Jaimie Warren, "The Whoas of Female Tragedy II" opens January 10th

Self-Portrait as Kali Conner, digital C-print, 2012 JAIMIE WARREN The Whoas of Female Tragedy II January 10 - February 9, 2013 OPENING January 10, 6-9PM The Hole is proud to announce a new solo exhibition by Kansas City-based artist Jaimie Warren. In photographs that explore different female stereotypes from both art history and celebrity culture, distorted through the internet’s bizarre juxtapositions, disposable imagery and memes, this new body of work features the artist and her friends in roles as diverse as Zsa Zsa Gabor, Easy E, The Virgin Mary, Lana Del Rey or Picasso’s Les Demoiselles d’Avignon. Like a digital age, Midwestern Cindy Sherman, Warren camouflages herself in handmade costumes, sets and extensive makeup to impersonate internet-distorted celebrities, including a section of “food-lebrities” which you can perhaps imagine (“Lasagna Del Rey”). Unlike self-portrait artist Nikki Lee who aims to “pass” in various subcultures, Warren with her Rubenesque body, big blonde hair and rosy cheeks never quite fits in anywhere, perhaps best as her idol Roseanne Barr. The juxtaposition of her non-celebrity appearance with the sculpted and contrived publicity shots of Lil' Kim or Madonna bring the unreachably idealized form back to its much funner corporeal reality. The everyday disruptions of reality or offences to taste, perhaps, put her in some relationship to Wegee or Martin Parr, while her work overall defies specific reference to the history of photography, as perhaps she has more in common with the history of camp and the films of John Waters. The works feel as they came out of a young lady in the Midwest with a vivid imagination who had to make her own fun with her friends, and she has indeed collaborated with long time friends and fellow Kansas City artists Cody Critcheloe (SSION) and fashion designer Peggy Noland. Warren writes: “The self-portraits have always been a way of entertaining myself, as I live in a smaller city, and I have been taking them long before any one noticed let alone requested more. This is also why I co-created Whoop Dee Doo [a faux public access television show for children] as we are always creating our own projects and entertainment, essentially out of necessity” In this exhibition there are three different series of new works: one where Warren is re-creating found Photoshopped paintings from art history; the second body of work takes on found Photoshopped images that mix celebrities with food; while the last is from totallylookslike.com where people pair images of celebrities with objects, animals, food, other celebrities, etc. to show how they humorously look alike.  Warren puts in an enormous amount of handmade energy to recreate these Photoshop Frankensteins without the use of Photoshop, and all works in the show are unadulterated photographic prints.  Part of the insanity is to figure out why. Warren is interested in the anonymous nature of “bored at work” Photoshoppers especially in the art history series where venerated works of art history are ridiculously and abjectly altered in the most curious ways. Many sites feature famous paintings that are “pimped out” by adding Versace clothes and glittery phones or even racy lingerie to paintings of nudes. The ersatz humour of the internet and the slightly creepy concoctions of the public when bored with the barrage of celebrity images all fit well into her vaudevillian, Roseanne Barr-ean sense of humour that pervades all her art and performances. Jaimie Warren (b. 1980 Kansas City) is a photographer, performance artist and curator known for her theatrical, humorous self-portraits set in various scenarios and locations, whether constructed or real.   Her first solo exhibition was at Higher Pictures in NYC in 2009 and was reviewed in Artforum and many other well-known publications.  Warren’s first monograph was published by Aperture in 2008. Her work was debuted on tinyvices.com by curator Tim Barber who has also included her work in many group shows. She has participated in group exhibitions at Max Wigram in London, The MACRO Museum in Rome, Colette in Paris, Deitch Projects, NYC and many more. She and Matt Roche are co-directors of Whoop Dee Doo, a faux public access television show for kids. This exhibition is variation of The WHOAS of Female Tragedy presented at the Miami Dade College Museum of Art and Design this past fall. Warren collaborated with artist Lee Heinemann who created custom costumes and props. The Hole is open Tuesday through Saturday, 12 – 7PM For available works please contact kathy@theholenyc.com

