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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Talking About Tondos
Talk by Matthew Ballou at The 930 Art Center, June 10, 2011
I gave a talk at the 930 Art Center in Louisville, KY last week. If you’d like to listen to it (it’s only 16 minutes long), click above for the mp3 file. To see some of the work I was thinking about in this talk, click here.
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.
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