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Tim Bavington
Blow-Up
Closing July 28, 2018
Talley Dunn Gallery
Dallas, TX
Mark Moore Fine Art is pleased to announce an exhibition of recent work by British-born artist Tim Bavington at Talley Dunn Gallery in Dallas. Tim Bavington: Blow – Up is the artist’s inaugural exhibition with the gallery and will open through July 28, 2018.

The exhibition features an installation of nine new abstract paintings that create an environment of visual intensity and pulsating color.  With these recent paintings, Bavington continues the practice for which he has received acclaim wherein he transforms sheet music into highly saturated abstract paintings that focus upon the subtleties and associations of color. Using synthetic polymer paint, Bavington acts as a translator between the aural and the visual as he turns guitar solos, melodies and basslines into vertical bands of color.  While Bavington has developed a method that designates sound to color and composition, the paintings are not literal translations.  Each painting remains open the artist’s intuition and decision making.   Together these paintings play upon the nuances of one another with shifts between vibrant colors, the texture of individual canvases, the changing rhythms of different compositions, and the dynamic optical movement created as each painting is viewed from varying perspectives.

The exhibition’s title refers to Michelangelo Antonioni’s 1966 classic, groundbreaking thriller Blow-Up. Part art-film and studio-film, this legendary work, set in 1960s London, follows a fashion photographer who accidentally captured evidence of a murder in the background of one of his images. Unaware of having witnessed anything at first, he is prompted to see the hidden imagery in a process of blowing up portions of his photographs. That is, something invisible to a casual observer of a larger image comes to light though manipulating the scale of the image. Similarly, Bavington’s paintings in this exhibition relate to each other as examples of a working method seen at different magnifications. While all commanding in scale, the five smaller paintings in the exhibition appear to be zoomed-out versions of the show’s centerpiece, Wah-Wah (blow up), which spans over fifteen feet in length.

Inspired by and named after the George Harrison song of the same title, Wah-Wah (blow-up), 2018, is a monumental tour-de-force. The impressive scale of the painting and Bavington’s manipulation of value within the bands of color create the illusion of light coming through the canvas.  Thus, the painting is a blown-up version of the compositions Bavington has become known for, but also hints at another possible meaning for the term: that of rupture and breaking-up. This is both harmonious with the illusion of “seeing through the cracks” and also with the history of the song itself. “Wah-Wah” was written following Harrison’s temporary departure from the Beatles in January 1969, and recorded shortly after the band’s break-up in 1970. Musically, the song is widely considered to be one of Harrison’s best solo efforts and is considered the closest composition to a hard rock song that the musician ever produced. Lyrically, it refers very directly to the conditions in which a “breaking-up” and “breaking-down” occurred between friends and bandmates. Culturally, the song was a window into the personal relationships that inspired (and continue to inspire) so much curiosity. In many ways, the song represents “seeing through the cracks,” and similar to Harrison’s song,  Bavington’s painting allows the viewer’s imagination to consider what lies on the other side.

Tim Bavington was born in England in 1966 and moved to the United States in 1984 to pursue his career in art. Bavington earned a bachelor’s degree at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California, and a Master’s in Fine Arts at University of Nevada, Las Vegas in 1990. While he is best known for his work in painting, Bavington has also explored large-scale sculptures, including a recent commission at Victory Park in Dallas. His work is part of collections at the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo; Denver Art Museum; Honolulu Art Museum; McNay Art Museum, San Antonio; The Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego; The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; The Museum of Modern Art, New York; and the Portland Art Museum, Portland, Oregon. He has also received multiple GSA Art in Architecture Awards for his public commissions. Bavington currently lives in Las Vegas where he is an associate professor of art at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

Talley Dunn Gallery is open to the public Tuesday through Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and by appointment. For more information about the exhibition, please contact Meredith Leyendecker at the gallery (meredith@talleydunn.com or 214-521-9898) for visuals and a checklist. Concurrently with this exhibition, War Garden: United States of America, 1917-2017, an exhibition of work by Cynthia Mulcahy, will be on view in the Project Gallery.