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Exhibition Opening | Joe Sorren "The Great Cantaloupe Day"

Joe Sorren: The Great Cantaloupe Day "...it's like hanging out with the most magnificent creatures, sometimes small, sometimes big, sometimes mean, always fleeting." ~ Joe Sorren about his paintings  Exhibition dates: February 24 through March 31, 2013 Opening reception for the artist: February 24, 2013, 6 - 9pm AFA of SoHo presents a collection of new paintings and sculpture by Joe Sorren, accompanied by a retrospective of more than 30 graphics, plus three new releases. This exhibition marks the beginning of AFA's exclusive representation of Mr. Sorren's artwork in New York, New Orleans and France.  The Overture and Into the Light, Lost    Mr. Sorren's fluid and expressive brush strokes convey deep care. His compositions are soft and soothing, and invite the viewer to explore deeply emotional subjects within hazy and dreamlike landscapes.     Mr. Sorren allows his artworks to evolve naturally and subconsciously. During the months and sometimes years that it takes for a painting to manifest, as new layers of paint are added, a figure may develop into a hill in a landscape, or perhaps a tree morphs into into a creature.     Current developments in Mr. Sorren's painting style evince a new manner of gravitas not seen in his  earlier compositions. Recent works are more abstract, using less contrasting forms with a lighter palette. They play with a more shallow depth-of-field, highlighting the tender faces and gestures of his signature figures.    Joe Sorren was born in 1970 in Chicago, IL. He was raised in Arizona and spent his childhood drawing on anything and everything that didn't move. After he earned a BFA from Northern Arizona University in 1993, he worked as the creative director for Transworld Snowboarding Magazine while raising his two children Martha Elaine and Henry Vincent. His first solo exhibition took place shortly afterwards in 1995 in Los Angeles. For the past 15 years since, he has shown his artwork in solo  exhibitions in galleries and museums in the United States and abroad. His artwork has appeared in publications such as The New Yorker, TIME and Rolling Stone, in addition to numerous cover stories in art publications, such as Juxtapoz. He has been awarded several coveted accolades, including a gold medal from the Society of Illustrators in New York, and a silver medal from the Society of Illustrators in Los Angeles. His first museum retrospective was held in Santa Ana in 2010, and his most recent book, Joe Sorren: Painting + Sculpture (2004-2010), was released in conjunction with that same exhibition. Currently working from his studio in New York City, Joe relies on a skateboard to get around town and has a serious love for telling duck jokes.    IMAGE The Great Cantaloupe Day © Joe Sorren  Original: 30" x 30" acrylic on canvas  New Graphic: Signed, 24 x 24" paper size, 20 x 20" print size.  Edition of 100 + 10 Artist Proofs   AFA 54 Greene Street, NY NY 10013 Hours: Monday - Saturday, 10am - 7pm / Sundays 11am - 6pm RSVP / Phone: 212.226.7374 More information:  Samantha Levin / 212.226.7374

It’s LIQUID International Contest | Second Edition 2012

It’s LIQUID International Contest | Second Edition 2012

 

Submission Deadline: January 23, 2013
Winners Release: February 28, 2013

 

Official website: www.itsliquid.com/contest 

 

The contest is open to artists, architects and designers from all over the world without any limit of age and nationality. Solo artists, architects and designers can participate to the contest as well as groups.

