Monthly Archives: August 2023

We’re excited to announce the latest gift from Vicki and Kent Logan to the Town of Vail’s public art collection. You’ll find Yoram Wolberger’s polished stainless steel sculpture at the main entrance to the Ford Park sports fields.

Male Baseball #1 depicts a dramatic enlargement of the baseball player figurine found on Little League trophies. Created with digital technologies, the sculpture examines notions of athleticism, community, commemoration and belonging, enlarged beyond any possibility of dismissal the stereotypical hero in the global sport of baseball.

A related work to this one by Yoram is in San Diego’s new Central Library, to be exact–contains a unique and important repository of American history. The Sullivan Family Baseball Research Center, located on the eighth floor of the downtown library, is home to the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR) Collection. It constitutes the largest baseball library west of Cooperstown! Shelves of books, magazines, journals, scrapbooks and other historical documents, and many photographs, have recorded in detail the fascinating history of American baseball. And it’s all open to the public!

The research center is directly adjacent to the spacious, high-domed reading room. In the center of the collection is a shiny sculpture of a player swinging a bat, titled Male baseball #1, created in 2009 by artist Yoram Wolberger. On one wall among many old photos, a video screen shows scenes from baseball history. This is one super cool section of the library!

According to the website of the Society for American Baseball Research: “The Baseball Research Center opened in 2001, with an initial collection of books and microfilm donated by SABR’s Ted Williams Chapter. In the years since, it has grown to more than 3,000 publications, books, and journals, and 300 microfilm reels.”

Wolberger’s (b. 1963, Tel Aviv, Israel)  works have been acquired for the permanent collections of the Brooklyn Museum of Art (NY), Frederick R. Weisman Foundation (CA), the Orange County Museum of Art (CA), Sweeney Art Gallery, University of California Riverside (CA) and the McNay Art Museum (TX). The artist lives and works in San Francisco, CA.

#markmoorefineart #yoramwolberger #artexhibition #artshow #contemporaryart #artcollector #artcurator #artconsultant #artadvisor #laartist #contemporaryart #abstractart #artcurator #artstudio #studioview #artist #art #modernart #contemporaryart #dailyart #instaart #instagood #contemporaryartist #kunst #artcollectors #markmooregallery

@MarkMooreGallery is proud to present an Exclusive ARTSY Online Exhibition by artist Daniel Duford of his acclaimed “The Traveler and The Housewife” fifteen-page large-scale woodcut comic from 2013. This is our first show of Duford’s work and the first online exhibition of this award-winning piece.

PREVIEW THIS SHOW NOW AT: https://bit.ly/3Ot9LpU

The Traveler and the Housewife story follows two separated lovers. One goes abroad spreading death and returns altered. The other remains rooted, digging deep into the mythic soil of her home. The diaristic text belies the mythic imagery. The Traveler and the Housewife is part meditation of separation and change and part metaphor for the Columbian Exchange – the mingling of culture, flora, and fauna between the Old and New Worlds.

ARTIST STATEMENT ON THIS SERIES:

Here’s the central image of my artistic practice– an enormous tree growing out of a half-buried storage jar. The roots have cracked the walls of the submerged pot and suck up nutrients from deep in mythic and historic earth. The disparate branches unite at the nubby, gnarled trunk. The jar itself is burnished by age with fissures filigreed up to the lip from the cracked belly. The clay for the jar was dug a long time ago nearby in a dry riverbed and fired by who knows who in a crude wood-burning kiln. The tree is a maypole, boundary marker, axis mundi. I use blunt materials to tell stories. My stories generate paintings, public sculpture, books, installations, and performances.

The dendritic nature of my practice fans out from American mythology and folklore. In comics, narrative is understood through a sequence of panels. The space between the panels (the gutter) is filled in by the mind of the reader. What if the gutter were three-dimensional? How do we receive our stories? Mostly, we receive them in fragments. Like the broken pottery of a lost culture, we infer, we contextualize, and we filter those fragments through our own beliefs and biases. The meanings are fluid.

