Posts Tagged ‘Contemporary Art’
An opening reception takes place 5-8:00 pm at the Tayloe Piggott Gallery on Wednesday, April 18th, for Jackson artists Susan Thulin and Suzanne Morlock. The joint exhibition, currently on display, remains up through May 15, 2012. It’s a rewarding acknowledgement of Jackson’s art talent when such sophisticated venues are produced on behalf of local artists. Thulin’s highly textural, rhythmically painted canvases and Morlock’s undulating, tactile weavings are well paired.
Morlock’s show title, Pasalubong, is a Filipino word referring to the the tradition of bringing gifts when one goes to visit another person at their home. The visitor, in turn, returns to their own home bearing gifts they’ve received during their visit. The works depart from Morlock’s large installation pieces, and are more intimate in scale so as to be “enclosed” by the gallery’s space.
Spring. It’s sort of gray, sort of promising, wet, windy, soft—-and Spring suggests we use this time of year for contemplation.
When presented with the image of “Curved Horizon Hogosho with blue and gold” by Japanese artist Kyoko Ibe, I melted like snow in 50 degree weather. And imagined the sun.
Heather James Fine Art currently has Ibe’s artwork, constructed with washi—traditional Japanese paper—on display. A recent show of her works at the gallery’s Palm Desert location was reportedly a great success.
“The ancient Japanese believed divine spirits resided in the paper and Ibe maintains such veneration,” the gallery writes. “The functional role of paper has diminished, the aesthetic role of paper as a spiritual medium is more apparent and has succeeded today in reemerging as an art media. Appropriating old handmade paper and handwritten documents, Ibe recycles them into new forms of washi. The ink of the original sources remains embedded in the fibers of the paper, such that the new paper is uniquely variegated with shades of gray and intrinsically connected to the past.”
Helen Shirk’s Nothing Remains as It Was, is one of the juried works of art in University of Wyoming’s new Visual Arts Building gallery inaugural exhibition, “Metal Inkorporated.” Â The exhibition, currently on display, remains up through March 31. A reception will be held on Friday, March 23, 6-8:00 pm, at the gallery. The show is curated by metalsmithing professor Leah Hardy, who paired 30 artists from around the country. Each artist, says UW’s Art Department website, was given ” a few months to produce [their] half of the work before mailing it to [their] partner.”
“The process creates an informal dialogue between the two artists, initiating a fresh new approach to materials,” Hardy says.
For more information, email Diana Baumbach at dbaumbac@uwyo.edu.
A recent Wall Street Journal article  tells the story of an artful marketing ploy in Aspen, Colorado. The Aspen Art Museum has arranged for a selection of artist Mark Grotjahn’s art work to be printed on ski lift tickets. It’s part of the museum’s initiative to “bring art to unlikely places,” and coincides with Grotjahn’s new show at the museum.
This image of Grotjahn’s ‘Untitled (Green Over Yellow Mask M18.a),’ depicts work similar to what will be printed on the Aspen lift tickets.
Heidi Zuckerman Jacobson, CEO and director at the Aspen Art Museum, is quoted as saying that “there were few guidelines for the project, other than to give the artist the size of the ticket and ask him to include the words “Aspen Snowmass.” The museum began putting art on lift tickets in 2005, featuring work by contemporary artists such as Peter Doig, Karen Kilimnik and Jim Hodges—the latter seeming to wink at the tony ski town by creating a lift ticket in multicolored block letters that read: “Give more than you take.”
Grotjahn, who is represented by the prestigious Gagosian Gallery, gets his art printed on 30,000 lift tickets, skis for free and the Aspen Art Museum gains a brilliant marketing vehicle.
Reading is fundamental, creates discourse, and builds creative energy.
Beginning in February, the Teton County Library, in conjunction with the Wyoming Humanities Council, begins a statewide Reading Wyoming Civil War reading series; the project will circulate to and include other Wyoming communities as well.
On January 2, the program opens for sign ups. Let’s Talk About It: Making Sense of the American Civil War commemorates the 150th anniversary of the Civil War and emancipation. The Wyoming Humanities Council notes: “Max Ludington will lead five conversations, from 6-7 p.m. on Mondays: February 13 and 27, March 12 and 26, and April 9. The series was designed by Ed Ayers from National Public Radio’s History Guys program and will introduce readers to a large cast of characters, explore a range of perspectives, and help participants gain a deeper understanding of America’s Civil War.
For a list of readings, visit www.tclib.org/bookclubs. For more information, contact Teton County Library.
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Friday, January 6, 2012, join the Factory Studios gang as they celebrate Anniversary Numero Uno! Starting early (for those guys!) the party happens 6:30-8:30 pm. Billed as an evening
of art and music, all comers can enjoy exploring the Factory’s maze of studio spaces and meet resident artists. Â There will be music by the Deadlocks, and you can expect to hang with Factory Founder Travis Walker and these cool folks:Â Abbie Miller, Aaron Wallis, Tony Birkholz, Peggy Prugh, Anomaly Farm, Camille Davis, XOWYO, Alissa Davies, Rob Hollis, and John Frechette/Strapped Glass.
Work by Jenny Meyer and resident artists will be on exhibit. And there’s more “Wimbledon-style” ping pong planned. This program might be a bit fluid, so check in with the Factory at www.factorystudios.org/index.html
