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November 18 to December 8 Richard Goulis creates video installation works using found objects as his medium. Most of Goulis’ work incorporates video within the pieces themselves or as projected images on non-traditional surfaces. Goulis finds inspiration in everything around him, “I probably cannot find a place in the known universe, and the unknown, in which I don’t find some inkling of interest that might someday or another translate into a piece of artwork, video or performance…There is nothing new about using discarded or found objects in creating art.” But Goulis specializes in using these found objects to create art that re-purposes an object, creating something “greater than what was put in.” Lucky Leone utilizes techniques from sculpture, photography, painting, drawing, performance and video in his work and his sculptures often incorporate small computers, microcontrollers and video. He sees the world as “a serious, tragic, and ultimately humorous place. His work looks at this world and questions why people (including himself) do what they do, and why things in the world are the way they are.” Investigation, exploration and explanation are all critical elements within Leone’s often-humorous work. “As he learns and progresses, he feels freer to take whatever creative avenues he is interested in.” The ideas that Leone generates often dictate the medium in which his final work is presented. Leone received a degree in design from RISD, and went on to obtain his MFA from San Diego State University. After graduating, Leone taught at Bristol Community College in Fall River, Massachusetts. He has also taught classes at The School of The Museum of Fine Arts in Boston and at Brown University. Leone received his second MFA in Digital and Media from RISD. James Montford creates videos, paintings and performances. He covers a full range of media in work that deals with African American oppression. Montford uses racial stereotypes in his art as a means to combat racism, and his work is well known for bringing these issues to the attention of viewers. Montford holds a BA degree from Brandeis University and an MFA from Maryland Institute College of Art. He is the recipient of numerous grants and fellowships, including a National Endowment for the Arts individual fellowship, a Pollock Krasner Foundation Grant for independent work, the Connecticut Commission on the Arts award, and four Yaddo residency fellowships. His work has been exhibited at museums around the country, including the Museum of the National Center of Afro-American Artists. Tina Tryforos presents a series of archival inkjet images from her ongoing series, Imaginary Menagerie, which is “part construction and part documentary”.In the series of photographs she reflects upon the importance and strangeness of the practice of collecting creatures. Her project was inspired by a child’s view of the natural animal world through encounters at museums, zoos and other educational institutions. Many of the images in her series Imaginary Menagerie were made in local collections in and around Rhode Island. Tryforos is an adjunct Professor of Photography at CCRI. She was a visiting artist in Project Open Door at RISD in 2007, and she has worked independently as a graphic designer and artist specializing in work for photographers. Tryforos received her BFA from Union College and an MFA in Visual Studies from the Visual Studies Workshop, in Rochester, New York. She is the recipient of the University of Rhode Island Sea Grant (2001). Ellen Wetmore uses sculpture to explore the bizarre physical transformations that occur during pregnancy and motherhood. “She has experienced extreme physical deformity, profound emotional delirium, intense hunger, illness and fatigue. This is normal, celebrated, but not necessarily an enjoyable part of motherhood.” Wetmore uses bronze, neon, rubber and plaster in her sculptures, which depict motherhood in many stages, from conception through nursing. “I explore this experience through surreal physical representations externalizing the emotional mind.” She addresses both the physical changes to her body, as well as the body as a fertile fruit.
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Winton Bell Gallery at Brown University List Art Center Among the best venues for contemporary art in New England, the David Winton Bell Gallery presents four exhibitions a year focusing on internationally recognized artists and contemporary trends. In addition, the Gallery mounts an annual student show, a triennial faculty exhibition, and an annual exhibition of New England artists. The
Krause Gallery at Moses Brown
November 8 – 23 Located in Moses Brown School on Providence's East Side, The Krause Gallery is dedicated to exhibiting a diverse selection of contemporary work from both local and national artists. Providence
Art Club The Providence Art Club is closed for November Gallery Night The
RISD Museum of Art Gallery Night Events - November 18, 5-9pm Collision Celebration Screening: Black Orpheus Hands-On Art Music in the Main gallery EXHIBITIONS Collision Lynda Benglis Ancient, Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, and Neoclassical Galleries Brian Knep Changing Poses: An Intimate Look at the Artist’s Model Of Clover and Chrysanthemum: Autumn Themes in Japanese Woodblock Prints The Figure: Contemporary Works from the Collection A special exhibit at the Fleet Library at RISD : OPEN FROM 5 TO 7 P.M. ONLY - Resources include Western and Asian decorative arts and ornament, architecture, furniture, jewelry and metals, textiles, glass, and ceramics of many styles and centuries, as well as classical antiquities, catalogs of World Expositions, and Patent books. In addition to published resources there are chalk rubbings of engraved silver pieces, a few drawings, and un-mounted photographs. Also included are scrap albums filled with clipped images from rare books and assorted leaves from various unidentified sources collected into personal portfolios. When pouring through these books, one can sometimes see the remnants of a faint sketch in the margin or a scribble that reconfigures a handle’s curve on a print of an ancient vase. Fingerprints and bits of wax or metal embedded in the paper indicate these resources were frequently used in the studio. All of these hint at the thinking and working processes of the designers themselves. The sterling silver Gorham objects and design drawings in the RISD Museum, the Gorham business archives, drawings and other material in the John Hay Library at Brown University, and the silver objects and archival materials at the
The RISD Museum of Art was founded as part of Rhode Island School of Design in 1877. Its permanent collection of more than 84,000 objects encompasses painting, sculpture, decorative arts, costume, furniture, and other works of art from nearly every part of the world and every era, including objects from Ancient Egypt, Greece, and Rome, and art of all periods from Asia, Europe, and the Americas, up to the latest in contemporary art. There are two entrances to the Museum, enter through the Chace Center at 20 N. Main Street, near the corner of N. Main and College Streets or through the Farago Wing on the corner of Benefit and Waterman Streets. |
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