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OK, another ArtSLAM!

// February 1st, 2010 // No Comments » // Art, Design, Life, Picks

We’ll be at it again this Friday at LabourtLove Gallery! Although it’s really not related, I always think of this when I think of ArtSLAM!

3 artists will create 9 pieces of art in 20 minute bursts. Topics come from the audience. It’s a fun time, especially for hanging out in a gallery. Here’s a link to LabourLove’s blog, where you can get all the details.

Basically, the event will start at 7 pm this Friday, 2/5/10 at LabourLove Gallery in Golden Belt, here in Durham, NC. See you there!

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An image from ArtSLAM! v1.0

ArtSLAM!

// December 2nd, 2009 // No Comments » // Art, Design, Life, Picks

Hey, folks. I’m one of three artists to do battle on Friday, Dec. 11 at LabourLove Gallery at Golden Belt in Durham, NC. Basically, audience members tip their concepts into a hat and one is drawn out. The 3 artists will have 20 minutes to express this concept in a visual piece. The pieces will be auctioned off at the end of the night. Should be lots-o-fun. I’ll be sharing the stage with Kelly Dew and Owen Beckman.

Here’s what LabourLove is saying about the event.

Annemarie Gugelmann at Durham Arts Council.

// September 17th, 2009 // No Comments » // Art, Picks

Annemarie’s work is up in the Allenton Gallery at the Durham Arts Council until November 1. Here’s a bit from Annemarie…

In my current work, I combine my interest in political science with art and investigate how cities and communities form and change. Just as a family is bound by the house they live in, a city ties its people together through common spaces. I am interested in the public domain and how people create an atmosphere and commonality within it. In my art, I want to capture a city’s unique atmosphere and how it separates itself from other urban landscapes.

The series of paintings and prints completed in October 2008 explores the public square of Munich, Vienna, and Zurich. After spending the summer of 2008 in Philadelphia, I completed a group of paintings focusing on New York City and Philadelphia. I just finished a series of work inspired by a trip to San Francisco. Right now, I’m focusing on Durham and NYC.

If you love Durham, then you’ll love you some of these paintings. And an example of her latest work:

Brad Williams at Durham Arts Council.

// September 8th, 2009 // No Comments » // Art, Life, Picks

Brad’s work is up in the Semans Gallery at the Durham Arts Council until November 1. There’s a lot more to these pieces than their visual impact and juxtaposition of animals, landscapes, abstraction and big tents. The surfaces of the paintings display a variety of sheen and texture. Their scale adds to their presence as well. If you enjoy paint — I mean really enjoy paint — stop in for a viewing.

Here’s a bit from Brad:

In my paintings, I insert representational images into abstract distorted and agitated environments. The effect is a tactile surface – my immersion in painterly improvisation – set into an uneasy alliance with the more delicately rendered objects of metaphor. The resulting juxtaposition, of the representational and the abstract, is full of conflict and contradiction, generating a space in which everything competes for rational comprehension because there is too much to take in. And an example of his work:

MUSA artist profile: Newton/Alsobrooks.

// September 4th, 2009 // No Comments » // Art, Picks

I’ll soon be installing the Highway One work at the upcoming Made in the USA (MUSA) exhibition in Raleigh later this year. Here’s a little info about the exhibition:

MUSA is an art exhibition housed in a furniture factory that fell prey to economic pressure and closed its doors in 2002. In a broader sense, MUSA examines the effects of globalization and the transition from an industrial to a post-industrial era in the U.S.A. in general and North Carolina in particular. As America has shifted from a society that produces to a society that consumes, numerous factories around the country lie dormant, a testament to what once was a way of life. David Newton is one of the exhibiting artists.

Content is important in David’s work, but there are some formal concerns that also unite. His forms are generally spacious and airy, with color playing an important part. An affinity for the combination of geometric and organic forms, and an ongoing interest in line are two prominent features. In addition to hardware and found objects the most common material is welded steel, with occasional woodwork.

An example of some of David’s work.

And an image I’ll project along with some ambient sound at the MUSA exhibition.

MUSA artist profile: Pecchio/Alsobrooks.