 

Submission instructions

 

- Painting, illustration, photography and computer graphics categories:only high resolution 300 dpi digital images are admitted, 1 picture for each submitted artwork. All the presented artworks can be accomplished with total stylistic and technical freedom, on every support and with any dimension.
- Installation, sculpture and product design categories:only high resolution 300 dpi digital images are admitted, with a maximum of 3 pictures for each submitted artwork. All the presented artworks can be accomplished with total stylistic and technical freedom, on every support and with any dimension.
- Fashion design category:only high resolution 300 dpi digital images are admitted, with a maximum of 3 pictures for each submitted work. Clothing or accessorizes can be presented by photos or sketch.
- Architecture category:
can be presented innovative project regarding bio-architecture, Smart Cities, eco-neighborhoods, Self-sufficient buildings, Intelligent homes and eco-sustainability. Interior, residential, commercial and urban project are admitted. Each project should be presented on a maximum of n.3 A3 panels in JPEG or PDF format, containing plans, sections, elevations, renders and text description.
- Video-art and performing art categories:videos in any digital format, PAL or NTSC, whose total length will not have to exceed 15 minutes (opening titles and closing credits admitted) and 3 still images for each submitted video.

 

It’s LIQUID Group, in collaboration with International ArtExpo, offers to artists, architects and designers from all over the world the possibility to participate with their works to It’s LIQUID International Contest | Second Edition 2012, with a free theme and divided into ten categories: 

 

.painting
.sculpture and installation
.photography
.video-art
.computer graphics
.architecture
.performing art
.product design
.fashion design
.illustration

 

The contest is born aiming at promoting contemporary art, photography, architecture and design through all the divulgating tools that the communication platform It’s LIQUID has used for years (press release, mailing list with more than 80,000 subscribers, international contemporary art and design events realization). 

 

AwardsIt’s LIQUID International Contest promotes contemporary art, photography, architecture and design all over the world. Artists have the chance to win €50,000 in prizes, chosen both by public vote and professional jurors. And, among others, there are the chances to win a Solo Exhibition in Venice and a Solo Exhibition in Istanbul, leader cities for contemporary art.

 

- 1 Solo Exhibition in Venice
- 1 Solo Exhibition in Istanbul
- 1 exclusive art residence in Venice (public vote award)
- 1 exclusive art residence in Rome
- 2 exclusive art residences in Istanbul
- 3 exclusive art residences in Turin (Italy)
- 1 year of participation in International Art Festivals organized by International ArtExpo
- 1 year of interviews, publications and specials on the It’s LIQUID Group (more than 80.000 subscribers)

 

Winners will be selected by public vote (which will award the Venice Art Residence, and will start on January 07, 2013) and by professional jurors’vote (which will award one Solo Exhibition in Venice, one Solo Exhibition in Istanbul, Art Residences in Rome, Istanbul and Turin, 1 year of participation in International ArtExpo’s festivals, 1 year of It’s LIQUID Platform services).

 

Official website: www.itsliquid.com/contest 

 

It's LIQUID Groupinfo@itsliquid.com
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Homing: An installation and Art Exhibit

"Homing:  An installation and Art Exhibit"  

Featuring work by Todd Laby with Audrey Heller and Pamela Merory Dernham

StoreFrontLab, 337 Shotwell Street, San Francisco. www.storefrontlab.org

February 7^th-February 23^rd, 2013

Opening Reception, February 7^th 7PM-9PM, Closing reception, February 23^rd, 7PM-9PM. Exhibit hours: Wed 11:30-1:30 and Thurs.-Sat. 3-7.

Visual artists Todd Laby, Audrey Heller and Pamela Merory Dernham come together to wade through the messiness of how we set our bearings when our notions of origin and destination are in reality mere approximations.  Through sculpture and installation the artists explore unsettled notions of returning to origin, memory as approximation, positioning and finding one’s bearings.

Laby’s installation “Migrating Houses” asks what happens when the ideal of home is uprooted.  He has sculpted a herd of wooden houses, lifted skyward on spindly legs, teetering on a steel ground that no longer offers a way for them to plant their foundations. These delicate, vulnerable forms evoke fascination and empathy, as they seem pulled between collapse and lift off.  Over several weeks, the houses will journey through the StoreFrontLab.  Are they seeking a permanent location?  Are they leaving behind an environment that no longer sustains them? Laby's "Migrating Houses" provokes the viewer to consider our ideal of home, whether it be dwelling, town or country. Do we inhabit the world of this uprooted herd?