Talley Dunn Gallery
5020 Tracy Street
Dallas, Texas 75205

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Amy Elkins, From the series Wallflower, Kevin, Brooklyn, NY, 2006

Amy Elkins: Photographs of Contemporary Masculinity
September 20-December 1, 2018

Frank M. Doyle Arts Pavilion  
Orange Coast College

2701 Fairview Rd, Costa Mesa, CA 92626-5563

Amy Elkins’ first survey of photographs and first solo exhibition in the Western States, approaches various subjects such as male athleticism, whether as dancers or rugby players, as well as men serving life and death row sentences, as a way of exploring the many facets of male identity, masculinity, and vulnerability.

Amy Elkins (b. 1979 Venice, CA) is a photographer currently based in the Greater Los Angeles area.  She received her BFA in Photography from the School of Visual Arts in New York City. She has been exhibited and published both nationally and internationally, including at The High Museum of Art in Atlanta, GA; Kunsthalle Wien in Vienna, Austria; the Center for Creative Photography in Tucson, AZ; the Minneapolis Institute of Arts; North Carolina Museum of Art; Light Work Gallery in Syracuse, Aperture Gallery and Yancey Richardson Gallery in New York, De Soto Gallery in Los Angeles, the Houston Center for Photography in Houston, TX among others. Elkins has been awarded The Lightwork Artist-in-Residence in Syracuse, NY in 2011, the Villa Waldberta International Artist-in-Residence in Munich, Germany in 2012, the Aperture Prize and the Latitude Artist-in-Residence in 2014 and The Peter S. Reed Foundation Grant in 2015.

Elkins’ first book Black is the Day, Black is the Night won the 2017 Lucie Independent Book Award.  It was Shortlisted for the 2017 Mack First Book Award and the 2016 Paris Photo-Aperture Foundation Photobook Prize as well as listed as one of the Best Photobooks of 2016 by TIME, Humble Arts Foundation, Photobook Store Magazine and Photo-Eye among others.

Her work stems out of an exploration of masculinity and male identity often within constructed or impermanent environments.  Elkins’ earlier work, Wallflower (2004-2008), looks into the nuances of gender identity, vulnerability and the female gaze.  She later went on to investigate aspects of male identity and athleticism through projects Elegant Violence (2010),  where she documented young Ivy League rugby players moments after a game and Danseur (2012), looking to young male ballet dancers moments after intensive training.   In 2016 Elkins returned to the Wallflower portrait.  Though unlike the original series, which aimed the lens at cisgender men almost entirely photographed within her personal space, Wallflower II explores a much broader sense of masculine identity- shot in the personal space of strangers in urban and rural Georgia upon first meeting and found through online calls / searches surrounding ideas of masculinity and gender in the American South. The work aims to confront socially constructed ideas and standards surrounding both gender and masculinity, vulnerability and beauty.

The Frank M. Doyle Arts Pavilion presents transformative experiences through the arts by focusing on contemporary visual culture and creates dynamic programming that inspires interaction and dialogue between artists, students, scholars, and local and international communities, and offers free admission in order to make these experiences accessible for everyone.

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Jean Shin: Collections at the Philadelphia Museum of Art 

Contemporary artist Jean Shin (American, born South Korea 1971) transforms everyday objects—worn-out shoes, fashion remnants, military uniforms—to create dynamic works about connection and belonging. Her installations, often made from donated and discarded materials, raise provocative questions about what, and how, we consume.

On view in this exhibition are six large-scale installations and a video that tell powerful stories about the military, the fashion industry, and Shin’s own Asian American community.

Jean Shin currently lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. Her works have been shown at more than 150 museums and cultural institutions, including in solo exhibitions at the Museum of Modern Art, New York; the Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia; and the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC. In 2016 she completed a landmark commission, Elevated, for New York City’s Second Avenue subway

Thank you for all the support and embrace. In case you missed it, here are the reviews of this highly-acclaimed exhibition:

• Hyperallergic review: “The Secret Lives of Discarded Objects”
• Philadelphia The Inquirer: “How 400 Broken Shoes Become Art? Inside Philly’s Newest Installation”
• ABC News: Visions 2018: Jean Shin Collections
• WHYY.org “At Philly museum, the art of old clothes embraces individual connections”
• Previews: New York Times Women in the Spotlight at Museums, Interview Eight Spring Art Shows You Can’t Wait to See, BLOUIN ArtInfo, Art Fix Daily

#markmoorefineart #jeanshin #philadelphiamuseumofart #pma

Please find below a very insightful interview between MMFA Artist DIRK STASCHKE and Garth Clark, the Preeminent Scholar on Ceramic Art.

