection, humor and brutal honesty. The show is guest curated by artist Ray Beldner and includes paintings, sculpture, video, and multi-media work from artists Anthony Discenza, Stephanie Syjuco, Michael Arcega, Kara Maria, Steve Lambert, Jonn Herschend, Dee Hibbert-Jones, Nomi Talisman, Desiree Holman, Orly Cogan, Kate Gilmore, Robert Eads and Arthur Gonzalez.
Innapropriate Covers
David Winton Bell Gallery, List Art Center, Brown University, Providence, RI
April 11 - May 29, 2009
Opening reception Friday, April 10, 5:30pm
Artist Talk with Stephanie Syjuco on opening night, beginning at 5:30pm
http://www.brown.edu/Facilities/David_Winton_Bell_Gallery/future_frameset.html
Through various forms of "covering" and acts of "inappropriation" the works chosen for this exhibition seek to uncover layers of meaning that were previously hidden or obscured. Although appropriation techniques have a deep and variable history throughout 20th-century art, in contemporary culture the rampant use of sampling, remixing, and appropriation has become a general and widespread activity. Inappropriate Covers seeks to revitalize the discussion of appropriation, using the combination of the two words in the exhibition's title to further develop and enrich our understanding of appropriation practices — practices where the artist seizes preexisting cultural materials to use as source materials for the creation of his or her own artwork.
Tech Tools of the Trade: Contemporary New Media Art
de Saisset Museum, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA
April 17 - June 28, 2009
Opening reception: Friday, April 17
http://www.scu.edu/desaisset/exhibits/Tech-Tools-of-the-Trade.cfm
This survey exhibition features work produced by Bay Area-based or Bay Area-rooted artists using new media—defined in the context of this exhibition as electronic, digital, or web-based. Organized into accessible thematic sections, the work in this exhibition explores the ways that technology has shaped our sense of selves, our vision, our bodies, and our world. The exhibition examines our cultural fascination with technology (including our continued faith in its benefits), our myriad uses of the internet, as well as the potentially troubling applications of technology in simulation and surveillance.
Panel Discussion:
Tactical Digital Aesthetics
Wednesday, May 20, 2009 from 6:00-8:00 pm, de Saisset Museum
An evening of art and conversation exploring new media, remediation, and cultural politics. Keynote by Johanna Drucker; roundtable by Ray Beldner, Stephanie Syjuco, Anthony Discenza, and Johanna Drucker; and moderated by Katie Vann and Kathy Aoki.
Unsolicited Fabrications
solo exhibition
Pallas Contemporary Projects (in conjunction with Space 126), Dublin, Ireland
Opening reception: Friday, May 1, 2009
http://www.pallasprojects.org/
Exploring issues of authorship, collaboration, and production, this solo exhibition presents a display and fabrication area where the artist will be making a collection of sculptures based on a shared database of online “artworks” created by users of SketchUp (a shareware 3-D modeling program). Acting as their "unsolicited fabricator," and using common everyday materials, Syjuco's attempts to handmake computer-designed sculptures calls into question ideas of craft, the copy, and also how a group of anonymous amateur designers come to define what an art object "looks like."
Rising Tide: Arts & Ecological Ethics
Conference and panel discussions
Sponsored by California College of the Arts & Stanford University
http://www.risingtideconference.org/
Saturday April 18, 11am - 12:15pm
I'll be speaking on the panel entitled "Material Culture and Sustainability":
What are new materials that artists/designer/architects are experimenting with? What materials have impacts on which industries? Where are the holes in research? What is sustainable business? How is culture sustainable?
Moderator: Bonnie Sherk, with panelists Stephanie Syjuco, Lynda Grose, and Banny Bannerjee
----------------------------------------
For recent work, including past projects and lots of images, visit:
http://www.stephaniesyjuco.com
***
Prov.: New Langton Arts, San Francisco
