Saturday 27 June 2009

ERIN MORRISON



ERIN MORRISON

E D U C A T I O N
BFA Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN 2006
California College of Art, San Francisco, CA ‘05-06

A W A R D S
BFA with high distinction 2006, Memphis College of Art
Selected for New York Studio Program ‘05/06, Memphis College of Art
Selected for Mobility Program at CCA 2006, Memphis College of Art
Bess Ashner Memorial Scholarship 2004, Memphis College of Art
Portfolio Merit Grant 2003, Memphis College of Art

ERIN MORRISON
ERIN MORRISON @ LE TERRITOIRE DES SENS

MARC LAGRANGE


MARC LAGRANGE
MARC LAGRANGE @ ///

Friday 26 June 2009

EMMANUEL POLANCO


EMMANUEL POLANCO
Lives in Paris, France and works in freelance since 2001.
EMMANUEL POLANCO
EMMANUEL POLANCO @ FFFFOUND

JEAN-DANIEL ROHRER



Jean-Daniel Rohrer is having a show in Paris this summer.

Where? Galerie Mark Hachem
10, Places des Vosges, 75004, Paris
When? June 25 until the 12th of July

JEAN-DANIEL ROHRER
JEAN-DANIEL ROHRER @ GALERIE MARK HACHEM
JEAN-DANIEL ROHRER @ LE ZÈBRE BLEU

Wednesday 24 June 2009

JOEY BATES


JOEY BATES
Education
2001-2005 Bachelor Degree in Fine Arts Emphasis in Painting, Kendall College of Art and Design, Grand Rapids, Michigan

JOEY BATES
JOEY BATES @ ICON_OLOGY

Tuesday 23 June 2009

ANGELA FRALEIGH






ANGELA FRALEIGH
Education:
Yale University School of Art, New Haven, CT
M.F.A. in Painting/ Printmaking May 2003

Boston University, Boston, MA 1998
B.F.A in Painting Magna Cum Laude

ANGELA FRALEIGH'S STATEMENT

"
My Mother was just eighteen when I was born but she had been living on her own with David for three years. Orphaning herself at an early age was a means of survival. She dropped out of high school in 73’, received her GED and began working at Beaufort Community College as a secretary at night taking classes during the day.

Shirley Wallace baby-sat.

My parents Debbie and David grew pot in the backyard but had to start hiding the plants behind the kiddy pool because Shirley’s husband Joe was a narc.

We lived on Humphrey’s road in a trailer next door to David’s bosses house. He was in construction which was good work when it was steady. That place was a “dump" so they left and rented a house on Rogers road. When I was one year old David moved out and my mother moved to a “nice” three bedroom trailer with her friend Susan.

My mother said it was probably her aunt Anna who inspired her to put her past behind her and change her life. Anna always smelled nice, had respect for others, she liked better things and kept a clean house...that and TV.

Even when she and my father were out of work we always looked respectable. Nice manners, combed hair, clean clothes. Nobody knew. My mother has always been into appearances.

It was a godsend television, through it she could see how other people lived- how it was supposed to be.


She met Lee in 1978 at a disco. Three weeks later he proposed.


Questioning social constructs of beauty, class, gender and role play I am interested in the complications of desire, what power people have available to them and how they use that power. These images serve as a means of escape from one’s personal histories but also provides a space to question these idealistic scenarios. Drawing on dramatic moments from literature and framing the romantic stereotypes that are created these images are complicated by obscured power structures. Ambiguity conceals where authority lies in these familiar images disrupting our understanding of these hackneyed relationships while bringing into the foreground the continual power struggles still fueling our political, social and intimate relationships.


These tensions are heightened as paint itself becomes a tool for the disturbance; a main protagonist in the story and a carrier of meaning. Violent and seductive, threatening and unpredictable it complicates the image leaving us unsure if the figures are being birthed or eaten away; if the paint is taking control, acting as savior, interrupting, manipulating or providing the stimulus for the relationship. Physicality of the paint both cankers and covers the narrative caressing the fine line between victim and volunteer. There is a desperate human quality in the work, one that embraces the flawed hero.... you know what was supposed to have happened but you also know it didn't. " (ANGELA FRALEIGH)
ANGELA FRALEIGH
ANGELA FRALEIGH @ THE ARTIST AND HIS MODEL

MICHAEL FERRIS JR.


MICHAEL FERRIS JR.
BORN Chicago, Il. 1969

Education
1996 - MFA, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana
1991 - BFA, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, Missouri
1990 - Brighton Polytechnic, Brighton, England

MICHAEL FERRIS JR.'S STATEMENT

"My intent is to render an accurate likeness of my subject however what I find more compelling is communicating the sitter’s “ inner world." I do this by contrasting the sculpture's stoic, classical form with its complex multi-patterned surface. Ultimately my aim is to express the psychological and spiritual complexity of my subject.

I am interested in creating a dialogue regarding the use of recycled materials and ecologically minded art making practices. My work is comprised of recycled wood. These forms are then surfaced with a combination of overlaid recycled wood pieces and acrylic pigmented grout. Inlaid gaming tables from the Middle East have played a particularly important role in the aesthetic formation of my work."(MICHAEL FERRIS JR.)
MICHAEL FERRIS JR.
MICHAEL FERRIS JR @ ///
MICHAEL FERRIS JR. @ FABRIK PROJECT

Sunday 21 June 2009

ERWIN OLAF


ERWIN OLAF
"Born in Hilversum in the Netherlands in 1959, Erwin Olaf lives and works in Amsterdam since the early 80's. His current studio is situated in a former church hall.

Mixing photojournalism with studio photography, Olaf emerged in the international art scene in 1988 when his series 'Chessmen' was awarded the first prize in the Young European Photographer competition. This award was followed by an exhibition at the Ludwig Museum in Cologne, Germany. Since then Olaf has continued to explore issues of gender, sensuality, humor, despair and grace in each successive series.(...)" (ERWIN OLAF)

ERWIN OLAF
ERWIN OLAF ON WE MAKE MONEY NOT ART

OFER WOLBERGER


OFER WOLBERGER CRUMPLED PAPER SERIES

Ofer Wolberger is an artist born and based in New York. He is the recipient of The Humble Arts Foundation Spring 2008 Grant for Emerging Photographers. His photographs have been featured in many exhibitions around the world, most recently in a solo exhibition at Michael Hoppen Contemporary in London. Last year his work was featured in Tim Barber’s Various Photographs as part of the New York Photo Festival and in 2007 his work was featured in TH Inside’s Noise exhibition in both Milan and Berlin as well as in the accompanying exhibition catalogue.

Ofer received his MFA in Photography from The School of Visual Arts in 2001. His photographs have been featured in many international publications including The New York Times Magazine, Wired, Spin, GQ, Life and Big Magazine. (OFER WOLBERGER)

OFER WOLBERGER
OFER WOLBERGER CRUMPLED PAPER SERIES
OFER WOLBERGER @ I HEART PHOTOGRAPH
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