Welcome to Visual Hierarchy, an online visual playground. Gathered here are pictures I make. Visual Hierarchy is a laboratory. Research is done in a wide variety of mediums.
This painting was documented and that footage was transformed into this video. My goal is to show some of the behind the scenes processes of making a painting as well as the transformations that can take place in an artwork.
The song “Bitter Suite” by MoPetto was used in this video. Check out more MoPetto Here.
Kate Brandt Pink opens at the University of Wisconsin Union Art Gallery tomorrow (friday march 5th) from 5-8pm
MILWAUKEE—KATE BRANDT PINK, an international group exhibition, will take place at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee from March 5, 2010 to April 2, 2010 in the Union Art Gallery. The art in the exhibition confronts power roles, gender, race, fame, and class issues within the perspective of the greater arts community. It opens with a reception from 5-8pm on Friday, March 5. The exhibition is free and open to the public.
In 1960, neo-Dada artist Yves Klein made a splash at an exhibition by using nude female models as living paintbrushes, making work with his signature color, International Klein Blue. UWM artist Kate Brandt comments on, confronts, and even exorcises the ghost of this “legendary” artist with a group exhibition of visual performance artists all of whom use her self selected shade of pink. In their work, these contemporary artists address ideas of gender, power roles, race, fame, class issues and more in a variety of mediums, including live performances (at the opening reception), photography, sculpture, video, and painting.
Artists include: Kate Gilmore, Ryan Trecartin, Franko B, Stuart Semple, Heather Warren-Crow, Kate Brandt, Kimberly Brandt, Cassandra Smith, A. Bill Miller, Emily Walley, Kristen Olsen, Naomi Shersty, Sarah Holden, Anna Helgeson, Richard Mutz, and many others.
***Heather Warren-Crow invites viewers to participate in her work by documenting her opening night performance using cell phone cameras. Please make her dream come true by posting a short video to YouTube and emailing the link to art_gallery@uwm.edu
Your video will become part of a playlist that will be exhibited at the Union Art Gallery.
I have just returned from a two week excursion in Italy. It was a great time for thinking and helped me to slow down, rearrange my thoughts, and relax. For most of the trip I was in a region called Le Marche on a farm (Lavandablu.com) near the city Carassai. Below are some photos from the area. Soon to follow will be some drawings/paintings done on the trip, but for now photographs:
I am going to italy in about 5 days for about 2.5 weeks. This has been a very busy few weeks, but I’ve had the time to make some gifts for those supporting me on this trip. Here is one of my favorites:
This is the end result of a commission for Nathaniel Haack. Below is a veeerrrryyy early shot of the painting in progress. My thanks go out to Mark David Gray who helped me transform this painting.
When Hieronymus Bosch passed away August 9, 1516 his artistic spirit was separated from his soul as it ascended into heaven (god granted him passage for his amazing paintings). Trapped on earth his artistic spirit traveled many places and one of those was within the artwork of Mia Makila (<— check out her website).
Mia’s work is captivating to say the least. It is grotesque, elaborate, raw, detailed, piercing, colorful, and dark all at once. That is just what I see (and I like it), what do you think? Here are some of her most appealing (or repelling) works in my opinion:
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