Nice work from Portland, OR based Conrad Crespin.
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Category: Painting
ARTIST OF THE WEEK: Larissa Tiggelers
Posted by – October 1, 2012
Recent paintings by Calgary-based Larissa Tiggelers, whose exhibition ETCETERA is on view at the UAS Satellite Gallery until October 6th, 2012:
Around Town
Posted by – September 23, 2012
Toronto-based Caroline Larsen, who we’ve featured in the past as Artist of the Week, and in Ten Questions with…, currently has a solo exhibition at Skew Gallery in Calgary. Fire Drive runs until September 27th, so if you haven’t seen it already you should check it out!
ARTIST OF THE WEEK: Julien Fournier
Posted by – September 14, 2012
Paintings by Calgary-based Julien Fournier, from his recent exhibition Portraits 2 at Haight Gallery:
ARTIST OF THE WEEK: André Hemer
Posted by – August 27, 2012
Nice paintings and installations by Sydney-based André Hemer.
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ARTIST OF THE WEEK: Sara Eichner
Posted by – August 20, 2012
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TEN QUESTIONS / Henry Gunderson
Posted by – July 23, 2012
Please tell me a little bit about yourself and your practice.
It is really hard for me to eat an apple. I like black socks. I don’t like cutting my fingernails. I can’t remember my social security number or my astrological sign. I don’t sleep with a pillow. My art practice is always growing but is predominantly painting and is the focus of mostly all energy. A lot of what I do is still a mystery to me that I’m solving and unsolving.
Where did you study? What kind of an influence has this had on your practice?
I studied at the San Francisco Art Institute. That place definitely influenced the way I think about art – there’s no other art school like it.
What have you been doing since graduating?
I graduated a couple months ago and drove across the United States with 3 other dudes in a van (see fecal face) and now I’m in New York for an indefinite period of time. I’ve been working on a series of drawings and doing a little bit of art production assistant work for MTV.
What struggles do you face in your practice? Do you have any insecurities while making your work?
It’s mostly a struggle. I’m usually pretty critical of everything I do and after finishing a piece I don’t want to look at it anymore. Whatever it is I’m trying to do is impossible but sometimes I get close.
Do you find yourself attracted to work that is unlike yours, or work that is very similar?
I’m attracted to a variety of things. I went to the Metropolitan Museum the other day and was attracted to a lot of things there which are very different than what I do, but I find interest in many things that I can’t necessarily relate to but can relate to on my own level and at the same time I really enjoy things that are more similar to what I do.
Who are some other San Francisco based artists whose work you are interested in? Artists in general who you are influenced by?
There’s too many to name – I’m influenced by a lot of my friends that make art.
What music do you listen to while working in the studio, if any?
Usually always listening to something. Today I recall listening to a lot of Flying Burrito Brothers and Lee Hazlewood.
What are some of your favorite things to do in SF? Places to eat? Way to spend a day off?
Lurk, bomb hills, breathe, I never know what to do with my free time so I probably just work in the studio. I’m not really a big food person but I eat a lot of food from Trader Joes or maybe Taqueria Cancun, Chicos Pizza, Inn n Out Burger. I sure do miss SF.
Do you have any upcoming exhibitions or projects?
I have an upcoming two person show with Eric Shaw at FFDG in September and will be one of 100 artists in a group show in Portland, OR at Breeze Block Gallery curated by Sven Davis, and I will be constructing an apocalypse hideout shelter at Ever Gold Gallery in SF, December 21st 2012.
Website?
TEN QUESTIONS / Kent Merriman Jr
Posted by – July 9, 2012
Please tell me a little bit about yourself and your practice.
Blue eyes, brown hair. Right now I’m trying to push painting into more of a sculptureal realm using traditional components of painting. Lately I’ve been as blatently obvious as I can when I paint. I’m trying to take on an extreme form of a representational style of painting where the painting becomes a literal representation to the extent that it becomes the object.