Dirk Staschke is best known for his exploration of Dutch Vanitas still life themes in the medium of ceramics. His current body of work explores the space in between sculpture and painting. His work often uses meticulous representation as foil for examining skill and craft. It is a real pleasure to introduce you to this work at this time.

Mark Moore Fine Art recently presented an exclusive ARTSY online Exhibition of the work of Dirk Staschke, which can be viewed now at: 

https://www.artsy.net/show/mark-moore-fine-art-dirk-staschke

“I make sculptures based on paintings in what is traditionally considered a craft medium. In this translation, the sculptural representation of still life painting creates abstract forms. The results are beautifully made objects that simultaneously expose the crude structures of their creation.The pieces are both a simple exploration of residual forms derived from representation and a question regarding the merits of an Art object.” – Dirk Staschke

Staschke received his BFA from the University of Montevallo followed by an MFA from Alfred University and has maintained an ongoing studio practice and extensive exhibition record for the last twenty years. During this time, he has taught at many notable universities, including Alfred University and New York University. His work has been shown internationally and resides in the permanent collections of several museums including the Smithsonian Museum in Washington (DC); Icheon Museum, World Ceramic Center (Gwango-dong) South Korea; Portland Art Museum (OR); Birmingham Museum of Art;  Museum of Fine Arts, Houston;. He has received various artist’s grants including grants from The Virginia Groot Foundation and the Canada Council on the Arts. He Currently resides in Portland Oregon where he is a full time studio artist.

For additional information please go to: 

http://www.markmoorefineart.com/artists/dirk-staschke 

#markmoorefineart #dirkstaschke

In “Black is the Day, Black is the Night”, a project that spanned seven years from 2009-2016, Amy Elkins explores how the notion of passing time can affect an individual’s psychology, sense of self, and perception of reality.

Check out her Exclusive Online Exhibition on ARTSY for more more images and information on this award-winning Series of works at:

https://www.artsy.net/mark-moore-gallery/shows

#markmoorefineart #amyelkins #athensphotofestival #bitdbitn

Penelope Umbrico / 18,297,350 Suns from Sunsets from Flickr 04/16/14, 2014 / c-prints assembled with archival tape / 49.75 x 96.5 inches framed / Collection of the Denver Art Museum (Purchased with funds from Mark and Hilarie Moore)

New Territory: Landscape Photography Today is a survey of contemporary landscape photography from around the world. The exhibition of more than 100 photographs will explore how artists stretch the boundaries of traditional landscape photography to reflect the environmental attitudes, perceptions, and values of our time.

The works revive historic photographic processes as well as use innovative techniques and unconventional equipment and chemistry to depict landscapes in surprising ways. Taken individually and as a whole, the photographs will show how about 40 artists have manipulated materials and processes for expressive purposes, blurring the distinction between “observed” and “constructed” imagery. The exhibition challenges us to see photography differently, and contemplate our complex relationship with the landscape.

Denver Art Museum

100 W 14th Avenue Pkwy, Denver, CO 80204

#NewTerritoryatDAM #markmoorefineart #penelopeumbrico

Please find above the invitation for upcoming group exhibition at The Art Exchange titled PRAXIS that MMFA artist MEGHAN SMYTHE is featured in and link to their announcement on their website: http://artexchangelongbeach.org/upcoming-exhibtions/

Image: “Untiled A” (2018) in the studio

PRAXIS 

July 14-August 26

ARTexchange Long Beach 

Featuring: Julia Haft-Candell, Armando Cortes, Ben Jackel, Samuel Jernigan, Narsiso Martinez, Alexander Anderson, Anabel Juarez, Meghan Smythe, Tam Van Tran and Joakim Ojanen. Curated by Gerardo Monterrubio.

The opening for PRAXIS is tomorrow with a VIP Opening from 5-7pm for you and all guests you may wish to bring and invite if you think you might be in the area. The Opening for the public is from 7-9pm.

