e premte, 4 dhjetor 2009

Exhibition: Packard Jennings


A New York City Print Week Event “One Every Day,” as presented by the EFA Project Space

“The exhibition foregrounds the relationship of printed ephemera to cultural and artistic production, and marks the curatorial debut for Printeresting.org.”
“From the detritus under the windshield and the debris in
our pockets to gig posters mounted on telephone poles, One Every Day attests that all varieties of print ephemera share the following three
characteristics: fleeting function, low-cost means of production, and the fact that somebody out there loves them.”

Location: EFA Project Space
OPENING RECEPTION:
Saturday, November 7, 6-9 pm

On view from November 5 through December 19, 2009
http://www.printeresting.org

Exhibition: Sandow Birk


San Jose Museum of Art announces its spring permanent collection show entitled “Real and HyperReal,” featuring works from Sandow’s “Paradiso, Purgatorio, and Inferno.”

On view from Jan. 30-Aug. 1, 2010 in the primary first-floor galleries.

“The exhibition Real and HyperReal contrasts traditional, academic realism rooted in direct observation of the visible world with new riffs on reality that reflect the information age and the expansiveness of our virtual world today.”

http://www.calmuseums.org

Blog: Julie Heffernan


Blog discusses Julie Heffernan’s work.
http://theory-of-happiness.blogspot.com

Event: Packard Jennings


Passive/Aggressive Southern Exposure’s Juried Public Art/Urban Interventions Day, featuring work by Packard Jennings
Saturday, December 5, 2009, 11 am – 5 pm

”Southern Exposure’s Juried Public Art/Urban Interventions Day presents work by 12 artists using the Mission District as a platform for creativity and expression according to this year’s theme Passive/Aggressive.”
http://www.fecalface.com

Blog: Adam Chapman, Walter Robinson



Two blogs featuring the current exhibitions at Catharine Clark Gallery, "[sic]" and "Diagram of Isolated Moments Forming a Memory"

-“Fake God donuts, crossword-shaped paintings with eye-hurting pastel colors, and gauges for unfortunate emotions are the stock in trade of Walter Robinson...Adam Chapman solos along with Robinson, with "Diagram of Isolated Moments Forming a Memory."
http://romance.sfweekly.com

-http://www.happenstand.com

Blog: Ellen Kooi


ArtSlant discusses Ellen Kooi’s exhibition at TORCH GALLERY.

“On the occasion of its reopening under the new directorship of Mo van der Have, TORCH Gallery is pleased to present an exhibition of new works by Dutch photographer Ellen Kooi.”

Torch Gallery
Lauriergracht 94
1016 RN Amsterdam
Netherlands

http://assets1.artslant.com

Blog: Masami Teraoka


Blog: Masami Teraoka
Images of Masami Teraoka’s series “31 Flavors invading Japan.”

http://sfciviccenter.blogspot.com

Blog: Travis Somerville


Two Coats of Paint Blog discusses Travis Somerville’s show “Dedicated to the Proposition...” at the Ben Maltz Gallery at the Otis College of Art and Design.

“His large scale paintings, incorporating paper, collage and oil, employ political and cultural icons associated with the history of the south to explore the complexities of racism.”

Through December 12, 2009.
http://www.twocoatsofpaint.com/

Blog: Sandow Birk


Images from Sandow Birk’s, “American Qur’an” project.

http://www.flickr.com

Announcement: Seeking new Commissioners

The Commission on the Status of Women of San Mateo County is seeking four new Commissioners!

The Commission on the Status of Women of San Mateo County is a non-partisan appointed body that advises the County Board of
Supervisors. The Commission makes recommendations to the Board of Supervisors and involves the community to help broaden opportunity, identify and remedy gender discrimination, and also to honor the achievements of San Mateo County women. The Commission consists of 15 adults and 2 youth.

For more information, such as requirements please contact Honora Miller at:
hmiller@co.sanmateo.ca.us

Or visit the website below:
http://www.co.sanmateo.ca.us

The deadline to apply with the County Manager's Office is December 7.

Exhibition: Sandow Birk


Sandow Birk “Depravities of War” and “American Qur’an”at the Feldman Gallery
November 5, 2009 - January 8, 2010

“The Feldman Gallery + Project Space is pleased to present selections from Los Angeles based artist Sandow Birk's Depravities of War, a series of monumental woodcut prints commenting on the debaucheries of contemporary warfare, inspired by Jacques Callot's "Miseries and Misfortunes of War"; and selections from Birk's American Qur'an, featuring hand-transcribed passages from the “Holy Qur'an” with scenes from contemporary American life.”