For 20 years, Daniel Duford has woven visual narratives — stories that flow through large paintings, graphic novels, installations, and figurative sculpture. His work is born from the mythic and political history of North America. He is a 2019 Guggenheim Fellow, a 2010 Hallie Ford Fellow and a 2012 Art Matters Grant recipient.

His work has been exhibited nationally including MASS MOCA, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art at PSU, Orange County Museum of Art, and the Boise Art Museum. His writing has appeared in Artweek, ART news, High Desert Journal and Parabola among others. In 2011 he published Wellspring: Poems 1996-2006.  His current writing can be found on The Whole Live Animal at: danielduford.substack.com.

His curatorial projects include the 2012 exhibition Fighting Men: Leon Golub, Jack Kirby, Peter Voulkos (2012) at the Hoffman Gallery at Lewis and Clark College and An Earth Song, A Body Song: Figures with Landscapes. Works from the Permanent Collection (2020) at Orange County Museum of Art. He is Visiting Professor of Art at Reed College. He is Creative Director of Building Five in Portland, Oregon.

#contemporaryart #abstractart #artcurator #artstudio #studioview #artist #art #modernart #contemporaryart #dailyart #instaart #instagood #contemporaryartist #kunst #artcollectors #markmoorefineart #danielduford

🖼️ NEW EXHIBITION ALERT 🖼️

Join us for an exclusive online exhibition hosted by Mark Moore Fine Art. We are thrilled to present American artist David Klamen’s captivating ceramic sculptures from his Life Trophies Series. 🏆✨

VIEW THIS SHOW NOW AT: bit.ly/3PkLbbN

Klamen’s Life Trophies are a mesmerizing collection of visual fragments and experiences, giving material form to personal and forgotten histories. 🎨 Each sculpture is composed of diverse clay elements fused together, including wheel-thrown vessels, domestic items, playful animal representations, and other intriguing tchotchkes. Together, they construct interlocking forms that represent the accumulation of our individual journeys and memories. 🌟

Within these sculptures, you’ll discover striking details, as a single element rises to the top – a fawn, a hedgehog, a ceremonial vessel, and more. These elements symbolize moments of confidence that stand atop a mound of past endeavors, inviting us to reflect on our complex personal journeys. 🦌✨

Renowned for his semiotically complex paintings, Klamen began the Life Trophies series as experimental sketches in 2016. The transition to ceramics allowed him to express his vision and create surprising compositions. By embracing chance and improvisation, Klamen’s process captures the essence of each object through slip-casting. The surprise element adds an extra layer of anticipation and wonder to the final reveal. 🎭🌈

Make sure to take your time exploring each sculpture as they unfold before your eyes. The unique glazing technique unifies the myriad of objects, encouraging a slow discovery of the intricate details and fostering a multitude of associations. These works are a meditation on the complexities of existence, reminding us to embrace the perplexity of self-discovery and celebrate the intricacies of our own stories. 🌌🎭

We invite you to immerse yourself in David Klamen’s Life Trophies Series and experience the interplay of past and present, memory and materiality. 🌟 For more information, please contact the gallery at info@markmoorefineart.com.

#MarkMooreFineArt #DavidKlamen #LifeTrophiesSeries #CeramicSculptures #ArtExhibition #ContemporaryArt #InterplayOfMemories #SelfReflection #CelebrateYourStory

📣 Exciting News! 🚀 Mark Moore Fine Art is thrilled to introduce “TODEM (Tapestry of Decadent Meritocracy),” a groundbreaking NFT project by Jason Salavon and crew under the banner of Latent Culture. 🎨✨

Immerse yourself in the vastness of TODEM, a colossal AI-generated GIF that unfurls like an animated tapestry. 🌌🎥 Its mesmerizing visuals and navigable map-style interface will transport you to a world of polarity, amorality, and the intriguing concept of meritocracy. 🌟💻

TODEM consists of 1,000 unique Tiles, each bearing its own artistic allure, while seamlessly contributing to the grand tapestry. 🖼️✨ With mind-blowing dimensions of 100K x 58K pixels (~2800 HD screens or 5800 megapixels), this might just be the largest animation ever crafted! 🌈🔍

