My glorious former grad students (AND NEWLY-WEDS!) Natalie Hellmann and Ian Shelly visited my (and Tim Lowly’s) show at the 930 Art Center today. Yay!
Natalie likes to visit my shows. Here she is with one of my works at MANIFEST in Cincinnati!
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Inspiration: Sandra Ramos “The Mirror Poems”
Last week I was in Louisville, KY for my show at the 930 Art Center. While in town I took a drive to 21C, a contemporary art space situated in a posh hotel. 21C blew my mind, but there was one work in particular that I spent a good deal of time with: Sandra Ramos’ Unknown (The Mirror Poems – Toi Derricotte). The work, an installation of image and text on vinyl and using mirrors and inverted imagery, is very beautiful and evocative. Here are a few shots of the work in situ, but be sure to click the link above to learn more.
A few of my favorite lines:
“The eye in the mirror is the mirror of the eye.”
“If you ask it to show you the world it will show you the eye of your mother.”
If you get a chance to go to 21C, JUST GO DO IT.
Opening At 930 Art Center, Louisville, KY
My show with Tim Lowly at the 930 Art Center in Louisville, KY opened yesterday. It was a great event. Below I’m posting some general pictures.
1 ) The title wall with my piece “Seedbed #2”.
2 ) “Diviner” by Tim Lowly
3 ) General view of the gallery space.
4 ) General view with three of Lowly’s 39 inch diameter tondos near two of my smaller works.
5 ) General view of the backside of the gallery.
6 ) Two of my works.
7 ) A Detail of “Spinning” by Tim Lowly.
8 ) A shot of the crowd.
Also, after the artist talk/discussion that Tim and I led, we had two acts perform: the Sandpaper Dolls, and Tim’s Baby Mountain. Good stuff!
Last of the Louisville Tondos
Two Bells, Acrylic on Panel, 24 inches in diameter, 2011. Click for a larger version.
Certain Ideal Forms #1, Graphite on Paper mounted on Panel, 24 inches in diameter, 2011. Click for a larger version.
Certain Ideal Forms
Certain Ideal Forms #2, Acrylic on Paper mounted on Panel, 23.5 inches in diameter, 2011. This piece features objects made by my former grads Ian Shelly and Natalie Hellmann. This piece will be in my show with Tim Lowly in Louisville, KY… it opens soon. Click on the image for a larger view.
Vacation = Work
This Thanksgiving Break my wife and I decided to stay at our home here in Columbia, MO rather than going to visit family for the holiday. There’s a lot going on for us, and for my work in particular. There’s no time to take a break.
I’ve got three significant shows coming up. The first is a wonderful show at the University of Mary Washington Ridderhof Martin Gallery in Fredericksburg, VA. The exhibition is titled SHADES OF GRAY: Drawings in Graphite and will run from January 21 – February 25, 2011. I’m particularly excited about this exhibition as Joann Moser, Senior Graphics Curator from the Smithsonian Museum of American Art, will be presenting a lecture and placing the work on view in context. Below is one of the four works of mine that will be included in the show.
Anthropology (Conceits of Knowledge #3), graphite on paper, 38 by 42 inches, 2008.
The next show I’m involved in is a solo show at the Barrington Center for the Arts at Gordon College just outside of Boston, MA. The show is titled Redeeming Tensions and will feature approximately 40 paintings, mezzotint prints, and drawings. It’s the largest show I’ve ever attempted. It will run from February 5 through March 19, 2011. Below are two of mezzotint plates I’ve been working this week. The finished works will be printed and appear in the show.
Lamentations Chapter 3 Verse 8, copper mezzotint plate, 2010.
Lamentations Chapter 3 Verse 14, copper mezzotint plate, 2010.
The final major show I’m involved in will be a two-person exhibition at the 930 Art Center in Louisville, KY with Tim Lowly, one of the most amazing representational painters working today. It is an extreme honor to be asked to show with him, and I am super excited about our show of tondos. I’ve got some work for this show underway but since it’s a while until the show opens I want to keep that under wraps – the run should be June 17 – July 31, 2011.
So, as you can see, I don’t have time to take vacations from the things I love, the things I’m passionate about… and I wouldn’t want to. Faith, family, art making, community, teaching; I life for and in and through these things. They may all seem like cliches to some people, but I’ve got a full life and a full plate. I love it and I am thankful for it.
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