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Artist Profile: Tyrome Tripoli

admin — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 07:08:06 +0000

Green Form (detail)

Red Plastic Form

GardenScape

Yellow Growth from Grid

AirConGreenCircle

Artist Statement

Generally my work is about integrating disparate elements, creating unlikely relationships and new meaning to appropriated objects and industrial materials.

Plastic Construction Series:
This series is comprised of blending pre-existing forms into unexpected juxtapositions. The objects are connected and fit together as if they were made that way. The parts are fastened with metal rod and hardware. While the objects are seemingly incongruous, they are integrated through color, shape and its past life.
I think of this work as abstract painting. My palette is a very carefully sorted library of random objects, industrial discards and post consumer waste. I consider every little piece in my palette as a brushstroke with a pre-existing color and shape. While most artists have certain rules that they abide to when making art, I’m against applied color and manipulating the pieces to fit. As the objects are related to each other and fastened onto the canvass, they become blended and transformed into a unified painting. The end result is a pixilated rendering made from the reuse of the mundane.

Found objects are used “as is” and combined into simple composites. The materials become transformed as the referential information of the object’s past life is obscured. It is the relationship between the materials that causes a subtext of new meaning and leaves the piece open to metaphoric exploration.

Found Surface Series:
A subtle drawing is blended into the natural deterioration of a found material. The drawing is secondary and is only meant to accent the organic qualities of the aged surface. The materials are chosen according to the revealing marks of its past life. Then, a sculptural relief or drawing is blended into the surface. My intention is to highlight the discreet beauty found in the commonly overlooked.

Website

http://tyrometripoli.com/

Vincent Romaniello

Mike — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 03:06:51 +0000

1. Name Tags, 2011, paint, paper, glassine, each piece 3x4 ft

2. Pink Slip (Waste Not), 2010, paint on seamless backdrop paper, 53x84 in

3. Last Straw (Waste Not), 2010, paper, paint, foam, extruded acrylic, 12x8x120 in

4. May Wave, 2010, zero voc house paint on canvas, 36x42 in

5. Big Spill, 2010, zero voc house paint on canvas, 84x64 in

Current Exhibitions

Process: Abstract Painters
Brooklyn Artists Gym
January 29-February 10
168 7th Street, Brooklyn, NY

An Art Exchange with Sol Lewitt
January 20-March 5
300 Nevins St, Brooklyn, NY

Website
http://vincent-romaniello.blogspot.com

Blog
http://romanblog2.blogspot.com/

Elena Yamamoto

Mike — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 00:36:36 +0000

Statement
Elena Yamamoto’s works are thoughts bound up in sources, process, and materials: photos made from negatives that my father took when he was just a few years older than myself; the sun-soaked cyanotype prints with their natural, distinctive, and seductive blue; silk in its softness, its play in the light, its living quality; cedar with its scent and preservative property.

All of these materials, all of these things, each personally important and meaningful, are tied and pinned and sewn together—slowly, quietly, meditatively—in order to become a collection of intimate, personal objects. These objects are manifestations of time spent with ideas, created by a repeated motion of the hand, thought on and thought about. Some of them are just small musings, haphazard thoughts made big through the time it took to meditate and make them, while others are those big ideas of family, legacy, intimacy, and relationships, made small and manageable through their expression in the physical.

These objects—reliquaries, even—contain elusive, ineffable thoughts. Words and sentences and explanations tend to limit our understanding of things, failing to capture ideas and experiences in their entirety, reducing the complexities of feelings and emotions to mere sentiment. And so here instead, I, with cautious hands, tug and pull to lay bare my quiet, personal thoughts and moments for you to ponder.

Website

http://www.elenayamamoto.com/

Current Exhibit
http://extensionsofmemory.tumblr.com/

Lindsay Kolk

Mike — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 00:30:47 +0000

Lattice

Shell

Vestige

Statement
Whether printed on the page, manifest in continuously looped forms, or carefully arranged structures Lindsay Kolk quietly meditates on the repeated mark. At once familiar and consistent, these marks are intuitively and carefully manipulated, obscured, even destroyed; efforts that intrinsically assign value even to that which appears as a remnant.

Website
http://elmehr.wordpress.com/

Current Exhibit
http://extensionsofmemory.tumblr.com/

Malin Abrahamsson

Mike — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 20:04:32 +0000

“De/Con/Struct”
2009
Mixed media on canvas
24″ x 36″

“Pile of Homes”
2009
Mixed media
4′ x 5′ x 4′

“The New”
2008
Mixed media on canvas
36″ x 48″

Artist Statement
What appears simple just demands a different kind of patience than what is scraggly and complex.

Website
http://malinabrahamsson.com

Miya Ando

Mike — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 02:58:02 +0000

A descendant of a Japanese Samurai sword maker, Ms. Ando is a much sought after metal sculptor whose most recent piece was recently unveiled at St. John’s Bread & Life in Bedford Stuyvesant, the largest provider of emergency food services in New York City. Ando’s grid of 144 steel canvas squares work together to compose a visual symbol of hope. The piece, titled Fiat Lux, which translates to “Let There Be Light,” is the focal point in the center’s nondenominational meditation room. It supports Bread & Life’s vision of giving strength and serenity to those who are battling an array of problems, including hunger, poverty, and related stress.

“With this piece, I wanted to create something spiritual but non-denominational so that it would speak to all the guests who visited the soup kitchen,” said Ms. Ando. “The piece provides a meditative environment to encourage introspection.”