Pamela Merory Dernham's passion as an artist is for the depiction of human interaction:  the intertwining of feeling, thought, and experience, expressed by gesture and attitude, that tie us together.  She finds the root of this in our need to rely on each other in order to survive. One of the conflicts of this need is over who is at home where.   How implacable is this concept or how accepting of variability is it?  How influential is our fundamental relationship to each other as human beings?  What influences the answers to these questions?  The history of humankind is full of various resolutions.  This issue is personal for Dernham because half of her mother's family became considered alien in their home and was slaughtered.  How were the survivors to find a home?  Was it possible to find a home?  Dernham's steel wire figures are a metaphor for her rebuilding of her family, her relations, and the connections that she lost.  As Dernham's figures bear witness to the migration of the houses possible answers to these many questions resonate between them.

Laby and Audrey Heller’s collaboration “Moving Boxes” invites the viewer to peer into an array of boxes, representing the objects and emotions that we pack and bring with us from place to place. Each interior holds a tiny scene, a diorama of memorabilia, images of home, daily life and things of the past, or representations of feelings and dreams. The scenes evoke memory, and nostalgia, as well as joy and a sense of connection.   The viewer may find their own memory stimulated by universal images, or question the nature and reliability of memory itself, and the way that our sense of self is tied to our objects.

For more information Please contact: Todd Laby at toddlaby@me.com

Artist Websites:

www.toddlaby.com,  www.audreyheller.com,  www.pmdernham.com

Upcoming Exhibitions at The Whitney

MUSEUM HOURS UPDATE Due to the ongoing impact of Hurricane Sandy, the Whitney is changing its hours for Friday, November 2, to 11 am–6 pm. Pay-what-you-wish hours will not be in effect, but will resume on Friday, November 9. Read on for a list of exhibitions on view. Eleanor Antin: Conversations with Stalin and the Wade Guyton OS stroller tour scheduled for tomorrow, November 2, have also both been canceled. See the online calendar for an up-to-date listing of events and programs. Please note that the Whitney's phones remain inactive, and the Museum's administrative offices are closed. We hope to see you at the Whitney! Exhibitions Wade Guyton OS "The Whitney Museum has a hit on its hands: a beautiful show organized by a young curator that makes a cogent case for the work of a young artist."—The New York Times Through January 13, 2013 Over the past decade, New York–based artist Wade Guyton has pioneered a groundbreaking body of work that explores our changing relationships to images and artworks through the use of common digital technologies, such as the desktop computer, scanner, and inkjet printer. Guyton’s purposeful misuse of these tools to make paintings and drawings results in beautiful accidents that relate to the ways in which we haltingly navigate the visual and technological barrage of our time. Richard Artschwager! "The last great minimalist"—New York Magazine Through February 3, 2013 Richard Artschwager had his first solo exhibition at the age of forty-two, in 1965 at Leo Castelli Gallery. Since then his art has been shown throughout the world, and his enigmatic and diverse work has been influential, yet not thoroughly understood. This exhibition is a comprehensive review of Artschwager’s remarkable creative exploration of the mediums of sculpture, painting, and drawing, and is the first retrospective exhibition of Artschwager’s work since the one organized by the Whitney in 1988. . . . as apple pie On continuous view Images, like words, can trigger a cultural or emotional response to a shared national ethos. Artists have employed images—sometimes straightforwardly, often obliquely—in order to comment on a country, its people, its political or social goals, and its self-image. This exhibition explores this phenomenon through a rotating installation, drawn from the Whitney’s collection, of works on paper by a diverse group of artists including Robert Bechtle, Enrique Chagoya, Howard Cook, William N. Copley, Edward Hopper, Willard Midgette, Joseph Pennell, Benton Spruance, and Stow Wengenroth. IMAGE CREDITS Wade Guyton (b. 1973), Untitled, 2006. Epson UltraChrome inkjet on linen, 89 × 54 in. (226.1 × 137.2 cm). Private collection. © Wade Guyton. Photograph by Lamay Photo Richard Artschwager (b. 1923), Logus (Blue Logus), 1967. Formica on wood, 35 × 45 1/2 × 48 in. (88.9 × 115.6 × 121.9 cm). Museum Ludwig, Cologne/Peter und Irene Ludwig Stiftung. © Richard Artschwager Stow Wengenroth (1907–1978), Bird of Freedom, 1942. Lithograph, 21 9/16 × 15 1/16 in. (54.8 × 38.3 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, purchase  42.13. Digital image © Whitney Museum of American Art Whitney Museum of American Art        whitney.org