Information available at: http://www.portlandartfocus.com/
Or http://www.pnca.edu

Press: Adam Champman


Article by Traci Vogel discusses Adam Champman’s work, “Diagram of Isolated Moments Forming a Memory.”
“The final artwork resembles an ink-and-watercolor sketch, and is displayed on a screen that is framed and mounted like a traditional drawing, so it's as if you're watching an invisible artist think a painting into being. Perhaps Chapman, who teaches at Parsons, the New School for Design, in New York, is making a statement about art as process; the compositions, he says, are generated by different rules each time.”

http://romance.sfweekly.com

Press: Walter Robinson


“For his current show, "[sic]," Walter Robinson makes sumptuously enameled sculptures that display an irresistibly light satirical touch: he's a Good Humor moralist. Robinson explores the misuse of language in American religion, politics, advertising, and modern art.”

http://www.visualartsource.com

Blog: Al Farrow


Features photos of Al Farrow’s “Reliquary” series.
http://yagosweb.blogspot.com

Images from Jeff Dauber’s collection, which includes an Al Farrow “Mosque.”
http://www.9to5mac.com

e premte, 20 nëntor 2009

Announcement: Ellen Kooi


Ellen Kooi photography to be shown in new branch of the Louisville Restaurant, “Proof.” Proof, the renowned Louisville restaurant named in Esquire magazine as a “Best New Restaurant” upon opening in 2006, will open a location in Cincinnati along with the new location of the 21c Museum Hotel.
http://www.rimag.com

Blog: Ellen Kooi


Article discussing Ellen Kooi photography.
“The large-scale panoramic photographs by Ellen Kooi challenge us to view the world as a dramatic narrative. She wants us to seek the border between fantasy and reality.”
http://www.torchgallery.com

Press: Walter Robinson


“For his current show, ‘[sic],’ Walter Robinson makes sumptuously enameled sculptures that display an irresistibly light satirical touch: he's a Good Humor moralist. Robinson explores the misuse of language in American religion, politics, advertising, and modern art.”
http://campaign.constantcontact.com

Blog: Al Farrow


Various Blog articles featuring images of Al Farrow’s “Reliquaries.”
-http://claytoncubitt.tumblr.com
- http://claytoncubitt.tumblr.com
- http://claytoncubitt.tumblr.com

-“Life is found in Death”
“How about using something new to make art instead of paint, markers,etc. what if you used bullets and guns and turned them into Religious Sculptures. That's what Al Farrow did. Get inspired.”
http://thedeathdefeaters.blogspot.com

- http://raggit.blogspot.com
- http://www.whokilledbambi.co.uk

Blog: Packard Jennings


Interview with Packard Jennings.
http://howtowin.visitsteve.com/

Blog: Al Farrow



An image and blog discussion of Al Farrow’s “Reliquary” series.
http://www.thisnext.com

Blog: Masami Teraoka


Review of Masami Teraoka’s catalogue, “From Tradition to Technology: The Floating World Comes of Age.”

“This catalogue celebrates the occasion of the first solo exhibition in Japan (July 1997) in which the entire creative history of Teraoka's career was displayed.”
Available for sale for $37.85

http://www.kaboodle.com

Blog: Julie Heffernan


Tumblr Blog posts featuring images of Julie Heffernan’s work, such as, “Self-Portrait as Agnostic II”

http://salyut.tumblr.com
http://lainemarie.tumblr.com

Exhibition: Nina Katchadourian


INTELLIGENT DESIGN INTERSPECIES ART
September 05, 2009 - February 06, 2010

”Intelligent Design: Interspecies Art is a group exhibition of twenty international artists exploring human interaction with animals through a collection of provocative video installations, photographs, paintings, and sculptures.”

Curatorial Walk-Through
November 14, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

”Due to the popularity of the exhibition Intelligent Design: Interspecies Art, co-curators Tyler Stallings and Rachel Mayeri will provide an encore walk-through of this provocative exhibition that explores collaborations between humans and animals, the first such show in the U.S. This event is FREE and open to the public.”
http://sweeney.ucr.edu

Blog: Ellen Kooi


Blog and images of Ellen Kooi works.
http://fashionproduction.blogspot.com

http://ffffound.com

Press: Ken Goldberg


Marin Independent Journal interview with Ken Goldberg, “Working artist: Engineer builds career melding technology with art - and whimsy”
Posted: 11/11/2009
“Engineering and art may seem worlds apart to some, but to Mill Valley artist Ken Goldberg they're complementary pursuits. Both require a magical combination of creativity, persistence and hard work.”
http://www.marinij.com/

Blog: Packard Jennings


“Art (and Craft) for Art’s Sake” blog discussing an event at Accident Gallery, which features work by Packard Jennings.
“Monday, Nov. 23 at 8 p.m., Accident Gallery hosts artist Packard Jennings, perhaps best known for his line of “fallen rapper” Pez dispenser prototypes.”
http://www.northcoastjournal.com

Exhibition: Travis Somerville


“Altered States: The Collection in Context” featuring works by Travis Somerville at the Gatehouse Galler at the di Rosa Reserve.
“An exhibition of artworks related to the mystical, the transcendent and the transformative.”
Through January 23, 2010

Discussion
Dec 2, 2009 7 PM
“Curator Chandra Cerrito and exhibition artists Robilee Frederick, Keira Kotler, Thérèse Lahaie and Travis Somerville will discuss the intermingling of art and spiritual practices, the influence of artists' religious beliefs or metaphysical interests on the art they create and how art can be a touchstone for the ineffable.”