Behind this magnificent creation lies a custom-built rendering system, interface, and minting platform, powered by cutting-edge AI text & image synthesis. Explore the intricate composition that pays homage to, and scrutinizes, how wealth, attention, and dignity are distributed in the 21st century. 💡💰

But that’s not all! The GIF decomposes into 1,000 unique tiles, each mintable on the Ethereum blockchain. These tiles hold a captivating secret, drawing content from the top English-language Wikipedia pages based on celebrity and meritocracy. 🎭🔍

Jason Salavon, a renowned artist and pioneer in data-driven generative artwork since the 1990s, leads this remarkable project. His work has graced prestigious galleries like the Museum of Modern Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Whitney Museum of Art, just to name a few. 🏛️🌟

Join us on this revolutionary journey as we delve into the infinite possibilities of AI and blockchain in art. Visit the Latent Culture website for detailed information about TODEM at: https://latentculture.com/todem/?a=MMFA&mp=1

Also, we’re thrilled to announce that TODEM was recently recognized as the “NFT Pick of the Month” in June 2023 by the BEEHIV NFT platform. Check out the article about TODEM’s mesmerizing beauty here: bit.ly/3N2KS2q

Let the world of TODEM unveil before your eyes, merging technology, creativity, and thought-provoking themes in one unforgettable masterpiece. Prepare to be captivated! ✨🌎 #TODEM #NFT #LatentCulture #JasonSalavon #AIinArt #BlockchainArt #MeritoriousArt

We’re excited to announce the latest gift from Vicki and Kent Logan to the Town of Vail’s public art collection. You’ll find Yoram Wolberger’s polished stainless steel sculpture at the main entrance to the Ford Park sports fields.

Male Baseball #1 depicts a dramatic enlargement of the baseball player figurine found on Little League trophies. Created with digital technologies, the sculpture examines notions of athleticism, community, commemoration and belonging, enlarged beyond any possibility of dismissal the stereotypical hero in the global sport of baseball.

A related work to this one by Yoram is in San Diego’s new Central Library, to be exact–contains a unique and important repository of American history. The Sullivan Family Baseball Research Center, located on the eighth floor of the downtown library, is home to the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR) Collection. It constitutes the largest baseball library west of Cooperstown! Shelves of books, magazines, journals, scrapbooks and other historical documents, and many photographs, have recorded in detail the fascinating history of American baseball. And it’s all open to the public!

The research center is directly adjacent to the spacious, high-domed reading room. In the center of the collection is a shiny sculpture of a player swinging a bat, titled Male baseball #1, created in 2009 by artist Yoram Wolberger. On one wall among many old photos, a video screen shows scenes from baseball history. This is one super cool section of the library!

According to the website of the Society for American Baseball Research: “The Baseball Research Center opened in 2001, with an initial collection of books and microfilm donated by SABR’s Ted Williams Chapter. In the years since, it has grown to more than 3,000 publications, books, and journals, and 300 microfilm reels.”

Wolberger’s (b. 1963, Tel Aviv, Israel)  works have been acquired for the permanent collections of the Brooklyn Museum of Art (NY), Frederick R. Weisman Foundation (CA), the Orange County Museum of Art (CA), Sweeney Art Gallery, University of California Riverside (CA) and the McNay Art Museum (TX). The artist lives and works in San Francisco, CA.

#markmoorefineart #yoramwolberger #artexhibition #artshow #contemporaryart #artcollector #artcurator #artconsultant #artadvisor #laartist #contemporaryart #abstractart #artcurator #artstudio #studioview #artist #art #modernart #contemporaryart #dailyart #instaart #instagood #contemporaryartist #kunst #artcollectors #markmooregallery

@MarkMooreGallery is proud to present an Exclusive ARTSY Online Exhibition by artist Daniel Duford of his acclaimed “The Traveler and The Housewife” fifteen-page large-scale woodcut comic from 2013. This is our first show of Duford’s work and the first online exhibition of this award-winning piece.

