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See the Long View Gallery invite here. Also check out Metroweekly's article on Jeff McElhaney, creator of the exhibited ads. He tells the magazine:
The ads are near and dear to my heart. There are a lot of ghosts standing next to me when I'm holding these ads. I've lost so many friends.
Thanks to his ads, however, it's likely McElhaney saved quite a few, as well.
Jeff is Creative Partner at Brand-Aid Creative in Washington, DC. He just found Posterous—we hope he starts using it!
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I met Dave Richardson at Aaron Gallery in Dupont Circle. He tells me that Zenith Gallery will be hosting a "Meet the Artist" reception for him at Chevy Chase Pavilion, so come see him as he presents his work a day before the exhibition opens. The reception is on December 9 from 6-9pm, and the show, called The Soul of Seoul, will be on display from December 10 through February 28, 2010. See the press release here.
Congrats, Dave, I look forward to seeing your work!
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At Project 4, Laurel Lukazewski’s Sakura is the signature piece of her new show, “Once.” It’s an installation of 3,020 delicate porcelain cherry blossoms—the number coincides with how many trees were given to our city by Japan—covering the two-story walls of the gallery. By the baseboards, petals are strewn about, for even though these flowers look newly blossomed, Lukazewski won’t let us forget that natural beauty is fleeting—a message that, when cemented in porcelain, seems somewhat contradictory, as delicate as its medium. It’s as though Lukazewski takes us through the seasons: flowers in summer, piles of leaves in fall, the swirls of snow in the winter, and a waterfall-like cascade of rain in the spring; all four a reminder to be more deliberate, thoughtful, and grateful.
A beautiful piece in the City Paper. I hope you get to see Laurel's installation.
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Curation is the latest trend, so we thought you might like to share tidbits that inspire you--as they come. Tell Me DC is a local design scrapbook edited by DC graphic and web designers (we are 3 for now). A fun experiment. Become part of it.
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“Flight Patterns” are not just for the birds. Though the title of Phil Nesmith’s show at Irvine Contemporary is quite literal for his glass-plate images of birds and insects, flight unites his show with the concurrent exhibition by Oliver Vernon. Both are characterized by movement through air, but with completely divergent approaches. Nesmith, whose medium is photograms (a method in which exposures are made directly on photosensitive black glass plates), captures delicate, subtle movements. Vernon, on the other hand, creates futuristic abstract landscapes that look as tenuous as Jupiter’s—stormy gases and debris, rotating and swirling together in orbit. Nesmith’s birds and insects are restricted in their flight by the glass jars in which he’s ensnared his subjects. Vernon’s paintings and a 3-D installation explode into space, bound by nothing.
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More at ReadysetDC! Looking forward to Thanksgiving -- Tweetsgiving, anyone?
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You must see this in person! Oliver Vernon's Double Down and Phil Nesmith's Flight Patterns opened today at Irvine Contemporary. You can become a fan of Phil Nesmith on Facebook. View the press release (PDF).
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More photos on Flickr. A wrap-up of Design Week DC coming!
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I'm with interior designer Fabian Bernal, one of the organizers of Design Week DC. We are at Contemporaria, a design and furniture showroom in Georgetown and one of the participants of this exciting week. Thanks, Fabian, for the overview! See my initial post about Design Week DC.
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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22
5:30 INSTALLATION: “CACHE” A work by Alberto Gaitán - This installation transforms used materials into ephemeral art, allowing the DC community to experience and enjoy temporary architecture. Constructed by Alberto Gaitán, this interactive installation will be composed of both reused materials and specialized lighting design. It will be staged in a traditional row house by Cady’s Alley. Defying rigid concepts of design, this installation incorporates everyday functional objects, creating unexpected spaces for the public to engage and explore.
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Part I: Ribbon-cutting ceremony and New Community for Children.
For more work by Anne Marchand, see her website or blog.
For more work by Eve Hennessa, see her blog.
Mixed media paintings on fiberglass. See Liani's website.
More work from Colin Winterbottom here.
DCist interview with Tim Conlon (2008)
More work by Iacovone: artist's website and Hamiltonian Gallery page.
See Kelly's website. ReadysetDC has a great interview with the artist regarding the Windows Into DC project.
Participating artists are: Beth Baldwin, Jason Clark, Tim Conlon, Liani Foster, Amber Robles-Gordon, Eve Hennessa, Michael Dax Iacovone, Anne Marchand, Cory Oberndorfer, Michael Platt and Carol A. Beane, Kelly Towles, Aneikan Udofia, and Colin Winterbottom.
Become a Facebook fan of the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, or follow on them on Twitter.
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Philippa talks about The Red Bull Art of Can, a touring exhibition now in DC (starting October 8). More details here.
Update: The video of the program (thanks Nikolas Schiller!)
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