5200 Sonoma Highway Napa, California 94559
707.226.5991
http://www.dirosaart.org

Blog: Packard Jennings


Images of Packard Jennings work: “Pocket Survival Guide 2009.”
http://www.flickr.com

Blog: Sandow Birk


Discussion of Sandow Birk’s “American Qur’an.”
http://davisclemonsfu.livejournal.com

Blog: Al Farrow


Cashmere Agency blog featuring images and short discussion of the “Reliquaries” by Al Farrow
November 13th, 2009
http://blog.cashmereagency.com

Facemelter Blog features images of Al Farrows Reliquaries.
http://facemelter.com

Video: Travis Somerville


”Otis College: Conversation with Travis Somerville and Carol Branch”
October 7, 2009
http://www.youtube.com

Event: Christoph Draeger


Announcement of Christph Draeger’s project, “Black Zero,” one of the first multimedia performance works. The piece was written by Aldo Tambellini and Group Center and ran from 1965-1968.

It is “e-staged in its original form by the artist who created it, Aldo Tambellini. We are very pleased to announce that the music for the piece will be improvised live by William Parker (double bass), whom the Allmusic Guide calls Free Jazz's pre-eminent bass player today.”

November 22 , 6 p.m.
White Box, New York
329 Broome Street
between Bowery and Chrystie Streets
http://www.whiteboxny.org/

Blog: Travis Somerville


“Travis Somerville: Tour and Conversation”
“Exhibition tour and conversation with the artist,” Travis Somerville, and others such as Otis “Gallery Director Meg Linton, and Mark Steven Greenfield.”
Posted November 19, 2009
http://www.moreondesign.com/

“Swallowing Stereotypes”
Images taken from Travis Somerville’s exhibition,”Dedicated to the Proposition,” at the Ben Maltz Gallery at Otis through December 12th.
Published On: November 16
http://kcet.org

e premte, 6 nëntor 2009

Video Tour - Travis Somerville at Otis

Take a video tour of Travis Somerville's current solo exhibition at the Otis College Ben Maltz Gallery



The Otis College Ben Maltz Gallery is proud to present Travis Somerville: Dedicated to the Proposition on show from October 3 to December 12, 2009. Travis broaches oppression, greed, and discrimination in a presentation of new paintings, sculptures, and an installation for his first solo exhibition in Los Angeles.

Travis Somerville: Dedicated to the Proposition...
October 3 - December 12, 2009
Otis College of Art and Design
9045 Lincoln Boulevard
Los Angeles, California 90045

For more information visit: http://www.otis.edu/public_programs/ben_maltz_gallery/index.html

e premte, 30 tetor 2009

Exhibition: Chester Arnold, Sandow Birk, Masami Teraoka, Walter Robinson


San Jose Museum presents: "Variations on a Theme"
Through May 23 2009 - February 7, 2010

"Variations on a Theme is an expansive presentation of works by ca. 30-40 contemporary artists," including Arnold, Birk, Robinson, and Teraoka, "organized in thematic groupings, which tentatively include the environment and sustainability; the urban landscape; stories of people and the body politic; labor-intensive artistic techniques; and faith and spirituality."
http://www.sjmusart.org

Exhibition: Andy Diaz Hope


Scion Space Presents: INFINITY, featuring work by Andy Diaz Hope
Curated by Andrew Schoultz

October 10th - November 7th, 2009
Opening Reception: Saturday, October 10th, 2009 | 7-10pm

"Infinity" is a group exhibition of artists whose practices or aesthetics relate to the many facets of the infinite. The Vastness of this concept will be explored through painting, drawing, photography, and 3D multi-media installation."
http://www.scion.com/space/

Blog: Masami Teraoka


My back pages: Memento Mori
Blog entry discussing various artists, including Masami Teraoka
October 13, 2009
http://speedbird.wordpress.com

Exhibition: Julie Heffernan


Bucknell University's The Samek Art Gallery is exhibition, "Epic Painting," including large-scale paintings featuring Julie Heffernan.
Opening Friday, October 23
Gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays, and 1 to 5 p.m. weekends.
www.bucknell.edu/Samek.

