Two exhibitions
dal 2/6/2005 al 9/7/2005
Segnalato da
2/6/2005
Two exhibitions
Aron Packer Gallery, Chicago
By connecting the modern pastime of online browsing and graphic manipulation with the age-old tradition of oil painting, Doug Smithenry creates rather disjointed images. By reworking photographs, Mothersbaugh is able to display the warped perceptions of beauty hidden by time and outer appearances.
Gallery One:
Doug Smithenry
Hulaman and Other Image Problems. Paintings
By connecting the modern pastime of online browsing and graphic manipulation
with the age-old tradition of oil painting, Doug Smithenry creates
beautiful, rather disjointed images. Once he finds portraits that capture
his attention, he finds a suitable, sometimes slightly odd backdrop for his
subjects. This combination of two unrelated photographs makes both appear
out-of place. The juxtaposing of images is further stretched and twisted
into contortions when Smithenry graphically manipulates the images by
running them through a series of filters on the computer. Once he has
filtered the images, he then models them into a series of distorted images.
The result is a fantastic study of the disjointedness modern man feels
pressed between the past and present. Smithenry uses the Internet, a
process of filtering on the computer, paired with the ancient study of
portraiture as the basis of this tensely intriguing art.
Gallery Two:
Mark Mothersbaugh
Beautiful Mutants. Manipulated Photographs
We are told that symmetry is the basis of beauty. Yet how many of us have
seen a perfectly symmetrical person? Mothersbaugh highlights symmetry, or
our lack of symmetry, in his latest series, Beautiful Mutants. By reworking
photographs, Mothersbaugh is able to display the warped perceptions of
beauty hidden by time and outer appearances. For this project, antique
photographs were manipulated by antiquarian hand techniques as well as
modern computer technology. Some images are enlarged to show aspects
overlooked when their original size. These corrected images flush out the
true proportions of human faces and figures and disclose the disguises we
hide behind. This series is Mark Mothersbaugh¹s personal favorites from over
3000 pieces constructed between 1999 and 2004.
Artists' Reception: Friday, June 3, 6-9 PM
Aron Packer Gallery
118 N Peoria - Chicago
Gallery Hours: Tuesday Saturday 11:00AMÂ5:30PM