11 posts tagged “galleries”
Shows and stuff on the eastern front...
June 13th - Jul 5th: Artspace Member's Group Show @ Wooltex Gallery in Cleveland, Ohio. Gallery hours, 11am-3pm Wednesday - Saturday.
June 20th: Group show @ Artery 717 in Alexandria, VA. Live portrait painting by Emma O'Rourke of the Corcoran College -Auctioned work benefiting Children's Hospital Foundation. Reception 7pm-11pm
June
30th:
"Ladies First" travels to Crybaby
Gallery, Asbury Park, NJ.
Opening Night is Saturday July 12th from 7:30pm onward.
Jul 11- Aug 14th: “Identity Theft: Is Comic Book Art Really ‘Fine’ Art ?” @ The Mill Gallery, Guilford CT. This exhibition will include comic books and graphic novels renowned for their social commentary as well as more familiar examples. I hear Storm Troopers will be on hand opening night. Curator: Chris Uminga Opening Reception: July 11, 5-7 PM
Here's my piece for the comic show...
Well not really much going on here. Just found out I'll have some work in the next edition of Eye Candy From Strangers. It won't be out for a while but it should be a kick ass edition indeedy. Which makes me wonder, what ever happened to the Project Polar book that was supposed to come out, like, forever ago?
I'm being added as a resident artist at Artery 717, and may be having a solo show sometime this fall in Madison WI. More to come on that. In general I'm kinda peeved I can't travel around for a lot of out-of-town shows. I have been dying to get to Art Whino Gallery and was hoping to go to the comic art show coming up in July. Alas, it ain't happening, both fundage and vacation time-wise. I will however, be at the DvA Gallery show on May 31st in Chicago. I don't know who these artists are that can afford to fly all around the country for shows, especially the group ones where they might sell one or two things. After your motel/plane ticket and all that stuff, it kinda cancels out any profit doesn't it? I'm only going to Chicago because I want to get out of town and go to the Weiner's Circle. Love the bright green relish they got, you know.
In other news, finally after many years I got an email list sign-up on my website. I don't know why I didn't do it before, kinda stupid really. So scroll to the bottom and sign-up honey. I promise I won't spam you or send you pictures of my cat doing naughty things -- unless you're into that sort of thing.
Looks like I'll be showing in a lot of places around N. America the next two months. I'm glad I got it together enough to do some pieces specifically for the themed shows -- I've been lazy since October. So here, mark your calendars if you are in any of these cities...
Friday, March 7th
“All Girl Show” @ Anxiety
Gallery in Madison WI. I'll have two mixed media pieces in this one, wish I could go.
Saturday,
March 8th
The 2nd Annual 'Ladies
First' art event in Vancouver, BC. As part of the Indie
Music Video Festival
This show will also be traveling to Chicago, IL in May and Portland,
OR in July and possibly more.
Many hot artist chicks involved in this one. Here's some work you'll find And I'll probably be attending the Chicago event.
Saturday,
April 5th - 26th
"Isn't It Romantic" group show @ Mahan
Gallery, Columbus OH. I'll be attending this with my posse -- watch out!
Saturday,
April 12th
"World Space Party" group show. Space themed art in honor
of Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin.
@ Art Whino Gallery, Alexandria
VA. I'll have a painting I made just for this on display. Wish I could go to this.
Apirl
14th - 20th
"Attack of the B Movie Show" @ Space
Gallery 1141 Polk St (at Sutter) San Francisco. CA.
Curated by The Creep Machine. Opening Reception Friday, April 18th,
8pm - whenever. My "Switchblade Sue" series will be on display. A lot of awesome people involved in this show too, damn I wish I could attend.
You can also find my stuff at Boxheart Gallery in Pittsburgh, Gina's Gallery in Cleveland and well as on display at Velvet Tango Room in Cleveland.
Flickr has been amazing to me; getting to discover all sorts of artists and photographers from around the world and all. Lately I'm really digging Lynne Lamb and her photo set, she has been doing sketches on old atlas pages. It looks really neat. She calls it her "doodle book", sweet.
Also tomorrow if you are in Cleveland, be sure to check out a print show curated by Heather Young at Arts Collinwood. Gig artist Jon Hicks will be showing along with the cats from Little Jacket. I would go, but I already made plans for my lost weekend to start promptly at 6pm and to stay on the west side of town for my own safety -- and the safety of others.
Cordeleia of Kronin (1440 - 1504)
A carnival
performer since childhood, she was raised in a nomadic tribe known as
Brothers of the Serpent -- infamous for gambling, grave robbing, and
juggling. It was during her acrobatic horse riding at a festival that
she caught the eye of a wealthy architect and was sold to him by her
uncles. She had a small career as a courtesan to wealthy, but
politically unimportant men. While drunk on ginger ale at a ball, she
began to strip her clothes, and perform her acrobatic routine for the
guests. She was an overnight success; invited to perform in most
affluent homes of the day. She was no longer dependant on wealthy
partners, but became trapped into supporting relatives who squandered
her fortune. When her youth faded, she went back to her horse routine
performing for carnivals.
