Now on view at Morton Fine Art through June 4th, 2013. Please contact the gallery for availability and pricing details.
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Scattered to the Wind by MAYA FREELON ASANTE
16 MayA one-of-a-kind kinetic art performance by artist MAYA FREELON ASANTE which boasts free-falling art for all.
Accompanied by the natural environment of Baltimore City, ‘Scattered to the Wind’ took place on Saturday, April 27th, 2013 at the Bromo Selzter Arts Tower in Baltimore, MD.
Let go with me
Make room for Joy!
The weightlessness
of forgiveness
Seeks peace
With love
- Maya Freelon Asante
Artwork by Victor Ekpuk- Live painting in Amsterdam
15 MayArtwork by Victor Ekpuk, made during the presentation of ZAM Africa Magazine in 2009.
Artist Spotlight: Julia Fernandez-Pol’s Paintings Inspired by Science, Beauty and the Grotesque
14 MayBethesda’s “Fair Focus” Art Exhibition artist discusses the inspirations behind her work and what her life would be like without paint
Potomac Patch, 14 May 2013
As part of Bethesda’s Art Walk festivities, the “Fair Focus” Art Exhibition was an event for the community to enjoy unique masterpieces by reputable artists from all over the world, including Julia Fernandez-Pol.
The Argentinian-American artist grew up looking either under a microscope or through a telescope. Over time, Fernandez-Pol used those same observation techniques to create her paintings. After moving across the country to Los Angeles, Fernandez-Pol is establishing herself on a new coast and her work is just getting started.
Bethesda-Chevy Chase Patch: Who is Julia Fernandez-Pol?
Julia Fernandez-Pol: I think Julia the artist is allowing my eccentricity to be my important feature. One of the things for me is that I love the quirkiness and subtleties that come from nature. A lot of the experimentation comes from trying to find those unique characteristics in nature through a parallel world in paint.
Patch: What inspires your paintings?
Fernandez-Pol: Science, research and the idea of beauty and grotesque. I like when I start to get a little bit grossed out by my paintings, because then I know that I have gotten somewhere.
Patch: What do you like about your paintings shown at the “Fair Focus” Art Exhibition?
Fernandez-Pol: What I like about the work there is the idea of color and light coming from darkness. As much as I like the really intense, heavy and dense fields of paint, I think it is nice to see some space, especially in a world of digital culture.
Patch: Out of all of your paintings, which one did you have the most fun creating, and why?
Fernandez-Pol: I like to work on a lot of paintings at once, because if I am struggling with one painting then I can usually find the answer in another painting. I do a body of work in terms of using the dark fields and bioluminescent neon colors.
Patch: What do you love the most about painting?
Fernandez-Pol: I love when it is unexpected. There are so many ways to use paint and it’s like this never-ending exploration.
Patch: What could you see yourself doing if you were never introduced to painting?
Fernandez-Pol: I would want to be a neuroscientist. I love to know about the brain and I think that it is really important in my work.
Patch: What’s next for you?
Fernandez-Pol: I am out in Los Angeles; I moved here about three months ago. I am trying to work on more sculptures and develop other projects.
NATHANIEL DONNETT’s artist in residency exhibition “You Are The One” at RedLine Milwaukee reviewed
8 MayMonday, May 6, 2013, Express Milwaukee
‘You Are The One’
Life and art at RedLine Milwaukee
Exploring the connections between art and everyday life has been a concern of artists since Marcel Duchamp at the beginning of the 20th century and Andy Warhol in mid-century. But neither of these artists envisioned how far the challenge to the separation of life from art might be carried.Visitors to RedLine Milwaukee (422 N. Fourth St.) before June 29 may see firsthand how items of clothing such as T-shirts, jeans, hats and other items gathered from everyday life might be transformed into art. With the support of a National Endowment for the Arts grant, Houston-based artist Nathaniel Donnett collaborated with Milwaukee children, teens and elderly citizens in a venture involving multi-media art experiments. The project is a part of RedLine Milwaukee’s artists residency program. As part of the creation process, Donnett interviewed participants, asking them to reflect on their personal experiences of alienation and marginalization. Among the questions that emerged was the role of media in creating or reinforcing racial stereotypes.
Donnett’s exhibition, “You Are The One,” has a department store theme. Display cases, shopping bags, mannequins and clothing racks full of hanging T-shirts become symbols that help us explore the community environment. One sculpture portrays a male teenage mannequin wearing sagging jeans. Given the importance of clothes and shopping for personal identity in contemporary cultures, the theme seems most fitting.
Drawings, printmaking, collage, sculpture, video, paintings and photographs of the neighborhood—some by Donnett and others by participants—forge a link between the artists and the community. The materials employed, including a prom dress made by a participant’s great-grandmother, were collected from local sources as a part of the creative process. The exhibition was developed on site during the artist’s three-week residency.
Tribal African sculptures appear throughout the exhibition, used perhaps to tag the cultural heritage of the artist and broaden the cultural references. Exercising a whimsical twist, Donnett reverses conventional gallery presentation style by placing African sculptures on the tops of display cases instead of securely inside. Clothing normally accessible to customers on racks or tables is sequestered within the plastic display cases where art normally resides.
