calendario eventi  :: 

X

1/10/2011

Black & White

Artamo Gallery, Santa Barbara

MOON & SIN & MOHR
BLACK & WHITE

A three person show with works based on black and white: acrylic paintings by Michael Moon and Jack N. Mohr; ink paintings on paper by Suha Sin with elements of pigmented powdered stone; and an excerpt of Jack N. Mohr’s “Bound" series of white wall ceramics with black lace and rubber.

MICHAEL MOON
Born and raised in Southern California, Michael Moon knew he wanted to be an artist since the second grade. From this time until graduating from college he sporadically continued his interest in painting, drawing and art history and after finishing his M.A. in Educational Psychology, he began a combination of formal study of art at Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, California, and UCLA.
Influenced especially by El Greco’s passion, the impressionist’s love of color, and the expressionist’s love of paint, for the next years he painted essentially in solitude. During this time he also began to be influenced by Eastern thought as well as the practice of meditation. During this time he began to integrate Eastern and Western thought in the symbolism of his paintings.

SUHA SIN
Suha Sin came from a traditional Korean culture that was emotionally inexpressive. Yet, even in this environment, her paintings were a way of channeling emotions of the past and present, whether painful or precious, and thus became her primary mode of externalizing and communicating intense emotions.
The progression of her work since leaving Korea has revealed a shift from contemporary Asian to Western modernist influences. Her work today continues to integrate these two cultural sensibilities, while at the same time demonstrates her quest for the sublime.
Ms. Sin received her BFA from Dongguck University, Seoul, Korea, and an M.F.A. from California State University Long Beach.

JACK N MOHR
Jack N. Mohr, a native of Berlin, Germany, studied visual communication and earned his M.A. in graphic-design at the State University for Creative Arts in Berlin. 1997 he moved to Santa Barbara, California. He works in different mediums — collage, painting, sculpture, print, and ceramics. In his mainly abstract art he likes to explore how light and shadow, contrasting forms and structures or colors interrelate.

Image: Michael Moon, Black & White No. 19B, acrylic on canvas, 60" x 60"

Opening reception: november 3, 5-8pm

Artamo Gallery
11 West Anapamu Street - Santa Barbara
Gallery hours: Tuesday–Sunday, 12:00–5:00 PM, First Thursday until 8:00 PM & by appointment.
Free admission

stampa

permanent link