11x14" oil on canvas. She'll be for sale at Anxiety Gallery in Madison, WI for the "Tattoo Show" with a book signing by Mitch O'Connell.
Well I must have a had fun, because my memory is really foggy. I'm just trying to remember what I was supposed to do with all these business cards. Eh. It'll come back to me.
My brother drove up all the way from N. Carolina! As well as several friends who drove a long ass time to make it out, very nice. And although I had to compete with a baseball game, we were lucky to have a huge TV in the gallery lobby to appease the art-sports fans. My invite should have said "we got the game!" but no matter, we'll be having a closing reception Friday the 2nd for your viewing pleasure if you missed last night. This time I think I'll lay off the champagne -- that stuff is like yummy boozey soda pop to me.
It was funny, at first I wasn't sure I would do full on biographies for my portraits. I like it when people can make up their own stories as it would seem more fun and less confining, right? Well the bios were the biggest hit. People kept grabbing copies and were running around trying to match up which was related to which, they held on to them a keepsakes and all wondered where the heck I came up with this crap? A few people told me it made the exhibit more fun and involved. Neat!
Here's some photos I took with my crappy camera at the beginning of the night, more on the way from other photographers that came...
as far as I know at this point, my next Cleveland exhibit will be on view during this years Bazaar Bizarre. But if you are in Dallas or Atlanta later this month, I'll have a few things going on. Check the site for details.
No $1 Monday this week either as I'll be off house sitting starting today In the meantime, I have finally completed the portraits for my solo show in October. Actually I would have done more, but I needed a break and thought I had done plenty as this point.
You can preview the all works on my website www.ArabellaProffer.com
From the Free Times Fall Arts Guide:
"Counterculture
meets the monarchy at Asterisk Gallery. Artist Arabella Proffer has
created a fictional National Portrait Gallery. High-collared
aristocrats sport thickly streaked hair and face piercings. Mohawks and
tattoos top elegantly pearled necklines. Intended to resemble late
medieval and Renaissance portraits, Proffer's body of work suggests a
traditional lineage for contemporary forms of self-expression."
And if you are in the Cleveland area, be sure to check out the Mark Mothersbaugh show that is up at Asterisk gallery as well as the group show going on at Front Room Gallery. Both are awesome! I was quite impressed really.
I can't believe it, I'm actually done with the works for my solo show in October! I didn't get to do as many as I would have liked, but what can you do. Here's my final boy for the show...
Now I have to start working on my painting of Vampira for the Halloween show at Pawn Gallery in Dallas.
I think for now it is time to relax. Tomorrow if you are in the Cleveland area, you should check out the Mark Mothersbaugh show @ Asterisk Gallery
"During his downtime on early worldwide tours with DEVO, Mark Mothersbaugh began illustrating on postcards to send to his friends and family, which he still creates, and has been creating every day for over 30 years. It's an obsessive habit/hobby which still yields anywhere from one to a couple dozen new postcard-sized images per day.
The cards were originally created as his personal diaries, and were never intended for public viewing. That all changed when Mark decided to share his postcard works in his critically acclaimed solo shows during the 1980's & 1990's. Since then, he launched his worldwide Homefront Invasion! tour in '03, and the Visual Art of Mark Mothersbaugh tour starting in '05.
Mark has archived nearly all the original postcard-sized works, filed neatly in spiral-bound folders at his home in Hollywood, CA. It is an astonishingly obsessive collection of private thoughts featuring Mark’s plethora of provoking & unusual imagery."
I've also become aware of a new street art/graffiti gallery here in Cleveland that will be having its first show at the end of the month Artchitecture Gallery is the name, here's a MySpace too.
In any case, I'll be off to the wonderful Amish countryside of Ohio next week. We couldn't afford Europe, or Canada, so this was the best we could do really. Swiss Ohio here I come! This was also an excuse to go to the car museum in Canton so we can take a picture of my husband in front of Johnny Carson's DeLorean that he was caught drunk driving in...it is for a photo contest if you must know.
I really wanted to stay at this place as I heard they have kickass cabins with jaccuzzi tubs in them, and a petting zoo. But, the phone was disconnected! I just wanted to take photos of the underground animal displays and see this thing...
But instead we settled for a taxidermy free Inn...
Between cheese, farm animals and more cheese, I'll be set. Not to mention the world's largest cuckoo clock is near by...
Someone told me Cleveland was a good place for an artist to hide. Well, must be true because only recently have I discovered many that were being hermits, or just showing in galleries outside of Cleveland. I should have figured there were more than I thought initially; Cleveland is where American Greetings is based, many illustrators and painters work there getting their soul destroyed before heading home to work on their "real" projects. And we do have the Cleveland Institute of Art -- Dana Schutz did her undergrad work there, a fact they like to pimp.
