Archive for February, 2012
Monday, February 27th, 2012
Brice Stephens
Born and raised in Arkansas, Brice Stephens started painting in 1999 truly “out of boredom”. The majority of his work consists of portraits, painted from real people, in reverse on old wooden framed windows. His paintings are done primarily using Bic or Bombay Ink and acrylic house paints, and most recently, with water colors. In his words “I used to worry about finding ‘my’ style but I realized there should not be worrying in painting, and every piece is a new experiment and has been.” In 2011, Brice and his wife, Haley, had a beautiful baby girl, which may slow down his work for just a bit, but to all of our benefit, he states “I will never stop painting”.
Friday, February 24th, 2012
Paper Art
It’s always refreshing to see art being made out of unique materials, and in this case it’s old tax documents. Artist Nava Lubelski works in a variety of media, often times exploring the notion of destruction and reconstruction. Why do you really need to hold on to those pesky old tax receipts anyways?
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Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012
Brice Stephens Solo Show – March 9th
We’re so stoked about our next show with artist Brice Stephens, and so excited that he let us peek into his creative process. Join us March 9th for the opening.
Tuesday, February 21st, 2012
The RedBall Project
“Through the RedBall Project I utilize my opportunity as an artist to be a catalyst for new encounters within the everyday. Through the magnetic, playful, and charismatic nature of the RedBall the work is able to access the imagination embedded in all of us”. – Kurt Perschke
What started out as just a commission, has turned into a wide traveling public art project. The RedBall Project was originally conceived as a one time temporary installation for Arts In Transit. Perschke used the money from the commission to take the RedBall Project to Barcelona, then to Sydney when a curator there had requested it, and since then has been traveling around to different cities all around the world. The inflatable ball is 15 feet high and weighs 250 pounds. For each site the RedBall Project goes to, it is inflated directly into the site making for an interesting composition within the structure it’s squeezing into. Viewers are free to look, touch, and judo-chop the giant red ball.
Friday, February 10th, 2012
Installation Art – The Latest
Installation Art is the “fun” of the art world, it’s always an experience. Here’s some of the latest from around the globe in Installation Art:
Cutlery Fish at Heddon Street in London, By Ian McChesney. This suspended installation is in an area known for it’s restaurants and is made out of 1,000 forks.
This installation is made from dangling objects and light, so simple yet so amazing. By Rashad Alakbarov.
Don’t trip over the giant pharmaceuticals on the ground. Pill Spill by Beverly Fishman, made out of glass.
These are real books (15,000 of them)! And they’re all about Abraham Lincoln, every last one. This installation is in the newly constructed Theatre Center for Education and Leadership in DC.
Whoa LED lights (55,000 to be exact) ! This installation was part of the Festival of Light in Belgium. Made by the Luminarie De Cagna family.
Favorite? GO!
Tuesday, February 7th, 2012
Yayoi Kusama Bringing it with a Retrospective
“If it were not for art, I would have killed myself a long time ago.” – Yayoi Kusama
The art world is buzzing with talk of Damien Hirst and his spot retrospective, which we previuosly blogged about.
What the art world SHOULD be talking about is the retrospective for Yayoi Kusama, who also works with colors and spots, and does it beautifully and with purpose. Kusama’s whole reason for making has been to help her deal with her many pyschological issues since childhood. Her work often has themes that are based on psychosis and infinity and seem to have a hypnotic and obsessive quality. Throughout the artists career her work has ranged in a variety of media and includes paintings, sculpture, performance, and installation.
Yayoi Kusama was a famous artist in the 60’s in america, but was almost forgotten in the 70’s when she moved back to Japan to check into a psychiatric hospital where she still lives. Since then Kusama has had some of the highest auction prices for a living female artist (Woo!). Kusama is now 82 and will have a retrospective of 150 works in what are considered some of the most outstanding Art Musuems in the world. The Retrospective starts at Madrid’s Museo Reina Sofia, and will travel to The Tate, The Whitney, and Centre Pompidou in Paris.
This woman rules.
Thursday, February 2nd, 2012
Orlando Art Happenings – February
The first month of the new year is over, time for February! It’s the month of love…or something. Ok whatever, here’s what’s happening with some art in Orlando!
From Robots to Warlocks – Sci-Fi and Fantasy Art in the 21st Century : 2/2, 6-9PM at The Orlando Museum of Art – A comprehensive look at art inspired by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Universes (how amazing does THAT sound?). Art, music, food, drinks, awesomeness. $10
Tree of Light Project: 2/2, 8-10pm at the Seaside Plaza – A sculptural interactive installation by Orlando artists Cole NeSmith and Josh Owen. The Tree of Light Project is a recipient of the United Arts of Central Florida grant, and part of ArtsFest 2012 that will be running all of February in Central Florida. $Free
Nude Nite: 2/9,10,11 from 6pm – 12am at the Church Street Exchange Building - Nude Nite is an annual juried art event that focuses on the beauty of the nude. This three day extravaganza will include paintings, photography, performance art, sculpture, and installation. $25
Collide*Scope: 2/13, 6:25pm at Urban Rethink – A new monthly happening. Each month a group of creative minds will be chosen and given a challenge, they will have one week to collaboratively come up with an awesomely creative presentation on the challenge topic. $Free
Maybe It’s Still All A Dream Closing Reception: 2/23 at twelve21 gallery – Did you miss our opening? Shame on you! Just kiddin’. You get a second chance to come hang out with us and see all of the amazing art. $Free
Replicated: Now at The Falcon- This already started in January, but will be ongoing through February. Replicated is a group art show celebrating the 30th anniversary of the film Blade runner (sweet). $Free
February’s lookin’ pretty nice, right?!
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