How did Donnett become an artist? Actually, he grew up practicing drums and enjoying hip-hop dancing on the streets of Houston before studying art in college. He came to the visual arts almost by accident when he was kicked out of music class and sent to art class over a disagreement with the band director. His first loves of music and dance still remain a part of his performance art. Donnett’s interest in community-based arts as reflected in works shown in galleries in New York and Chicago brought him to the attention of RedLine, which subsequently invited him to Milwaukee.
RedLine Milwaukee makes studio space accessible to artists and hosts classes for painting, sculpture, printing, photography and experimentation with the latest media arts. It is arguably one of the Milwaukee arts community’s best-kept secrets. Artists Lori Bauman and Steve Vande Zande founded RedLine in 2009 to provide professional career development support to artists and to offer educational and community outreach with a focus on the arts and social issues. Donnett’s residency serves these aims very well.
To view the story online please visit: http://expressmilwaukee.com/article-21013-%25E2%2580%2598you-are-the-one%25E2%2580%2599.html
Welcoming SC-based artist CHARLES WILLIAMS to Morton Fine Art’s roster
23 Apr
Introducing SC-based landscape/seascape painter CHARLES WILLIAMS
About CHARLES WILLIAMS:
Charles Williams is a professional contemporary realist painter from Georgetown, South Carolina and a graduate of the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) in Savannah, Georgia with a Bachelors Degree in Fine Art. From utilizing oils for the basis of landscapes, each painting captures his reflection of human emotions in response to and in sync with the natural environment.
Recent achievements and awards include a Hudson River Landscape Fellowship, featured work in the Artists Magazines 28th Annual Art Competition, honorable mention from Southwest Art Magazines 21 Emerging Under 31 competition, 2012 Winner of the Fine Art Category from Creative Quarterly, 2013 selected artist for 28th Positive Negative juried art exhibition at East Tennessee State University, juror/curated by Michael Ray Charles from PBS Ar21, one of 25 selected artists for 2012 Dave Bown Project in Chicago, juror/curated by Karl Hecksher, owner K5 Editions, New York, Andrea Karnes, curator at Modern Art Museum, Fort Worth, Mary Kate O’Hare, curator American Art, Newark Museum, 2nd place Bluecanvas Publication international competition “Environments,” and featured cover artist of Composite and Professional Artist Magazine. Williams’ works has been shown in American Art Collector, Empty Magazine, Charleston Magazine, Grand Strand, Studio Visit, Bluecanvas and other national publications. He was recently interviewed and broadcast on ETV/ NPR station, entitled: Nature Through the Eyes of an Artist.
His contemporary landscapes have been exhibited in group and solo exhibitions in galleries in New York, Vermont, California, Georgia, South Carolina and several other southeastern states. His upcoming participation in Morton Fine Art’s Beyond Yesterday: A Collection of Landscape Memories marks his exhibition debut in Washington, DC.
Charles Williams, Someday Soon, 30″x40″, oil on panel
About his inspiration:
“I explore the relationship between human emotions and the natural environment. These parallel perspectives are the basis for my landscapes and inspires me to capture honest moments, showing others a glimpse of what’s beneath the surface.” – CHARLES WILLIAMS
Scattered to the Wind – kinetic art performance by MAYA FREELON ASANTE in Baltimore 4/27/13 at 1pm
18 AprScattered to the Wind
A one-of-a-kind kinetic art performance by MAYA FREELON ASANTE
PERFORMANCE
Saturday, April 27th at 1pm sharp
Bromo Seltzer Arts Tower
21 S. Eutaw St.
Baltimore, MD 21201
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MAYA FREELON ASANTE, accompanied by the natural environment of Baltimore City, presents Scattered to the Wind on Saturday, April 27th, 2013 at 1:00pm. A one-of-a-kind kinetic art performance which boasts free-falling art for all, at Bromo Selzter Arts Tower, located at 21 S. Eutaw Street, Baltimore, MD 21201.
Come and witness the act of letting go and the beauty of now, as MAYA FREELON ASANTE leads us through an interactive experience that highlights both the fragility and strength of art. The performance will take place outdoors from approximately 1:00pm-1:30pm.
Let go with me
Make room for Joy!
The weightlessness
of forgiveness
Seeks peace
With love
Make room for Joy!
The weightlessness
of forgiveness
Seeks peace
With love
- Maya Freelon Asante
About MAYA FREELON ASANTE:
MAYA FREELON ASANTE is an award-winning artist whose artwork was described by poet Maya Angelou as “visualizing the truth about the vulnerability and power of the human being.” Her unique tissue paper art has been described by the International Review of African American Art as a “vibrant, beating assemblage of color” and she was selected by Modern Luxury Magazine as Best of D.C. 2013 and by the Huffington Post’s “Black Artists: 30 Contemporary Art Makers Under 40 You Should Know”.
She has exhibited her work nationally and internationally including Paris, Ghana, and US Embassies in Madagascar, Italy, Jamaica, and Swaziland. She has been a professor of art at Towson University and has attended numerous residencies including Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, the Korobitey Institute and Brandywine Workshop. She earned a BA from Lafayette College and an MFA from the School of Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
