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Untitled Paper Cut 1

Posted on June11, 2011 by Robert Asman

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……….These are selected works presented in honor and recognition of the first exhibition of Francis Bacon’s; Drawings/Works on Paper. The exhibition is entitled FBacon7 and opens in Venice this summer. The exhibition deals with his many drawings and attempts to bring the neurological sense of the modern violence/surrealism of humanity to paper. I believe this is the first ever major works on paper exhibit of this legendary artist.

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Untitled Paper Cuts 2

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Since paper is a fragile 3 dimensional medium, Bacon’s sense of foreboding with his materials is poignant and humanizing in contrast to his bold, aggressive canvasses: which handled his sense of human violence less subtlly. These photographs were made with the basic black and white camera, film, silver paper…light sensitive materials.

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Untitled Paper Cuts 3

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The paper negatives are altered by hand with cutting, tearing, scratching before being placed in the photographic enlarger for printing. The enlargements are unique gelatin silver prints; toned, and chemically manipulated to add the genuine hues and colors consistent with the materials of the photographic medium.

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Untitled Paper Cut 4

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Practicing and experiencing the genuine silver photographic process is very conducive to the neurological transference of violence Bacon worked to express.

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Untitled Paper Cut 5

To learn more about Robert Asman’s work log on to www.alchemy-ink.com.

Stiletto

Posted by Mikel Elam on May 25, 2011

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I wanted to create a line of art which might have some of the elements of a fine art painting – yet could be functional and useful. At first, I thought I would incorporate a similar visual vocabulary used in my paintings. After careful deliberation I decided to create imagery which women and some men might find fascinating.

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Art Bag - 1

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The first image which came to mind was the shoe. I have many memories of women chatting about what a great pair of shoes meant to them. They evoked stories of times gone by, the people they were with and of course what they wore.

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Art Bag - 2

I then thought back to great shoe imagery I had seen in both paintings, photographs and illustrations which lead me to the great Andy Warhol – and the equally great Antonio Lopez. Both superstar illustrators back in the sixties, seventies and beyond. Warhol and Lopez have passed on but their imagery has stood the test of time and will remain with us forever.

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Art Bag - 3

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Their images have inspired me to create this one of a kind original line of art bags. Once the image has been executed it will never be repeated again. I wanted the owner of the bag to feel they will have something special and exclusive to them. The personality of the owner merges with the artwork. Also, if the owner decides later they really would like to have the image adorn their walls – they only need to decide how they would like to frame it.

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Art Bag - 4

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The bags will be shown in several art festivals and events throughout the summer at a special price. From there, several stores will carry them in the fall.
If anyone would like to order a bag, they only need to contact me at: www.MikelElam.com.

Indigene 5

Posted on April 19, 2011 by Mikel Elam

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……….The last month has been quite interesting for me. I found people I have not seen in years and people have found me. The magic of Google and the Internet. A German art collector I met many years ago found me by way of my website: www.MikelElam.com and decided she wanted to buy a painting yet needed to see them in the raw. So she decided to fly to Philadelphia to visit me and to rediscover Philadelphia as she had been here many years ago. It was a glorious time showing her how our city has grown, and in the end she purchased not one but three paintings to become part of her vast collection.

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Facing West

Then came along a sale from my dealer in Puerto Vallarta entitled: “Facing West”. From there – a very successful and highly renowned audio documentary producer purchased two small works (“Chance” and “Indigene 5″) for his home in Seattle, Washington.

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Chance

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Life can be both fair, unpredictable and yes challenging. The hope which remains alive in me is knowing that things can change completely in a short amount of time. So keep hope alive.

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Provocation

To learn more about Mikel Elam’s work, log on to www.MikelElam.com

Michelle Grabner

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When:

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Thursday, March 31st 2011 – 6PM
Institute of Contemporary Art
118 S 36th Street, Philadelphia PA 19104
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Michelle Grabner is an artist and writer. She is also is a corresponding editor for X-tra and ArtUS. Her writing has been published in Artforum, Modern Painters, Frieze, Contemporary, X-tra, Art Press, Teme Celeste among others.

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Professor and Painting and Drawing Department Chair at The School of the Art Institute, she has also taught at The University of Wisconsin-Madison, Cranbrook Academy of Art, and the Yale Norfolk Program. Recent visiting artist engagements include California Institute of the Arts; Albert College of Art and Design, Calgary; American University; Bennington College; California College of Art; and the San Francisco Art Institute.

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Grabner is also the founder and director of The Suburban, an artist-run project space in Oak Park, Illinois, which over the past ten years has hosted projects by numerous major and emerging artists. A ten-year anniversary catalogue titled Can I Come Over to Your House: The First Ten Years of The Suburban, with essays by Michelle Grabner and Michael Newman is being published later this year. She and her husband Brad Killam also run The Poor Farm, a Kunsthalle in Waupaca County WI.

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She has exhibited her work at Musée d´art Grand-Duc Jean, Luxembourg; Stadtgalerie, Keil; Kunsthalle, Bern; Daimler Contemporary, Berlin; Midway, Minneapolis; Rocket, London; INOVA, Milwaukee; Southfirst, Brooklyn; Gallery 16, San Francisco; Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI; Feigen, Inc. New York; Shane Campbell Gallery, Chicago; The Milwaukee Art Museum; Galerie der Stadt Sindelfingen, Sindelfingen; McKenzie; Bricks and Kicks, Vienna; Turbinehallerne, Copenhagen; Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita, Kansas.

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Posted on March 20th, 2011 by Rebekah Boyer

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…………as a child I kept a stable of ToughBroads. ‘The Goils’, had to conform to very specific standards, including a haircut that queasily presaged Lady Gaga’s ‘Horus Coif’; one eye…0nly. That and a black leather jacket were absolutes. Only the best were allowed to stay in the club. The girls of my youth were women, the girls of today are innocents, cast into Babylon. Still an exclusive joint.

Bluebird's Song

Red-Locked Girl With Puppy

Pink Girl Surprised

Lady Against Purple Background

Red Haired Girl By Swimming Pool

To learn more about Rebekah’s art work, log on to www.RebekahBoyerArt.com