// September 3rd, 2009 // No Comments » // Art, Life, Picks

I’ll soon be installing the Highway One work at the upcoming Made in the USA (MUSA) exhibition in Raleigh later this year. Here’s a little info about the exhibition:

MUSA is an art exhibition housed in a furniture factory that fell prey to economic pressure and closed its doors in 2002. In a broader sense, MUSA examines the effects of globalization and the transition from an industrial to a post-industrial era in the U.S.A. in general and North Carolina in particular. As America has shifted from a society that produces to a society that consumes, numerous factories around the country lie dormant, a testament to what once was a way of life. Pamela Pecchio is one of the exhibiting artists.

Pamela earned an MFA in Photography from Yale University School of Art, New Haven, CT. She completed a BFA in Photography at the University of Georgia in Athens, GA. She’s shown her work domestically across the Carolinas and in Georgia, Tennessee and New York City. Pamela has also shown her work abroad in China and Italy.

An example of Pamela’s work.

And an image I’ll project along with some ambient sound at the MUSA exhibition.

Sun Ra, currently visiting Earth.

// September 2nd, 2009 // No Comments » // Art, Design, Picks

Pathways to Unknown Worlds: Sun Ra, El Saturn and Chicago’s Afro-Futurist Underground 1954-68 is currently on display in the CCB Gallery at the Durham Art Guild. The exhibit runs through 10/18/09. Drop by — it’s a must-see while it’s here.

Close inspection yields some great results: album covers, original artwork, press-releases, business cards, etc. all show the “hand” quality, regardless of whether the hand happened to be from space or Birmingham. The language used is also entertaining, even though completely serious. Make sure to check out the (ALL-CAPS) press releases and watch some of the documentary running in the gallery space, too.

I designed some artwork for the exhibition. We derived the design from a mask commonly worn by Sun Ra, but turned it into a maze and put in orbit.

And an example of something cool you’ll see… a print block.

The Durham Art Guild is located at 120 Morris Street in Durham, NC.

MUSA artist profile: Servon/Alsobrooks

// August 31st, 2009 // No Comments » // Art, Life, Picks

I’ll soon be installing the Highway One work at the upcoming Made in the USA (MUSA) exhibition in Raleigh later this year. Here’s a little info about the exhibition:

MUSA is an art exhibition housed in a furniture factory that fell prey to economic pressure and closed its doors in 2002. In a broader sense, MUSA examines the effects of globalization and the transition from an industrial to a post-industrial era in the U.S.A. in general and North Carolina in particular. As America has shifted from a society that produces to a society that consumes, numerous factories around the country lie dormant, a testament to what once was a way of life. Jody Servon is one of the exhibiting artists.

Jody Servon was born in New Brunswick, NJ and currently lives and works in Blowing Rock and Greensboro, NC. She received a MFA in New Genre from The University of Arizona and a BFA in Visual Art from Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University in New Jersey. She is currently an assistant professor and director of the Catherine J. Smith Gallery at Appalachian State University in Boone, NC. Previously Servon was an assistant curator at the Palm Beach Institute of Contemporary Art in Florida.

An example of Jody’s work.

And an image I’ll project along with some ambient sound at the MUSA exhibition.

Unveiling Highway One.

// August 29th, 2009 // No Comments » // Art, Design, Life, Picks

Hey, folks.

I’m projecting the Highway One images tonight and have a prelim. soundtrack ready, too.

I’m pulling off this dry-run of the upcoming installation at the always friendly, always inspiring “Come Out & Play” exhibition in Pittsboro, NC. Come Out & Play has been going on for years and is the brainchild of Debbie Meyer and Eric Brantley. Their daughter, Beckett also adds to the ingenuity these days. Anyhow, it has historically been a sculpture venue, so I’m super-happy to sneak in and provide an alternative medium.

I might show up in the barn or in the garage where the drinks reside. Or maybe I’ll tie up a tarp and project out by the pond. We’ll see… it’ll be fun regardless. I’ll probably start the show near twilight (no vamps, please).

Directions: From Carrboro, go out Jones Ferry Road. From the light at Willow Creek Shopping Plaza, go 5 3/4 miles. Turn left onto Wild Horse Run, a gravel drive marked with a street sign. There will be a banner marking the show. Follow the drive to JimGin Farm. Park on the right — you’ll see it! Call 919-942-3252 if needed.

Here’s an image I’ll project. The sound will be ambient noise from Highway One.

Kooley is High.

// August 27th, 2009 // No Comments » // Art, Design, Life, Picks

Kooley High and Becauseus teamed up yet again to bring you their latest Music Video “Kooley is High.” Have a look see!