I am participating in a group show at XL Projects in Syracuse. The exhibition launches the Stone Canoe Journal Issue 6. If you are in town, then I hope you can make the reception on Sat., Feb 4th 6-8pm.
Exhibition is open to the public:
Wed Jan 11th through Sat Feb 4th
noon – 6 p.m
Wednesday through Saturday
phone number 315/442-2542
307 Clinton Street, Syracuse, NY 13204
My drawing of the door is printed on translucent paper and hung over the door. Alongside this installation is a video of a drawing falling off a house. Photographs of my new installation are by Karen Pearlman.
My new installation is up at the University of Mary Washington gallery through December 2nd. It is part of a group exhibition on large-scale drawing. More details on that exhibition are in my earlier post here.
The Cornell Council for the Arts (CCA) published a catalogue of the past 25 years of their grants, including over 1700 artist projects. In 2008, CCA supported the creation of my public installation, Storm Road, with a grant and highlighted 9 Groton Avenue on their annual poster.
October 28- December 2
Preview: Thursday, October 27th, 5pm-7pm
Dupont Gallery, University Mary Washington
Visitor Information
chasing galleries and cruising the city
Walker
Frank
Midway
Soap Factory
Franklin
Highpoint
Soo
Form + Content
XYandZ
(photograph of Swiszcz’s paintings and video)
I visited Bethel University in Minneapolis last week to discuss my work in the exhibition. An essay about the exhibition is written by Christina Schmid. The show is on view in the Johnson Gallery until December 18th.
Susannah Schouweiler reviews “Binocular City,” a two-person exhibition at Bethel University, for Knight Arts.
Read the review here.
More details on the exhibition here.
I just returned from Judson University and talking about my work with their art and architecture students. The two departments share the largest building on campus, which was designed by Alan Short. The hospitality was excellent, as was the CIVA CODEX VII in the gallery.
This week I’m traveling back to the midwest for the opening of my exhibition with Carolyn Swiszcz (that is curated by Michelle Westmark). If you find yourself in the Twin Cities, you’re welcome to the opening and talk on Thursday or shoot me a line so we can hang out.
I was in NYC this weekend to talk with NYCAMS students. The gallery had an interesting show up on landscape by seven Swiss artists. “Swiss Bliss” is up until the end of October and curated by Chris Larson.
Photograph Copyright Herbert Weber
Binocular City: Karen Brummund and Carolyn Swiszcz
September 29 – December 18, 2011
Artist Talk with Karen Brummund:
Thursday, October 13 · 5 p.m.
Johnson Gallery, CC Building, 2nd floor
Reception following the talk
Artist Talk with Carolyn Swiszcz:
Tuesday, November 8 · 5 p.m.
Johnson Gallery, CC Building, 2nd floor
Reception following the talk
Binocular City includes the work of two artists exploring architecture and its direct and indirect influence on culture and community.
Karen Brummundʼs large-scale projects transform the surfaces of the environment. Her works include drawings and video works that have documented the large-scale time based drawing installations she has created in numerous cities around the world. These interventions, as Brummund calls them, are time-based drawings of architecture through photocopies, drawings, or videos that actually cover the buildings themselves. In her work the real and the represented intertwine to question our perception of the environment. Her interest is in finding the uncertain spaces between place and time, the paper and building, and the artist and the audience.
Carolyn Swiszcz’s colorful series of works on paper from 2005 and 2006 were made with the loose idea of an unending panorama. Each work was inspired by a real-life sign or commercial enterprise whose actual site may not have been that compelling. Swiszcz explains, “I gave these subjects different neighbors, re-configured their architecture, and added patterns more closely aligned to those in the parking lots of my psyche”.
Exhibition essay by Art Historian Christina Schmid, PhD.
For Olson and Johnson Gallery hours and directions please visit their website .
All events are free and open to the public.
Arcades Project is an exhibition that I help curate in Ithaca, New York. The first project was in May 2011. About 1000 people came to see the performance art, video installations, and books by small presses. There are more details about who’s who, etc. on the Arcades Project site. One of the best parts of Arcades is the people who participate. We hope you’ll join us in the next project (whether you’re working in Ithaca or not).
The next Arcades Project is scheduled for December 2nd and the application for proposals is out! You can download the application as .doc or .pdf
Friday, July 29th Station923 will host a line up of video art, animation and short film. Claudia Costa Pederson selected a variety of works from local and national artists. The screening will include my new videos from Before 1190 Huff Road. Station923 is a great summer art venue in Ithaca, New York.
VIDEO/ART/ITHACA/3
7 pm- 10 pm
@ Station923
ArtsCrtiticATL.com published Rebecca Dimling Cochran’s review of “Small Pieces,” the current show at the Kiang Gallery in Atlanta. It is curated by Karen Tauches and includes my work along with 11 other artists. The exhibition is up through the end of the month. More details here.
Kaori Homma is sharing stories about how artists are working together to respond to the recent disasters in Japan. You can read these stories on the blog Art Action, as well as some updates on the situation.
Kaori invited me to participate in a recent charity art auction in Japan. I am excited to hear that the local organization was able to raise a large sum for children’s needs in Tohoku. I donated one of my intaglio prints from 9 Groton Avenue (pictured above). There are so many ways to get involved, and giving to World Vision’s disaster response efforts or buying Milton Glaser’s poster to support Architecture for Humanity are two.
My latest video installation “535 Main Street” focused on the surface of a brick wall on a vacant lot. With the help of local elementary students, I made a video installation for the site. Here is a short clip of how I used their drawings in the installation. Read More
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Stone Canoe @ XL Projects
I stopped by XL Projects to see the exhibition that is showcasing the visual art from the 6th edition of the Stone Canoe Journal for the Arts. The show is up through February 5, 2012. The party for the issue launch is February 4th from 6pm-8pm.
XL Projects
307 Clinton Street, Syracuse, NY 13204
noon – 6 p.m
Wednesday through Saturday
phone number 315/442-2542