Artist Biography

Ms. Ando was raised in two distinct cultures, a Buddhist temple in Japan, where she was cared for by swordsmiths turned Buddhist priests, and a mountainous region of Northern California. For more than a decade, she has created artwork on steel canvases utilizing traditional metalworking techniques such as grinding, sanding and the application of heat, along with acids, solvents and metal-based pigments to create various textures. Her background and spiritual upbringing infuse her artwork, which create quiet, abstract, meditative environments.

Website

http://www.miyaando.com/

Soraya Marcano

Mike — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 13:18:44 +0000

Exile
This is a “book” of paper, ink, acrylic, and thread. It was created in
1998 and appeared in the December/January, 2002 issue of the British
magazine Art-Review. It is also featured in the book A tale of two
cities (Impact press, 2001.)

Website
http://sorayamarcano.blogspot.com/

http://www.neoimages.net/artistportfolio.aspx?pid=509

Luis Blackaller and Andy Cavatorta

Mike — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 12:36:12 +0000

“Honey I Shrunk Red Hook” at Lucky Gallery is a collaboration between Luis Blackaller and Andy Cavatorta, who aim to start a creative discussion about Red Hook, the inhabitants and folklore. The mission of this project is to bring together a diverse mix of members of the Red Hook community to use art and gallery space as communication devices. Blackaller and Cavatorta will create a cardboard model of the streets surrounding Lucky Gallery, and build a collection of photorealistic dolls representing Red Hook dwellers.

“Red Hook has an air of mystery that I can’t find anywhere else in New York,” explains Blackaller. “It feels somewhat uncharted, perhaps separated as it is from the New York comprehensive subway network. When thinking about making art for Red Hook, I immediately feel like using this art as an excuse to get closer to the people in it, and learn about the place from them hopefully helping them learn from each other in the process.”

The closing reception on Saturday, August 29, will feature a short film projected outside the gallery featuring highlights from the opening, the exhibition and interviews. The photorealistic dolls of Red Hook inhabitants will be given to their rightful owners and there will be live music from local musicians. Food and drink will be provided.

August 8th to August 30th, Lucky Gallery
Closing reception on Saturday, August 29, from 6-10 PM

Luis Blackaller is an artist from Mexico city with an interest in culture, technology and media. He graduated with honors as a Mathematician in the National Autonomous University of Mexico. He has worked as a Designer, Art Director and Motion Graphics Artist in the Mexican film industry for 10 years. He recently graduated with a Master of Science Degree at the MIT Media Lab under the mentorship of John Maeda, where he explored online creative social systems and their relationship with artistic expression and communication.

Andy Cavatorta can’t stop making things: robots, bikes, art, music, software and films. Sometimes the robots make more music, the software makes more art and the bikes shoot movies. He is currently developing musical robots and large-scale performances and installation with Ensemble Robot. Cavatorta is currently a graduate student at the MIT Media Lab.

Alex Downs, Laura Gibson, Chad Rimer

Mike — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 16:04:19 +0000

Exhibit at Sweet Lorraine Gallery, contact artists for viewing information.

Alex Downs – Vessels
Email: downs2681@gmail.com
Web: http://www.flickr.com/photos/downs2681/
Phone: 347-387-2382

Laura Gibson – Drawings
Email: bella.gibson@gmail.com
Phone: 718-775-1557

Chad Rimer – Sculpture
Email: chadrimer@yahoo.com
Phone: 718-775-1556

Steve Riley

Mike — Sun, 31 May 2009 20:10:45 +0000

Good Morning Universe, 8×9.5″, 2009

Brave New World, 8×9″ 2008

Broken World, 8×9″, 2008

Stream, 10×10″, 2008

Artist Statement

I am drawn to everyday objects that are often overlooked or discarded. Using a wide range of disciplines, I transform the materials into small works. With a modern primitive style I balance the positive and negative space that gives a piece a sense of beauty. Taking an unorthodox approach I embellish the surface of my work with steel nails and apply tiny circles to explore nature and its relationship with the synthetic.

Website

http://www.steveriley.artlogsites.com/

Carol Quint

Mike — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 02:08:43 +0000

REST IN PIECES
Limited Edition Color Photograph of original sculpture by Carol Quint
10″ x 8″ photo

Artist Statement
The foundation of my work is the exploration of archetypal imagery. The images become surrogates for a broad range of emotional experience. They are grounded in symbols that elicit recognition on a subconscious level.

Currently, I am building sculptures that are in themselves artifacts, evidence of my efforts, which are now in the past.

My process involves creating, recycling and reconstruction. The content and function of these works reflects both a sense of time past and time present, qualities that are in the nature of a relic.

Website
http://www.carolquint.com/

Elizabeth Jordan

Mike — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 00:01:51 +0000

Elizabeth Jordan, “I’ll Fly Away”

Elizabeth Jordan, “Leisurama”

Elizabeth Jordan, “Lives of Birds”

Elizabeth Jordan, “Mantle World”

Name
Elizabeth Jordan

Medium
Sculpture

Neighborhood
Gowanus, Brooklyn

Artist Statement
My work incorporates found materials, recycled wood, wire, paper mache and claystone, and illustrates objects both familiar and symbolic. Together they represent the development of a vocabulary of pieces that can interact together to create a narrative, or they can exist as separate, iconic works. This vocabulary consists of (among other things) ladders, crosses, bird’s nests and wings, bones, hearts, guitars, towers and artifacts. They are objects which illustrate the two main concerns in my work: my love of the natural world and an interest in religion and the questions it poses. In addition, I am intrigued by the mysterious meanings of objects, whether they are ordinary items, like tools, extraordinary items like weapons, or artifacts of nature, like nests and driftwood.

Contact address
ditrose@aol.com

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