PREVIEW THIS SHOW NOW AT: https://bit.ly/3Ot9LpU

The Traveler and the Housewife story follows two separated lovers. One goes abroad spreading death and returns altered. The other remains rooted, digging deep into the mythic soil of her home. The diaristic text belies the mythic imagery. The Traveler and the Housewife is part meditation of separation and change and part metaphor for the Columbian Exchange – the mingling of culture, flora, and fauna between the Old and New Worlds.

ARTIST STATEMENT ON THIS SERIES:

Here’s the central image of my artistic practice– an enormous tree growing out of a half-buried storage jar. The roots have cracked the walls of the submerged pot and suck up nutrients from deep in mythic and historic earth. The disparate branches unite at the nubby, gnarled trunk. The jar itself is burnished by age with fissures filigreed up to the lip from the cracked belly. The clay for the jar was dug a long time ago nearby in a dry riverbed and fired by who knows who in a crude wood-burning kiln. The tree is a maypole, boundary marker, axis mundi. I use blunt materials to tell stories. My stories generate paintings, public sculpture, books, installations, and performances.

The dendritic nature of my practice fans out from American mythology and folklore. In comics, narrative is understood through a sequence of panels. The space between the panels (the gutter) is filled in by the mind of the reader. What if the gutter were three-dimensional? How do we receive our stories? Mostly, we receive them in fragments. Like the broken pottery of a lost culture, we infer, we contextualize, and we filter those fragments through our own beliefs and biases. The meanings are fluid.

For 20 years, Daniel Duford has woven visual narratives — stories that flow through large paintings, graphic novels, installations, and figurative sculpture. His work is born from the mythic and political history of North America. He is a 2019 Guggenheim Fellow, a 2010 Hallie Ford Fellow and a 2012 Art Matters Grant recipient.

His work has been exhibited nationally including MASS MOCA, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art at PSU, Orange County Museum of Art, and the Boise Art Museum. His writing has appeared in Artweek, ART news, High Desert Journal and Parabola among others. In 2011 he published Wellspring: Poems 1996-2006.  His current writing can be found on The Whole Live Animal at: danielduford.substack.com.

His curatorial projects include the 2012 exhibition Fighting Men: Leon Golub, Jack Kirby, Peter Voulkos (2012) at the Hoffman Gallery at Lewis and Clark College and An Earth Song, A Body Song: Figures with Landscapes. Works from the Permanent Collection (2020) at Orange County Museum of Art. He is Visiting Professor of Art at Reed College. He is Creative Director of Building Five in Portland, Oregon.

#contemporaryart #abstractart #artcurator #artstudio #studioview #artist #art #modernart #contemporaryart #dailyart #instaart #instagood #contemporaryartist #kunst #artcollectors #markmoorefineart #danielduford

We are thrilled to announce the upcoming exclusive ARTSY online exhibition “In Praise” by artist Heidi Schwegler, on view now at Mark Moore Fine Art.

VIEW THIS SHOW NOW AT: bit.ly/45SsbXV 

Heidi Schwegler is a multidisciplinary artist born in San Antonio, TX in 1967. Her work often explores a wide range of materials such as glass, pewter, quartzite, aluminum, resin, wood, steel, and bronze, all in service of her subject matter. In her latest exhibition “In Praise”, Schwegler presents a new series of works created in her studio in Yucca Valley, CA in 2023.

In this new body of work, Schwegler is drawn to the peripheral ruin, modifying discarded objects to give them a new sense of purpose. The artist finds an equilibrium inherent in such things – they float between endurance and decay, a living death. With expert skill, she transforms found objects into intriguing, thought-provoking works of art that highlight the beauty of decay and the potential for the discarded.

The works presented in “In Praise” showcase Schwegler’s incredible innovation and artistic talent. Visitors to the exhibition can expect to be enthralled by the juxtaposition of different materials, textures, and forms in the creation of these art pieces.

Her numerous shows include exhibitions at the Co/Lab Art Fari (CA), Raid Projects, (CA), Platform China (Beijing), Scope Art 2004 (NY), and the Hallie Ford Museum (OR). Schwegler is a recent Ford Family Fellow, received a 2010 MacDowell Colony Fellowship and several RACC Individual Project Grants. Reviews of Schwegler’s work have appeared in Art in America, Daily Serving, ArtNews and the Huffington Post. She earned her MFA from the University of Oregon and is Chair of the MFA in Applied Craft + Design, a joint program of Oregon College of Art and Craft, and the Pacific Northwest College of Art.

