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Seth Camm |
United States of America, The Homless (Narrated) |
In Seth's own words "My problem with the current establishment of art is that we have an abstract art movement which developed around the 1940s to the 1960s... then after that we now have teachers in major institutions who are teaching and creating from an art that doesn't base itself in a tradition of over 500 years but throws out all , or most all convention. Which when an artist goes to art school and learns nothing more then smearing color on a canvas and gets praised, we have as a culture damaged future generations of artists...When one studies Picasso, Matisse or Jackson Pollock, We have those artists with years of studying tradition, before breaking away from the establishment... Now we have people , artists learning no tradition whatsoever, and instead of trying to document the times, embodying what is all around,or telling a story. We have a majority of artists who cater to interior decorators, making pictures that are pretty to look at, but contain nothing more then pretty colors." |
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Jim Racine |
zonder titel |
In Jim's words "the glass boxess are full of objects, cultural paraphernalia. in terms of physical scale, majority and minority.it would appear that the majorities bring the theme but im not sure there is truth in that. they are either meaningful or meaningless. people bring meaning to art. its a baggage of all kinds from received to intuitive. thats why i will never explain what cannot be written. i dont know what other people think. i suspect however that the intuitive works well as an approach, children respond well, they dont jabber but look with unlostsenseofwonder. I find that i tend towards using 'red herrings' people expect something so they see it but its not what i am interested in. i find that often i fail to communicate, the ideas are real but do not penetrate the armour of media desensitisation around us. by making 'an obvious' it allows for the other to creep in over time." |
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Tommy Aditama Putra |
Kick Series #1 (2008) |
Tommy was born on April 21th, 1983. He lived in Jakarta up until 2001, including times of elementary and high school. After that, went to college in Bandung. After a year in a private college -majoring Visual Communication Design (or Graphic Design), moved to an Art and Design Faculty at Bandung Institute of Technology -majoring Fine Art, spesifically in Printmaking until now. He has participated in several exhibitions (academic or general) in Fine Art, Printmaking and Photography. |
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Robert Mars |
Gas, Food, Lodging |
In Robert's word "My work is a chronicle of Americana. I am determined to capture the independent aesthetic of the not-so-distant past that has been replaced by homogenized corporate culture and standardized cityscapes. Industrial design, graphic design, architecture and vintage neon all render important roles in my work. My paintings employ layers of color, subtly collaged printed matter from the 1950’s and 1960’s, and stark, black imagery. Remote, indistinct landscapes capture the once poetic, and now nearly lost highway strips of the American past. Formerly the promise of hope and prosperity; these icons are now a sign of desperation and ruin. His work has been exhibited in galleries in Tokyo, Munich, Portland, New York, Seattle, Aspen, Vancouver, Melbourne, Boston, and Austin. |
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Viorel George Popescu |
Dining on Pearls |
Born in Romania, Viorel in his own words notes "These are paintings-of-paintings, and in this sense, copies, reproductions from a personal invisible gallery. I re-member my own paintings. They'll always be copies, sometimes copies of copies, and I feel that it all rhymes well with our fragmented, derivative times. I cover only as much as I can complete in one go, therefore the canvas is divided into more or less equal "slices". Naturally, there are differences between these different parts, as each day is different." |
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Kalliope Amorphous |
Selected Works |
In Kalliope's own words "Self-portraits are inevitable, because I am the only one capable of accurately expressing the images that take shape in my mind. However, I have a hard time identifying with my work as "self" portraiture, because all of these characters and personalities are their own. I just try to give them life for a moment, acting as a screen for these various identities, moods and personalities to play on." |
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"Kevin Sharkey is an artist from Ireland. He was once described in Hot Press magazine as, "Ireland's first art superstar". Kevin's art has international appeal. His colorful and boldly expressive paintings are collected throughout the world. In his words, about learning " I chose to learn through trial and error. Perhaps that why I don't see many other artists who paint like me. My only mentor has been my good friend Ade Antigha (BA Hons Fine Art). He has encouraged me and critiqued my work from the time I decided to paint full time 12 years ago. For me, one of the benefits of being self-taught is that you are the only one to place limitations or expectations on yourself, and that can be very liberating. Also, you don't fill your head with loads of shit that has nothing to do with painting..." |
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In her own words"I started studying photography in high school and enjoyed it very much, but had my first truly inspirational and challenging artistic experiences during my Intro to Photography class, taught by Michael Kolster at the Academy of Art University in 2000. And although that was an essential and amazing start, the majority of my photographic education and growth occurred at The Maine Photographic Workshops in Rockport, Maine where I did a one-year resident program in 2001-2002. This was the most intense and demanding time of my life as an artist to date, and the time when I first started working with a pinhole camera. I had some incredibly inspiring and challenging instructors there: in particular Brenton Hamilton and Ann Jastrab. The passion and inspired creativity that manifested during this year under the advocacy of these mentors was unparalleled and transcendental..." |
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"Originally from Detroit, Dennis Jones now resides in Plymouth, Michigan. He is a licensed practicing architect, an educator and artist. He completed his formal education as an architect from the University of Detroit in 1983. He completed his Master of Fine Arts, in Painting, from Wayne State University in 1990. Since, he has exhibited his work extensively in the Detroit area and beyond. Jones has been an adjunct professor of color theory, 2d and 3D design concepts at The College for Creative Studies since 2002. He has also taught architectural design and drawing at The University of Detroit, Wayne State University and Macomb County Community College." |
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