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  • A.MUSE - STEVEN WOLF - HIJINKS

    ELEANOR HARWOOD - TRIPLE BASE - ARTICULATED

    01.07.12, Part II

    (with assistance from Clare Coppel and Neal Strickberger)



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    a.Muse Gallery: Primo - The art of David and Hugh D'Andrade.

    Comment by AB: Giant kitties and curious characters materialize from the mind of Hugh D'Andrade while David D'Andrade arts up a selection of fluid streamline abstractions. For those of you keeping score at home, the two artists are cousins.

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    Giant kitty art by Hugh D'Andrade at a.Muse Gallery.

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    Art by Hugh D'Andrade.

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    Another charismatic cat by Hugh D'Andrade at a.Muse Gallery.

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    Art by David D'Andrade.

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    David D'Andrade art closer at a.Muse Gallery.

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    Overview - David and Hugh D'Andrade art show at a.Muse Gallery.

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    Steven Wolf Fine Arts: Whitney Lynn - Sculptures Involontaires; Jeffrey Augustine Songco - Public Displays of Affection.

    Review by Clare Coppel: Jeffrey Augustine Songco essays on the topics of romance, sex and religion in a playful manner. His media include "peace poles," plastic containers and deflated balloon animals which are strangely endearing. Ominous traps by Whitney Lynn such as a mysterious basket-type ball. Many of the pieces are on the floor; one might step on them, but everyone seems to give them their space.

    Comment by AB: In the front gallery, sculptures by Whitney Lynn play off of the idea of traps-- the kinds used to catch animals and other creatures for a variety of purposes. In the rear gallery, Jeffrey Songco imagines a world where religion and "Queerdom" coexist in peace, harmony and even mutual admiration. His expressive options include a walk-around installation of upbeat adages on posts accented at their bases with black leather collars, and former balloon animals, now sans air and neatly mounted on black velvet. Worth stopping by on both counts.

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    Trap art by Whitney Lynn at Steven Wolf Fine Arts.

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    Art you can make at home by Whitney Lynn.

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    Whitney Lynn art (image c/o Clare Coppel).

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    Art by Whitney Lynn at Steven Wolf Fine Arts.

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    Balloon art by Jeffrey Augustine Songco at Steven Wolf Fine Arts.

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    Jeffrey Augustine Songco art in above image closer & scaled by him.

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    Art/installation by Jeffrey Augustine Songco.

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    Jeffrey Songco and his art at Steven Wolf Fine Arts.

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    Jeffrey Songco art & installation from above.

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    Gallery Hijinks: Treasure Frey and Kyle Jorgensen - Chromatic and Canopies.

    Review by Clare Coppel: Minimal rainbow shapes drawn and painted on paper by Treasure Frey, and scenes of forests, childlike as in fairytales, by Kyle Jorgensen.

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    Art by Kyle Jorgensen at Gallery Hijinks.

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    Kyle Jorgensen in above image closer.

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    Art & installation by Kyle Jorgensen at Gallery Hijinks.

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    Art by Treasure Frey at Gallery Hijinks.

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    Treasure Frey art closer (image c/o Clare Coppel).

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    Eleanor Harwood Gallery: Gareth Spor - New Works.

    Comment by AB: Gareth Spor shows glittery precision "pendulum paintings" (the paint applied via a swinging pendulum), digital reconfigurations of notable works of Op Art, and a decolorized reproduction-- completely accurate, including chips and wear-- of a Victor Vasarely sculpture that's been sitting in a public park in Hungary for over 30 years.

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    Digitally remastered Op Art by Gareth Spor at Eleanor Harwood Gallery.

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    Pinkie cam detail of art by Gareth Spor in above image.

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    Gareth Spor (center) discourses on his art.

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    "Pendulum paintings" by Gareth Spor at Eleanor Harwood Gallery.

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    Art by Gareth Spor closer (image c/o Neal Strickberger).

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    Video art by Gareth Spor.

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    Colorless replication of a Vasarely sculpture by Gareth Spor.

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    Gareth Spor art closer at Eleanor Harwood Gallery.

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    Articulated Gallery: Ephemeral Antidotes - Arabella Proffer.

    Comment by AB: Arabella Proffer's eerie portraits with piercing eyes explore "medical superstitions and practices of centuries past."

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    Art by Arabella Proffer at Articulated Gallery.

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    Arabella Proffer and her art.

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    Small art by Arabella Proffer at Articulated Gallery.

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    Art by Arabella Proffer in above image closer.

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    Arabella Proffer art at Articulated Gallery.

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    Arabella Proffer literature.

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    Addendum:

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    Farewell retrospective at Triple Base Gallery.

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    Bye-bye Triple Base Gallery - it was sweet while it lasted.

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