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May Artists 2008
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Jose Chapa |
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Jose Chapa tells unique stories
through his series titled “Cuentos”. He uses
iconography, symbols, texture and text arranged in
different configurations to express an idea or
concept. In addition, Jose employs various metal
techniques, such as the aging of metal(patina) and
metal embossing on various surfaces. He is also
deeply influenced by nature and organic forms and is
inspired by the constant struggle between nature and
industr
This work as a whole grid represents concepts
presented by society. Individually, the work
connects with the viewer on a personal level. For
example, the use of Iconography can be used both as
a representation of specific labels placed upon a
society as well as communicate distinctive ideas
about the individual.
It can be a comment on product, style, display and
merchandising as it relates to the consumer. It is
also a personal journey of expression.
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Copper
and aluminum on wood panels |
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Copper
and aluminum on wood panels,
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Joan Grona Gallery -
Works by Kimberly
Aubuchon |
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Cloud
Swinger, 2008, Felt and yarn |
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Behind
Every Wal-Mart, 2008, Digital print
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Diane Mazur |
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My
work consists of a dialogue between figure, fantasy
and abstraction. The narrative quality of my earlier
work evolves into a narrative / conceptual dialogue
as I become more and more involved in seeing the
works any of four ways, each view lending its own
visual suggestions for personal interpretation by
each spectator.
My influence come from Expressionism and Outsider
art, as well as Surrealism, in terms of process, and
Cubism which lends formal considerations of mass,
space and time concepts. These ideas serve as a
foundation for expansion and renewal in the 4-way
works.
The more that the spectator brings to or sees in my
work, the more complete that work becomes. I feel
there are analogous systems of structure - physical,
metaphysical, alchemical and mystical, sociological,
philosophical and psychological. I wish for my art
to visually tickle the spectators imagination and
tap that source of interpretation for many people in
many fields of knowledge.
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"4-Way
Black", acrylic, enamel and roplex on canvas. |
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"Paradise Lost", Wood Constrution, mixed media. |
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"Mandala
#2" , Kinetic Wood Piece, acrylic & enamel paint,
wood.
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Gallery Nord |
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Brad Braune |
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Brad Braune is also a nationally
and internationally known artist who is primarily a
post-modern western painter but will exhibit his
Italian landscape paintings at Gallery Nord.
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Sylvia Benitez |
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Sylvia Benitez is a nationally
known installation artist whose geo-organic work
interprets nature using natural materials. Her
newest installation "Land and Sky" has been created
specifically for Gallery Nord. The works are a blend
between traditional landscape painting and
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Anita Valencia |
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Rampant consumerism and the
depletion of our natural resources has long been a
serious concern of mine. Therefore, through art, I
hope to address these issues. All my work is made
using recycled materials: aluminum cans, CDs,
pull-tabs, paper bags, bottle caps, teabags, foil
candy wrappers, etc., because these are the remnants
of thingswe consume and discard in our daily lives.
I like to create large installationsbecause I want
to impress the viewer with how much we consume and
discard in our daily lives and the need for
conservation.
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The "Perinolas"
at the Grand Hyatt took four thousand recycled
aluminum beverage cans to create the 2500 Perinolas
(Spanish for whirligigs) and almost a year to
create!
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Marilyn Lanfear |
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I
am a STORYTELLER. I use lead, stone, paper, buttons,
found objects . . . I do not choose my materials
arbitrarily. The concepts determines the media. I
use words - embroidered on towels, burned into
chairs, stenciled onto window shades . . . Titles
are important. And in the case of my CHAIRPERSONS,
the sculpture (worn by actors) actually speaks. I
use whatever is needed to tell my story.
All of my work is informed by by inheritance as a
woman from a particular place. My stories are based
on personal experience, family and social history,
research and conjecture and are mostly true.
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"Hoops",
wood, 29 x 29 x 12" H |
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"Avie
Frances in Blue Dress", lead dress on a wooden chair
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