Posted: March 5th, 2010 | Author: Sean | Filed under: Artists | Tags: atrium, big drawings, campus art, charcoal, drawings, environments, installation, jason lanka, local art, massive art, nature, sculpture, uag, union, union art gallery, university art, university of wisconsin milwaukee, UWM, wilderness, wisconsin artist, wood | No Comments »
Jason Lanka’s massive drawings and photos are now on display in the Atrium space in the Union. They will be up for several weeks. Here are some images of his work and some information about his work.
Boundary; something that marks or fixes a limit (as of territory). The line that divides one area of land from another.
The space at which our culture comes in contact with the environment inspires my creative work. Much can be understood about the nature of how our society defines its role and place within the natural world by the observation of this boundary.
I seek to address the demarcation of our species’ relationship with the land. Am I of the land or in the land? Each piece made within a lineage of exploration has set out to answer this question. Our identity as people and a nation are so often defined by our place within our environment and how we view our relationship with the natural world.
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Posted: March 4th, 2010 | Author: Sean | Filed under: Artists, Upcoming | Tags: A. Bill Miller, Anna Helgeson, art, Artists, brandt, Cassandra Smith, conceptual art, Emily Walley, Franko B, Heather Warren-Crow, installation, kate, Kate Brandt, kate brandt pink, Kate Gilmore, Kimberly Brandt, Kristen Olsen, lights, local, local art, milwaukee, milwaukee art, mixed media, Naomi Shersty, national, national artists, painting, performance, pink, Richard Mutz, Ryan Trecartin, Sarah Holden, Stuart Semple, uag, university of milwaukee, video | No Comments »
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.
The Union Art Gallery blog can be found here.
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Posted: January 25th, 2010 | Author: Sean | Filed under: Artists, Upcoming | Tags: badass, brutal, detailed, fauna, flora, flora/fauna, kako ueda, milwaukee, paper art, Roxanne Jackson, sculpture, uag, union art gallery, UWM, UWM Union Art Gallery, wonderful | No Comments »
The University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee Union Art Gallery is starting the semester right with an intense, brutal, and beautiful exhibit with artists Kako Ueda and Roxanne Jackson. Details Below:
Flora/Fauna
Work by Kako Ueda and Roxanne Jackson
January 29-February 26, 2010
Opening reception: Friday, January 29, 5-8pm
Gallery talk with artists: 4pm
Kako Ueda and Roxanne Jackson focus on physical nature and human nature in abstract and inventive ways. They share an interest in dualities, such as nature and culture, light and dark. In their work, the natural world is intricate, fascinating, grotesque, frightening – something to be drawn deeply into and sometimes shocked by.
New York artist Kako Ueda constructs her work from intricate hand-cut paper which references, in part, paper cutting from Japan where she was born. Minneapolis-based Roxanne Jackson works three-dimensionally with clay to form large compositions of human/animal hybrids.
UWM Union Art Gallery
2200 E. Kenwood Blvd., Campus level
www.unionartgallery.uwm.edu
414-229-6310
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Posted: November 20th, 2009 | Author: Sean | Filed under: Thoughts | Tags: 2009 last show of the semester, Adam Parker Smith, Angelo Filomeno, boxes, Chris Niver, Craig Fisher, Dave Cole, fun, installation, Kent Henricksen, Mark Newport, Michael Brennand- Wood, november, packaging, Paul Villinski, Rob Wynne, Robert Conger, thread baring, uag, union art gallery, UWM, Youn Woo Chaa | No Comments »
Packaging materials are some of the least environmentally friendly items around, but also some the most entertaining items in existence. For me Thread Baring was my favorite show to install this semester. A lot of good work throughout the year, but this show excites my interest the most.
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Posted: November 9th, 2009 | Author: Sean | Filed under: Upcoming | Tags: Adam Parker Smith, Angelo Filomeno, awesome cool show!, Chris Niver, construct, Craig Fisher, fibers, Kent Henrickson, Mark Newport, masculinity, material, Michael Brennand- Wood, New Show, Paul Villinski, portrayal, Rob Wynne, Robert Conger, stitching, thread baring, uag, union art gallery, upcoming show, UWM, UWM Union Art Gallery, Youn Woo Chaa | No Comments »
For those of you in the Milwaukee area, be sure to clear your Thursday on November 19th for the opening of the show. It is guaranteed to rock! The show is being put on by the UWM Union Art Gallery (UAG). Here is their blog.
More legible details:
November 19 – December 18th
Opening reception: Thursday, November 19, 5-8pm
Gallery talk with Adam Parker Smith: Friday, November 20th, 4pm
This group exhibition looks at masculinity as represented by male artists working in forms and mediums often considered to be the domain of women. Using materials like thread, yarn and felt in practices like weaving, knitting and embroidery , these visually compelling two and three-dimensional works aim to challenge preconceptions about the subject and forms of men’s art. With a literal construction of masculinity, these fiber artists present contrasts meant to perplex and intrigue.
Artists include : Youn Woo Chaa, Robert Conger, Angelo Filomeno, Craig Fisher, Kent Henrickson, Mark Newport, Chris Niver, Adam Parker Smith, Paul Villinski, Michael Brennand- Wood, and Rob Wynne.
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Posted: November 7th, 2009 | Author: Sean | Filed under: Artists | Tags: art gallery, atrium, beautiful vibrant colors, body, cells, colorful, figure, Francesca Cozzone, heart, intestines, life, macro, meaning, micro, milwaukee, new artwork, paintings, scale, uag, universe, uterus, UWM | No Comments »
A new show is up in the Atrium for a couple weeks featuring some of Drawing and Painting major Francesca Cozzone’s most recent work. Here are a several samples of her work, of course not as good as the real thing. Go check it out!
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Posted: October 26th, 2009 | Author: Sean | Filed under: Artocalyptic News | Tags: color, design, maintainance, revamp, style, uag, upgrade, UWM Union Art Gallery, web design, website | No Comments »
I’ve been having a blast at work lately transforming the UAG website which hasn’t been altered design wise in several if not more years. Its still under construction and waiting for a flood of images from our flickr account, but here is what I’ve got up so far: http://www.aux.uwm.edu/Union/events/gallery/index.html
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Posted: October 21st, 2009 | Author: Sean | Filed under: Artists | Tags: artwork, atrium, atrium space, bookstore, clark stamm, drawing, figure drawig, gesture drawing, goya, media, milwaukee, New Show, painting, uag, union, UWM, UWM Union Art Gallery, wisconsin | No Comments »
Clark Stamm is a Milwaukee based artist whose drawings and paintings are inherently stunning in color, form, and craft. A selection of his works are currently being shown in the University of Wisconsin MIlwaukee Union Atrium space. His work will be up until the 30th, see it while you can! Here is a sample of the work on display:
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