Where do you study? What kind of an influence has this had on your practice?
Study at the Alberta College of Art and Design. There are a lot of good painters, lot of good friends. Just to name a few.. Jesse Stillwell, Julien Fournier.. it was awesome to be around them because they consistently pushed me.
I’m still enrolled in school but since the end of the of the school year I’ve been painting in the Bakery with Jeremy Pavka, Matthew Mark, Micheal Abel, Karly Mortimer, Megan Dyck, and Makenzie Boyle. It’s been a good start to the summer. We’ve been getting lots of work done and they’re super fun guys to paint with. I’m learning lots down there.
What struggles do you face in your practice? Do you have any insecurities while making your work?
We found two dead mice in the studio. One of them was pregnant, so that was distracting. It was a two and a half ordeal. Plus, Jeremy and I had about six chips. I also want to spend more time with my nephew Archer so it’s hard to not ditch the painting to go hang out with him.
Do you find yourself attracted to work that is unlike yours, or work that is very similar?
I’m attracted to all different mediums and forms of art making. I’m more interested in ideas these days.
Who are some other Calgary-based artists whose work you are interested in? Artists in general who you are influenced by?
I thought Erik Olson’s Out of India show really did it for me. I’ve also always really liked Dave and Jenn’s work. In general I think there are a lot of great painters coming out of western Canada right now. It’s an awesome place because there is influence all around.
What music do you listen to while working in the studio, if any?
We kind of listen to it all right now, but as of late Matt and I have been listening to the most depressing music we can find. Last night I had a lady friend who came by and made us a small playlist, and then this morning we were all guilty of listening to Eifel 65.
What are some of your favorite things to do in Calgary? Places to eat? Way to spend a day off?
I eat at the Purple Perk constantly. I end up at 510 constantly too.
Website?
No, but I’m getting one.
Around Town
Posted by – June 15, 2012
There are some great exhibitions opening this Friday – be sure to check them all out:
New Alberta Contemporaries at Esker Foundation
444, 1011 – 9th Avenue S.E.
JUNE 15 – AUGUST 29, 2012
The New Alberta Contemporaries is the inaugural exhibition for the Esker Foundation. One of its primary objectives is to celebrate the creative potential of recent fine arts graduates from all the degree granting institutions across Alberta. The 47 artists were chosen for the ability with which their practice moves across disciplines in the emerging post-disciplinary and post studio age.
Painting 101: a solo exhibition of new work by Kent Merriman Jr, at Haight Gallery
2018 24th Avenue NW
JUNE 15 – JULY 7, 2012
Ghostown, Steven Nunoda, at Stride Gallery Main Space
1004 Macleod Trail SE
JUNE 15 – JULY 27, 2012
GHOSTOWN combines object-based work with installation, audio and video to recall and memorialize the internment of 22,000 persons of Japanese descent during the Second World War. Two hundred and twenty miniature tarpaper models in the installation refer to the cramped shacks hurriedly built by Japanese Canadian workers for their own incarceration.
Called “ghost-towns,” the camps had lasting effects on the internees and their descendants. This work comments on immigrant experiences and issues of human rights, displaced populations and racism, and is intended to provide a focus for remembrance made crucial as the event passes out of living recollection.
Perpetual Passage, Nate McLeod, in the Stride Gallery Project Room
1004 Macleod Trail SE
JUNE 15 – JULY 13, 2012
NATE MCLEOD’s PERPETUAL PASSAGE invites viewers into an immersive space – a space that draws one in and seems to infinitely stretch the Project Room in both directions. As the viewer moves through the space the work appears to transform, creating a dialogue between artwork, exhibition space, and viewer. Expanding upon Théophile Gautier’s concept of “l’art pour l’art” (translated as “art for art’s sake”), the artwork does not provide extraneous information and the viewer is left to consider this three-way dialogue and the experience of viewing the artwork.
