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FIRST THURSDAY - 04.04.13 - Part III

(with assistance from RWM and Neal Strickberger)

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Highlight Gallery: Matthew Brandt - Water & Polaroid.

Review by RWM: Interesting psychedelic landscapes. Great to get lost in the canyons. This could be part of a book about the damage we have caused to the natural environment. Here there are fun colors which disturb as well. Such a book could send a message from our landscape artists about what has been lost and damaged, one that does not necessarily have to be about hope.

Comment by AB: "Matthew Brandt presents three bodies of work based on the manipulation of photographic emulsion." Worth a look.

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Backlit manipulated photographs by Matthew Brandt at Highlight Gallery.

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Photograph by Matthew Brandt above looking straight on.

Matthew Brandt at his Highlight Gallery photography show.

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Photograph manipulated with water by Matthew Brandt.

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Matthew Brandt manipulated photographs by Matthew Brandt at Highlight Gallery.

Photography by Matthew Brandt.

Out front - Matthew Brandt photography show at Highlight Gallery.

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Visual Aid: Strange Ideas, Time Travel and Reckless Contact with Electric Eels - David Young Allen.

Comment by AB: David Young Allen's involved mixed media compositions pay tribute to Alexander von Humboldt, Simon di Bolivar and Roger Williams among other subjects.

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Art by David Young Allen at Visual Aid.

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David Young Allen art in above image closer.

Homage to Simon di Bolivar by David Young Allen at Visual Aid.

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Art by David Young Allen.

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David Young Allen art at Visual Aid.

Art by David Young Allen.

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Hang Art Gallery: Kaleidoscope - Kelly DeFayette, Peter Dimick, DAVe Warnke.

Comment by AB: This one's all about color and pattern with DAVe Warnke going bright, Kelly DeFayette presenting precise hi-gloss geometries on wood panels, and Peter Dimick perhaps riffing on the checkerboard appearance of farm fields observed from the window of a plane.

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Art by Peter Dimick at Hang Art Gallery.

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Art by Peter Dimick (left & right) - Kelly DeFayette (center).

Art by Kelly DeFayette at Hang Art Gallery.

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Kelly DeFayette art in above image closer at Hang Art Gallery.

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Art by DAVe Warnke (left) - Kelly DeFayette (right).

Art by DAVe Warnke.

Panorama - DAVe Warnke, Kelly DeFayette, Peter Dimick art at Hang Art Gallery.

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SOMArts Gallery: Dial Collect. Curated by Calcagno Cullen.

Artists: Adriana Atema, Candy Chang, Calcagno Cullen, Mark Harris, Lauren Gilette, Lori Gordon, Joseph Grigely, Paul de Jong, Hugh Leeman, Tom Marioni, Atsuko Morita, Ian Alan Paul.

Comment by AB: Interactive and participatory art installations by thirteen artists include "Silent Karaoke" by Paul de Jong, a wall of interview snippets by Lori Gordon, Adriana Atema's "Yawning Booth," "Before I Die" by Candy Chang where collaborators can manifest their wishes in chalk on a blackboard, and quite a bit more. Check it out.

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