Don’t miss the opportunity to experience the visionary art of Heidi Schwegler in “In Praise” on view on ARTSY now. The exhibition runs until September 17th, 2023. For more information, please visit our website at http://www.markmoorefineart.com or contact us at info@markmoorefineart.com

#markmoorefineart #markmooregallery #artexhibition #artshow #painting #contemporarypainting #contemporaryart #artcollector #artcurator #artconsultant #artadvisor #abstractart #abstractpainting #heidischwegler 

🖼️ NEW EXHIBITION ALERT 🖼️

Join us for an exclusive online exhibition hosted by Mark Moore Fine Art. We are thrilled to present American artist David Klamen’s captivating ceramic sculptures from his Life Trophies Series. 🏆✨

VIEW THIS SHOW NOW AT: bit.ly/3PkLbbN

Klamen’s Life Trophies are a mesmerizing collection of visual fragments and experiences, giving material form to personal and forgotten histories. 🎨 Each sculpture is composed of diverse clay elements fused together, including wheel-thrown vessels, domestic items, playful animal representations, and other intriguing tchotchkes. Together, they construct interlocking forms that represent the accumulation of our individual journeys and memories. 🌟

Within these sculptures, you’ll discover striking details, as a single element rises to the top – a fawn, a hedgehog, a ceremonial vessel, and more. These elements symbolize moments of confidence that stand atop a mound of past endeavors, inviting us to reflect on our complex personal journeys. 🦌✨

Renowned for his semiotically complex paintings, Klamen began the Life Trophies series as experimental sketches in 2016. The transition to ceramics allowed him to express his vision and create surprising compositions. By embracing chance and improvisation, Klamen’s process captures the essence of each object through slip-casting. The surprise element adds an extra layer of anticipation and wonder to the final reveal. 🎭🌈

Make sure to take your time exploring each sculpture as they unfold before your eyes. The unique glazing technique unifies the myriad of objects, encouraging a slow discovery of the intricate details and fostering a multitude of associations. These works are a meditation on the complexities of existence, reminding us to embrace the perplexity of self-discovery and celebrate the intricacies of our own stories. 🌌🎭

We invite you to immerse yourself in David Klamen’s Life Trophies Series and experience the interplay of past and present, memory and materiality. 🌟 For more information, please contact the gallery at info@markmoorefineart.com.

#MarkMooreFineArt #DavidKlamen #LifeTrophiesSeries #CeramicSculptures #ArtExhibition #ContemporaryArt #InterplayOfMemories #SelfReflection #CelebrateYourStory

📣 Exciting News! 🚀 Mark Moore Fine Art is thrilled to introduce “TODEM (Tapestry of Decadent Meritocracy),” a groundbreaking NFT project by Jason Salavon and crew under the banner of Latent Culture. 🎨✨

Immerse yourself in the vastness of TODEM, a colossal AI-generated GIF that unfurls like an animated tapestry. 🌌🎥 Its mesmerizing visuals and navigable map-style interface will transport you to a world of polarity, amorality, and the intriguing concept of meritocracy. 🌟💻

TODEM consists of 1,000 unique Tiles, each bearing its own artistic allure, while seamlessly contributing to the grand tapestry. 🖼️✨ With mind-blowing dimensions of 100K x 58K pixels (~2800 HD screens or 5800 megapixels), this might just be the largest animation ever crafted! 🌈🔍

Behind this magnificent creation lies a custom-built rendering system, interface, and minting platform, powered by cutting-edge AI text & image synthesis. Explore the intricate composition that pays homage to, and scrutinizes, how wealth, attention, and dignity are distributed in the 21st century. 💡💰

But that’s not all! The GIF decomposes into 1,000 unique tiles, each mintable on the Ethereum blockchain. These tiles hold a captivating secret, drawing content from the top English-language Wikipedia pages based on celebrity and meritocracy. 🎭🔍

