Artist Statement: Brian Petro
Vastu welcomes back Brian Petro with one of his most exciting bodies of artworks.
Brian shared that, based from his studies of homeless peoples scavenging practices in Central Pennsylvania and in New York City, he dumpster dives to find cast-off bodega and supermarket signs and discarded denim to create his new series of work. Above is one of 2 styles that presently hanging in Vastu, and will be on display through mid-January.
For more on the current art exhibit, click here.
New art exhibit featuring Hans Kline and Brian Petro
Vastu is pleased to welcome Hans Kline for his first show at Vastu called bad art: {iconograffiti}. Regarding his work, Kline asks the questions…
What defines an icon? A lasting brand? Is it on purpose or a white lie that goes unchallenged? I want to discuss why certain details become larger than life, usually eclipsing, and often misquoting, their origin. More directly: is jesus an alligator you can wear on your shirt?
Brian Petro’s show Cranial Denim explores scavenged denim thrust into hand-built wooden frames, then slathered with paint and polyurethane. The texture conjures up the thousands of folds of a human brain. What are thoughts, and why do we have them?
When:
Nov 9, 2010 – Jan 16, 2011
Where:
Vastu
1829 14th Street NW
Washington, DC 20009
202-234-8344
Work by Hans Kline
The “Take You Home” art exhibit is a must see
The “Take You Home” exhibit currently showing at Gallery Plan B is a must see. Works by both featured artists, Mike Weber and Jason Wright, are breathtaking. Wright uses a modern take on knife painted landscapes to create beautiful, clean-lined pieces. Weber works are the marriage of antique photography and technology, and the results are amazing.
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Allen Russ: Redefining the World in Photographs
Cecile Oreste, of DC neighborhood blog Borderstan, recently interviewed photographer Allen Russ. Allen, like Kristina Bilonick, is currently showing works as part of Vastu’s ‘$500 or Less Art Exhibit‘.
(photo credit: Luis Gomez Photos)
To learn more about Allen Russ and his work, click here to read Cecile’s post.
New art exhibit: Lynda Ray and Rodger Schultz
Patterns in nature, architecture, and layers of paint on surfaces, are Lynda Ray‘s starting points. She is concerned with time as expressed in arranged layers of shapes. Instead of experiencing time in a linear way, as a narrative to be read left to right, bottom to top, or top down, Lynda looks at time condensed and compressed.
New art exhibit!
Colin Winterbottom returns to Vastu to exhibit recent work and favorites. Featured among the dramatic, atmospheric photographs he shows are a series taken as he documented refurbishment of the pediments at the National Archives headquarters in Washington, DC. Other photographs feature New York, Washington DC, and recent studies of smaller towns in between.
Midcity Artists Open Studios
It’s that time of year again! Artists in the Midcity neighborhood will be opening their studios to the public this weekend, October 24th and 25th. Spend a day with friends and family discovering the paintings, photography, sculptural work, prints and more from some of the areas most talented and diverse group of artists. Click here for more details.
Be sure to stop by Vastu to check out the work of artist Brian Petro and photographer Colin Winterbottom!
Art exhibition extended for one week!
The work of artists Campbell Maloney and Maryanne Pollock will be on display for one more week - through October 11th. Be sure to stop by if you haven’t already to check out their work!
New Art Exhibition – Now through Oct 4
Vastu is pleased to welcome two artists from the DC area for our current exhibition.
Vastu is pleased to bring back Campbell Maloney for another show. Campbell chose fifteen basic shapes – circles cut systematically – that can be rotated to create all 26 letters of the alphabet. The elegant brilliance of the formula is matched by the striking visual impact of its result. The shapes are arranged and oriented as solitaires, words or collections, equal in size or scaled proportionally and over-imposed. The designs evoke flatness and depth simultaneously.
Maryanne Pollock‘s second show at Vastu uses an expressive layering of sand, sumi ink and paint to evoke ephemeral micro and macrocosmic worlds. Intricate brain wave patterns, aerial views of deserts and cityscapes are alluded to and ultimately imbued with a luminous palette. Plein air studies of Cairo, Istanbul, Paris, Washington, Utah and Rehoboth Beach inform her paintings. These boldly abstract inner-landscapes are simultaneously energetic and serene with pure transcendent color.
Where:
Vastu
1829 14th Street NW
Washington, DC 20009
202-234-8344
http://www.vastudc.com/
When:
Now – Oct 4, 2009
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Artist Statement: Shawna Cross
Four weeks remain in our current art show here at Vastu. If you haven’t been by, take a few moments to stop in. Both artists are presenting fresh artwork – all were completed within 2 months of the show installation. Here is a statement on Shawna Cross’ collection of work.
(Pray For Building (lover letter for ourselves))
These paintings are made of desire, wonder, wander lust, projected dreams, actual disappointments, broken hearts, and moments of pure bliss and hope. They juxtapose everyday realities with the corresponding daydreams that overlap ones physical eye with the eye of the imagination. Felt moments become physical realities as the psychology of color combines with the ability of form to stir the senses; each painting transforms to become the expression that verbal communication falls short of conveying. Each painting, therefore, is a journey in and outside of the soul, reflecting the balance of what has been, what is, and what is yet to be-a visual reminder of the beauty of human experience.
(Mute to Our Own Desires (hushed stories and sincere promises))
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