If you have any questions on this exhibition, contact ARTex at:

Phone:+1 (562) 999-2267

Email: arthappens@artexchangelb.org

Gallery Hours:
Thursday, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm
Friday, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm
Saturday, 11:00 am – 7:00 pm (Second Saturdays 1:00 pm – 9:00 pm)
Sunday, 12:00 pm – 5:00 pm

For more information on Smythe and her work, go to out website at:

http://www.markmoorefineart.com/artists/meghan-smythe

#meghansmythe #markmoorefineart

I wanted to remind you that JOSEPH ROSSANO‘s exclusive featured ARTSY Online Exhibition “EDNA” closes July 14th. I would urge you to take a look at this beautiful and compelling exhibition.

Joseph Rossano’s exhibition “EDNA” conveys a deep admiration for nature, science and history. While the interdisciplinary systems of the natural world are highlighted through his works, Rossano’s show serves as a sampling of different organisms and their connections to one another.

VIEW THE ONLINE EXHIBITION HERE

Joseph Rossano’s exhibition “EDNA” conveys a deep admiration for nature, science and history. While the interdisciplinary systems of the natural world are highlighted through his works, Rossano’s show serves as a sampling of different organisms and their connections to one another.

VIEW THE ONLINE EXHIBITION HERE

https://www.artsy.net/mark-moore-gallery

#markmoorefineart #josephrossano #edna

MEGHAN SMYTHE
Naked, 2015
Ceramic, glaze
24 × 36 × 24 in (61 × 91.4 × 61 cm)
COLLECTION OF THE CROCKER ART MUSEUM

Mark Moore Fine Art is pleased to announce the acquisition of major sculpture work by gallery artist MEGHAN SMYTHE by The Crocker Museum.

The first public art museum founded in the Western United States, the Crocker Art Museum was established in 1885 and is now one of the leading art museums in California. The Crocker serves as the primary regional resource for the study and appreciation of fine art. The Museum offers a diverse spectrum of special exhibitions and programs to complement its collections of Californian art, works on paper, European art, international ceramics, photography, Asian art, and African and Oceanic art. The Crocker Art Museum is the only museum in the Sacramento region accredited by the American Alliance of Museums (AAM), a recognition given to less than 800 of the nation’s 17,500 museums. AAM accreditation certifies that a museum operates according to standards set forth by the museum profession, manages its collections responsibly, and provides quality service to the public.

Out of each our 5790projects group shows that focuses solely on debuting and showcasing young emerging talent from Los Angeles each year, a selection committee nominates one featured artist to be considered for the annually-awarded Moore Family Trust Grant. This prize consists of a cash prize and a gallery exhibition. After much deliberation, the committee has elected to award the 5790projects Award prize to sculpture artist, MEGHAN SMYTHE.

Using a traditional sculptural format (the monument), Meghan Smythe captures contradicting extremes within human gesture: intimacy and brutality, beauty and ugliness, or the lewd and tender. In her attempt to achieve an “elegant vulgarity,” she encapsulates moments that define our mortality in unanticipated ways; oftentimes toeing the delicate line between erotic and macabre tendencies that give way to life, and ultimately death. Glass, ceramic, and concrete are woven together in an elaborate, orgy-like web of body parts and organic artifacts, as if suddenly cast with Pompeii-like circumstances. Like excavated antiquities or fossils, Smythe’s ceramic compositions allude to the cyclical nature of civilization – a dramedy in which all of the players are subject to conquest and demise.

Mehgan Smythe (b. 1984, Kingston, ON) received her MFA from the Alfred University School of Art and Design (NY). Her work has been shown at the Arizona State University Art Museum (AZ) and the Gardiner Museum, Toronto (ON). She was the Visiting Artist in Residence at California State University, Long Beach (CA) from 2012-2014, where she continues to teach Ceramic Arts. The artist lives and works in Long Beach, CA.

Available works by Meghan Smythe can be found on the Mark Moore Fine Art ARTSY Website at:

https://www.artsy.net/mark-moore-gallery/artist/meghan-smythe

Additional information, current biography, reviews, press, images of past works, videos, and interviews on this incredible artist can be found on our WEBSITE.

#meghansmythe #crockerartmuseum #markmoorefineart

Image: Penelope Umbrico, Bad Display (eBay) (2018)