Sure I have my issues with this city, but honestly, no more than I did with Laguna Beach, Los Angeles, Boston or Ann Arbor. The difference is that in Cleveland my wallet isn't being raped and my credit cards aren't racking up debt just trying to pay for car insurance. I also don't have to deal with people who are on a mission to be a "star" constantly or out to see how I might be useful to them. As I wrote before, Cleveland is trying more to cater to the young and creative class, so you can get a sweet loft or just a cheap apartment for little money. And if you want to step it up a bit, you can get a luxury condo for less than the price of a shack in the Bay Area. See, it isn't all American Splendor here, although that side of Cleveland is well and alive.
And yes, Cleveland does have galleries and a small art scene. I think the problem of why more hasn't been written about it is just the fact the galleries don't try hard enough to be known on a national level. Heck, some don't even have websites, or if they do, they are not updated or functional with proper meta tags etc. This can be said for many artists too. Here's a great read on that subject alone.
Where to start? The area of Tremont you'll find everything from underground contemporary stuff to the "does this match my couch?" and Thomas Kinkade-esque fare. It's also where many bars and restaurants are located. This is the "hip" area I guess, as I'd compare it a bit to the Silverlake neighborhood of L.A. except with nicer restaurants. But don't worry, you're just as likely to get your car stolen and torched here as you are in Echo Park if you are one of those people who like to "keep it real" in your urban experiences. I think my two favorite galleries in Tremont are Brandt Gallery and Asterisk Gallery. But there are many I haven't been to yet like Raw & Co.
There's also a new space that just opened in the Tower Press Building called the Wooltex Gallery. I don't have a shot of the inside, but it is really nice believe me. Another newer one in downtown that the space is really nice is William Busta's Gallery. He has no website it seems though, so I can't show it to you. The work of Timothy Callaghan was the opening show in the new space.
I like his stuff.Front Room Gallery is another that is doing some interesting things in both 2D and installation shows; the space is on the 3rd floor of a warehouse, but once inside it is quite nice with great lighting. Level Three is another new gallery that features painting as well as ceramics; another very cool space with fun parties. Zygote Press is where you wanna get you print fix on and has a loyal following it seems. Shaheen Fine Art has been a mainstay, they feature contemporary works as well as a few blue chip artists in their inventory. A newer gallery that just opened with a focus on Street Art, it is called Artchitecture Gallery
On to the Detroit Shoreway neighborhood, a neighborhood in "transition" so I'd avoid going there late at night. My husband refuses outright to set foot there, but I try to make the best of it as there are some nice shops and things sprouting up. The Cleveland Public Theater is the anchor of the area, and very fun theater and pretty too. There is the Parish Hall right next door, they have an art gallery as well as a tiny chapel where bands play. The inside is pretty sweet with chandeliers and icons everywhere. Though I'm now told it will cease having bands in October, I'm hoping whoever takes it over ( I think it might be Cleveland Public Theater) will do something fun with the two buildings.
M% Gallery just moved to this area too. I still mourn the closing of 1300 Gallery, but I know a new gallery has taken over in its place, Tregoning and Co. , it shows blue chip established artists and has a frame shop too.
And if crafts and DIY is your thing, there's plenty of that here too; we have a wonderful chapter of Stitch N Bitch, and in fact check out the newly opened www.StitchCleveland.com
Of course we have a Museum of Contemporary Art, the Cleveland Museum of Art, various non-profit spaces and the like. There's just too many for me to list and frankly some of them I'm not too crazy about anyways. So, I thought I'd leave you with a list of some Cleveland based artists to sift through:
www.timothycallaghan.com
www.amycaseypainting.com
Chris Ryniak
Melissa Forman
www.thomasfrontini.com
Bridget Ginley
Scott Radke
Jorge Lacera
Julie Langsam
Thu Tran
Joe Ayala
Susan Danko
Derek Hess
Boy you wouldn't believe how many others I wanted to list that don't have a website or even have a web presence at all. Eh, oh well. And, if you want to learn more about the food and drink aspects of my adopted city, check out this coming season of Anthony Bourdain's "No Reservations" on the Travel Channel. Look, here Anthony meets Harvey Pekar!
Well my hand has healing quite nicely, and everyone said I should go to a doctor -- ha! What do they know? Its called Neosporin people! Neosporin is my cure to pretty much anything in fact. The good news is that there appears to be no glass stuck inside my hand. I'd notice by now, right? Whatever I'm almost done with a painting so it's all fine and dandy.
Saturday I spent over sort of studio sitting for the Artspace Trolley Hop. I was over at the 1400 Building on 33rd Street, I had never known it to be an artists loft building, but dang if the spaces weren't HUGE. As much as people bitch about areas of downtown Cleveland, which of course have their problems, it is never as bad as L.A. was (I had my share of being chased, getting pee'd on, walking in pee, seeing people jerk off in public, avoiding drug dealers, being followed, spraying people with mace and overall stress of just working down there). To all you artists out there in high priced cities who want a huge space for little money, check it:
I've done the whole urban city living thing, I'm past that now, but if I were still into it I would be there in a second.
Now if Cleveland could stop giving away money to inept non-profits hucksters, and fucking up things like losing the CMJ Festival, we'd be doing pretty good I think.