Jason Salavon, a renowned artist and pioneer in data-driven generative artwork since the 1990s, leads this remarkable project. His work has graced prestigious galleries like the Museum of Modern Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Whitney Museum of Art, just to name a few. 🏛️🌟

Join us on this revolutionary journey as we delve into the infinite possibilities of AI and blockchain in art. Visit the Latent Culture website for detailed information about TODEM at: https://latentculture.com/todem/?a=MMFA&mp=1

Also, we’re thrilled to announce that TODEM was recently recognized as the “NFT Pick of the Month” in June 2023 by the BEEHIV NFT platform. Check out the article about TODEM’s mesmerizing beauty here: bit.ly/3N2KS2q

Let the world of TODEM unveil before your eyes, merging technology, creativity, and thought-provoking themes in one unforgettable masterpiece. Prepare to be captivated! ✨🌎 #TODEM #NFT #LatentCulture #JasonSalavon #AIinArt #BlockchainArt #MeritoriousArt

@MarkMooreGallery is proud to present an Exclusive ARTSY Online Exhibition by artist Daniel Duford of his acclaimed “The Traveler and The Housewife” fifteen-page large-scale woodcut comic from 2013. This is our first show of Duford’s work and the first online exhibition of this award-winning piece.

VIEW THIS SHOW NOW AT: https://bit.ly/3Ot9LpU

The Traveler and the Housewife story follows two separated lovers. One goes abroad spreading death and returns altered. The other remains rooted, digging deep into the mythic soil of her home. The diaristic text belies the mythic imagery. The Traveler and the Housewife is part meditation of separation and change and part metaphor for the Columbian Exchange – the mingling of culture, flora, and fauna between the Old and New Worlds.

ARTIST STATEMENT ON THIS SERIES:

Here’s the central image of my artistic practice– an enormous tree growing out of a half-buried storage jar. The roots have cracked the walls of the submerged pot and suck up nutrients from deep in mythic and historic earth. The disparate branches unite at the nubby, gnarled trunk. The jar itself is burnished by age with fissures filigreed up to the lip from the cracked belly. The clay for the jar was dug a long time ago nearby in a dry riverbed and fired by who knows who in a crude wood-burning kiln. The tree is a maypole, boundary marker, axis mundi. I use blunt materials to tell stories. My stories generate paintings, public sculpture, books, installations, and performances.

The dendritic nature of my practice fans out from American mythology and folklore. In comics, narrative is understood through a sequence of panels. The space between the panels (the gutter) is filled in by the mind of the reader. What if the gutter were three-dimensional? How do we receive our stories? Mostly, we receive them in fragments. Like the broken pottery of a lost culture, we infer, we contextualize, and we filter those fragments through our own beliefs and biases. The meanings are fluid.

For 20 years, Daniel Duford has woven visual narratives — stories that flow through large paintings, graphic novels, installations, and figurative sculpture. His work is born from the mythic and political history of North America. He is a 2019 Guggenheim Fellow, a 2010 Hallie Ford Fellow and a 2012 Art Matters Grant recipient.

His work has been exhibited nationally including MASS MOCA, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art at PSU, Orange County Museum of Art, and the Boise Art Museum. His writing has appeared in Artweek, ART news, High Desert Journal and Parabola among others. In 2011 he published Wellspring: Poems 1996-2006.  His current writing can be found on The Whole Live Animal at: danielduford.substack.com.

His curatorial projects include the 2012 exhibition Fighting Men: Leon Golub, Jack Kirby, Peter Voulkos (2012) at the Hoffman Gallery at Lewis and Clark College and An Earth Song, A Body Song: Figures with Landscapes. Works from the Permanent Collection (2020) at Orange County Museum of Art. He is Visiting Professor of Art at Reed College. He is Creative Director of Building Five in Portland, Oregon.

#contemporaryart #abstractart #artcurator #artstudio #studioview #artist #art #modernart #contemporaryart #dailyart #instaart #instagood #contemporaryartist #kunst #artcollectors #markmoorefineart #danielduford