summer studio/work in progress

A couple images of works in progress from the studio this summer, for upcoming shows at Denny Gallery and Clay Street Press.

Facade with Jordan Tate

Images of Facade, a collaboration with Jordan Tate - curated by Elizabeth Denny. Facade was shown at SPRING/BREAK Art Show this March in NYC, and at Marshall University, WV in January. A mixed media approach to an European garden, Facade exposes the structures of artifice like an exploded diagram showcasing the trompe l'oeil and the foundation that supports it. A high/low rendering allows 3D to be flattened and 2D to be expanded. We are playing on these expectations while dismantling them at the same time, trying to recreate historic scenes that never existed. 

Artfcity mention here and slideshow.

KC

These projects were shown this last March and opened during NCECA. From top to bottom, Moon over Peters Pond at Arts KC. An Epic Adventure of Adventure and Exploration, and Joshua Tree Lequeu Redoux shown at Haw Contemporary in Kansas City.

Denny Gallery!

We are STOKED to be working with Denny Gallery, located in NYC's Lower East Side. Denny Gallery represents an amazing roster of artists, and it is an honor to be listed among them. Both GMD and I are so so excited for this next year, and everything that is in the works. Hooray!!

Wave Pool - Cincinnati 5

"Double Dresdner Monkey, Music Lesson" was recently shown at Wave Pool in Cincinnati 5: Artists Impacting the Community. Cincinnati 5 is part of a new yearly publication aimed at documenting 5 visual artists who promote and build the Cincinnati art community. To corresponds with the release of the book, each artist participated in an exhibition at Wave Pool. The book and exhibition were initiated and organized by artist Emily Moores, and we are flattered to be included in the first round. 

Artist Greg Swiger also interviewed us for his Final Friday podcast about this exhibition - you can listen here if you would like. It is so sweet - thank you Greg!

(more images of our work from the exhibition below)

cups

We tag teamed these cups while in china and they are quite a thing, I kind of hope they don't sell, but I always say that then regret it.

casting

Studio image from Jingdezhen China, December 2015.

Future Retrieval x Chris Vorhees

Day

Night

(pre tearing off the plastic wrap from the black mirror finish - which totally photographs like a mirror)

A few images from our exhibition at The Sculpture Center in Cleveland with Chris Vorhees, curated by James Barker, September 17th - October 23rd 2015. We were finally(!) able to show our monolith - Image of Order that we built at Bemis with Chris Vorhees, and added a couple more collaborative objects into the mix. 

Post Local

Welcome to the year of the monkey! Image from our exhibition "Post Local" at the Mufei Gallery in Jingdezhen China, which just closed today. We have been in and out of the country for the last couple of months, and have sadly let this blog lag a little...