Lecture: Sandow Birk


OTIS announces a reception for Alumni and Friends on Thursday October 22 6-8pm
OTIS Alumni
6pm Complimentary drinks and hors d'oeuvres
7pm Remarks by Sandow Birk and Eleana Del Rio ('89)

"Reconnect with Otis.Catch up with old friends. Make new friends. Check out the latest work by Sandow Birk ('89 Fine Arts) in his exhibition American Qur'an."

RSVP: laevent@otis.edu or 310.846.2553
www.otis.edu/alumni

Lecture: Ken Goldberg


Ken Goldberg's lecture, "Myth and Media"
Wednesday, October 28
6:30 pm
History of Art/Classics Library
Doe Library, Room 308J

http://goldberg.berkeley.edu/art

Exhibition: Christoph Draeger



Solo exhibition for Christoph Draeger's, "BRO KEN," at the GALERIE LUCIANO FASCIATI, CHUR

October 24 - November 21, 2009
Opening Oct 23, 6-8 pm
http://www.luciano-fasciati.ch/

Exhibition: Packard Jennings


Packard Jennings showing at the exhibition, "One Every Day: A Curatorial Project" at the Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts [EFA] Project Space:
"the first exhibition curated by Printeresting. One Every Day presents work by twenty-five artists and designers who share an interest in printed ephemera. The show promises to be an expansive and dynamic survey."
Through November 5 - December 19, 2009
Reception November 7, 6-9 pm

EFA Project Space
323 West 39th St., New York.
http://www.printeresting.org

Exhibition: Travis Somerville


Announcing Travis Somerville showing at the Laguna Art Museum in the exhibition, "Collecting California,"
"Which outlines some of the most significant works of art created in California over the last 150 years."
November 8, 2009 Curatorial Walk-Through
Through November 8 - January 17, 2010
www.LagunaArtMuseum.org

Blog: Sandow Birk


Artist Kiel Johnson discusses on ARTINFO current art exhibitions in Los Angeles, including Sandow Birk’s American Qur’an at Koplin Del Rio:
"Feel like checking out work that exemplifies dedication and follow-through? Investigate the cultural bridge that is “American Qur’an” by Sandow Birk”

http://www.artinfo.com

Exhibition: Travis Somerville


Art Forum announces Travis Somerville’s exhibition, ““Dedicated to the Proposition,” at the Ben Maltz Gallery at the Otis College of Art and Design

“Travis Somerville’s work addresses the tangled knot of issues surrounding the history of race in America.”
BEN MALTZ GALLERY AT THE OTIS COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN
9045 Lincoln Boulevard
October 3–December 12
http://artforum.com

Press: Sandow Birk


American Qur’an is featured on CNN.COM

http://edition.cnn.com

Exhibition: Travis Somerville


Travis Somerville’s solo exhibition, Dedicated to the Proposition...slideshow is now online

http://www.otis.edu

The exhibition continues through December 12, 2009

Lecture: Christoph Draeger


Last Chance
Artist's Lecture and Screening
Friday, September 4 , 2009 @ 7:00 PM

Historic Fifth Street School Auditorium
401 S. Fourth St. Las Vegas, NV 89101

www.lasvegascac.org

Exhibition: Ellen Kooi


“Aside from the galleries, the SIPA 2009 will also offer several special exhibitions. ``Visual Intersection.kr.nl'' features artists from this year's guest country, the Netherlands. Participating artists are Eelco Brand, Ellen Kooi, Erwin Olaf, Martine Stig, Phillip Provily, Popel and Ruud van Empel.”

http://www.koreatimes.co.kr

Press: Sandow Birk



Press and blog articles featuring Sandow Birk's, "American Qur'an"


Los Angeles Times, A New Image for the Qur’an, by Sharon Mizota, August, 30, 2009

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2009/08/a-new-image-for-the-koran.html

“Executed in ink and gouache in an understated, realist style, many of the 16- by- 24-inch works depict everyday sights — urban street life, office workers in their cubicles, a pregnant couple in their front yard. Others represent more historic moments, such as the smoking towers of the World Trade Center or a funeral with a casket draped in a U.S. flag.”

Blogs:
Sandow Birk’s exhibition, The American Qur’an has been featured on numerous blogs.
http://yahyasheikho786.wordpress.com

http://cryptome.org

/http://falldesign002.wordpress.com

http://www.dailytidings.com

http://events.kqed.org

http://themoment.blogs.nytimes.com

Exhibition: Nina Katchadourian


Intelligent Design: Interspecies Art
September 5 – November 28, 2009
“Intelligent Design: Interspecies Art is a group exhibition of twently international artists exploring human interaction with animals through a collection of provocative video installations, photographs, paintings, and sculptures”

www.sweeney.ucr.edu