33 posts tagged “pop surrealism”
Just another quick update of various exhibitions and shindigs going on...
Saturday, July 11th: 7:00pm - 10:00pm Knitgrrl Studio / Arabella Proffer Studio @ The Screw Factory 13000 Athens Ave. 2nd floor, suite C288 Lakewood, OH 44107 Phone (216) 712-POOP Come out to our official launch party for my new space with Shannon Okey. What's the space all about? I needed a painting studio without cat hair and the distractions of watching daytime court TV. Shannon needed a new space to teach felting, spinning, dyeing and messy stuff. We're both going to be selling things, and you’ll be able to see the stuff I’m working on for my upcoming show in the D.C. area. In short, it's going to be fun with drinks and all, so come check it out.
Friday, August 7th: William Rupnik Gallery in Cleveland presents an exhibition that will be a one-night only event "Oh, That Is Sooooo Last Year". This will be an amazing group show with Derek Hess, Chris Ryniak, Tes One, BASK, Mallorie Freeman and Andrea Heimer and more. There will be a reception at the gallery 7-10 PM.
Saturday,
August 15th:
"Innocence and Arrogance" a dual solo show with painter
Brandi Read @ Art Whino Gallery in National
Harbor MD. I'm doing more surreal work for this show, but be sure to
expect from both of us plenty of punks, goths, muses, models and royalty.
Opening Reception 6pm - midnight with special guests DJ Rick Taylor
(We Fought The Big One) and DJ Sequential (Screen Vinyl Image)
Friday, August 28th: "The Tattoon Show" a group show about tattoos and cartoons @ Eclectix Gallery, El Cerrito CA.
September
15 - Oct. 10th: "Splendor & Safety Pins" a
solo show @ Box Heart Gallery
in Pittsburgh PA.
Opening Reception on Saturday, September 19th from 6-9pm
As always, more info and updates can be found at www.arabellaproffer.com
18x24 inches, oil on panel. Kinda hard to photograph stuff that is larger and have it be "exactly" as you see in real life, but this is close enough I think...
again, the compression on blogs sucks, so click for better views.
This weekend is your last chance to catch "Poise, Posture and Profanity" and it will also be the last time I show in the Cleveland area for quite a long time. Never fear, City Artists at Work is taking place this Saturday and Sunday with extended gallery and studio hours.
Saturday May 16th, 11AM - 6PM
Sunday May 17th, 12PM - 5PM
I will be hanging around William Rupnik Gallery (formerly Artchitecture) in the late afternoon Saturday, so come say howdy! Lots of my artist friends will be showing work at their studios and such throughout midtown; you can find a full list of artists and buildings open to the public at www.CityArtistsatWork.org
Hello My Name Is Art was nice enough to do this little plug for "Poise, Posture and Profanity" opening this Friday. He "gets" me, which is nice. Below are some partial shots I took of us laying out the show. Should be fun, and I think a couple pieces may have sold already....
In the meantime I just finished a few commissioned 5x7s. I'm really nervous because it is of someone I know, and they don't know a mutual friend put me up to it as a surprise present. Doing work of real people is way harder for me than doing work of actual living people -- way stressful.
Art Core presents "Forgotten Saints" a group show Saints that never were but should have been.
@ The Congregation of the Forgotten Saints 7569 Melrose Ave. Los Angeles Ca. 90046
Attendees at February 13ths black carpet opening reception can expect
the same over the top extravagance and attention to detail seen at the
Metal show reception. "Saints" will be set amongst a backdrop fitting
to the theme. Installations will include themed murals, a new archway
welcoming the participants into the world of "Preachers and fools", an
altar (set with hand carved statues, candles and flowers), an
interactive "Confessional" and special "Holy water" to quench your
thirst after an evening spent confessing your sins to a truly unique
group of unholy martyrs.
Art Core's last event at The Congregation
of Forgotten Saints saw over 900 art fans cross its threshold, so
showing up early is recommended. There will be plenty of street parking after 8pm. Make sure you wear your Sunday best, all attendees will be photographed on the Black Carpet upon arrival
The Bay Area News was nice enough to run this about the show at Eclectix Gallery. Pretty cool since that gal done got herself sold on opening night. The past two weeks I have sold a butt load of work, not that I'm trying to be all braggy, but in this climate it makes me wonder what's up? I'm actually going to admit right now that I'm running out of paintings to give galleries, it is truly weird. Obama-mania perhaps? I suppose art is better and lasts longer than a Range Rover if you are the splurging type. But after talking with several people we have found that the art market in the traditional sense is doing badly, (Frank Stella, Julian Schnabel and Picasso, that kind of work) but that this whole "Pop Surrealism" and "Low Brow" movement has been steady, especially considering the prices are not as inflated. But even that doesn't matter at times; look at what Mark Ryden and James Jean have sold for recently and you'll see what I mean. These are strange times, so for the moment I am putting my art sale money back into making art and furthering my graphic design education in case I have to go back to working like a normal person. Okay, I did buy a Michael Kors leopard print dress, but it was $90, how do you NOT buy that?
I finally finished my Saint for the Forgotten Saints show in L.A. next month, she is Saint Lorelei the Patron Saint of High-End Haircare Products...
At a young age Lorelei was apprenticed to a
hairdresser to learn her craft rather than marry. She became known for
her prayer, charity and humility. Her documented miracles are many; she
had once chased the devil out of a possessed salon, and created both
anti-frizz creme and volumizing hair mousse after God had spoken to
her. Since her mysterious death from a chipmunk bite in 1785, she has
appeared in visions and given inspiration to many, including Vidal
Sassoon, Paul Mitchell, and Frederic Fekkai. To keep a picture of St.
Lorelei reminds one never to be tempted by evil, and purchase Suave or
Herbal Essences products.
Other than that I am doing a whole mess of miniatures and work for my show in April at Artchitecture Gallery. But I can't show you yet, it is a surprise.
For almost a year I had this painting marked as "sold", mainly because the gallery told me they sold it. Makes sense right?
What they meant to say, and that I have discovered this afternoon, was in fact this piece with a similar name had sold. So, you know, anyone who had in the past inquired about the purple haired Alexia de Luc can now know she is back on the market if they want to snag her.