*DEADLINE NOVEMBER 15th* Call to Artists - Sanibel-Captiva Arts & Crafts Fair

Rotary Club of Sanibel-Captiva
presents:

Sanibel-Captiva Arts & Crafts Fair

Call to Artists

WHAT: Fine Art and Fine Craft Fair

WHERE: Sanibel Island, Florida

 

WHEN: February 16th-17th, 2013 (President's Day weekend)

           Saturday, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.; Sunday 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.

NOTEWORTHY: 

*29th Year; highly established in the community; long history of excellent sales 

*On beautiful Sanibel Island, second home to the nation's most affluent art lovers 

*10,000 expected visitors in 2013 

*Limited to 105 carefully juried fine artists and crafters 

*Modest Jury/Booth Fees ($35/$275) 

*Cash Awards 

*Unparalleled Artist Amenities

This highly regarded festival offers artists the opportunity to present their fine art and fine craft in an idyllic setting during the busiest time of the winter season.  Sanibel-Captiva Islands rank among the nation's top destinations for upper-income visitors and seasonal residents.  Quality of the work exhibited attracts knowledgeable art lovers and buyers.  This festival has all the characteristics for success: location, venue, audience and ambiance equal to the top-ranked outdoor shows nationwide! 

NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS:  

 

Deadline November 15, 2012 

 

For more details, artist's prospectus, entry form and festival layout map, visit: 

www.sanibelartfair.com    

Email inquiries to: 

applications@sanibelartfair.com 

You may also contact: 

Tony Gropp 

239-910-2791 

 

For additional information about the Rotary Club of Sanibel-Captiva: 

www.sanibelrotary.org 

Call to Artists - 2013 Uptown Art Expo

  2013 Uptown Art Expo  
Call to Artists

WHAT:  Fine Art and Fine Craft Festival

WHERE: Cranes Roost Park, Uptown Altamonte, Altamonte Springs, FL

WHEN: Saturday and Sunday
           February 16-17, 2013
           Show hours: Saturday, 11 a.m. - 6 p.m.; Sunday, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
           Setup: Friday evening

NOTEWORTHY:

*Limited to 130 carefully juried artists from across the USA

*Over $8,850 in cash awards

*Drive up load-in and load-out at; free adjacent parking

*Highest household buying income in the region

*Major advertising and promotion: newspaper, radio, social media

*World-class entertainment/high public attendance

*Children's and family activities

*Abundant, affordable accommodations and restaurants

The streets along beautiful and upscale Cranes Roost Park at Uptown Altamonte will come alive with artisans showcasing their talents, color and music.

Join us for the 2nd annual Uptown Art Expo along Cranes Roost Boulevard in Altamonte Springs, Florida.

The FREE ADMISSION Art & Music festival will feature 130 artist displays of jewelry, glass, fine crafts, mosaics, paintings, photography, pottery and sculpture available for purchase.

The juried art & chalk art displays will be judged for $8,850 in cash prizes & ribbons.The festival will also include children's activities, street chalk painting, festival foods, music & street performers.

  

NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS: 

Applications available at: www.zapplication.org

Deadline: 
January 24, 2013

For more details and artist's prospectus, visit:
http://www.uptownartexpo.com

You may also contact:

Jim Barton, Festival Director
407-592-0002
  
Email inquiries to:
info@uptownartexpo.com