PHD Gallery: Saturday, 22 March 2008
Please join us Saturday, March 22, 2008 at 7:00 p.m.for the opening reception of Two Exhibits:
U R B A N F O S S I L Cast Paper Artifacts by John Tuccillo
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E N S E M B L E a group exhibition with works on view by Joe Chesla, Rebecca Eilering, Leslie Holt, Ken Konchel, David Lancaster, Metra Mitchell, Jeff Palmer, Stan Trampe, David Wallace, Rebecca Trawick, and Lin Xu.
MORE ABOUT URBAN FOSSIL... Unearthing 21st Century Relics all made of paper
John Tuccillo finds inspiration for his sculpture at his feet! Paying tribute to natural and industrial forms residing in the urban landscape, from the detailed metalwork of sewer grates, manhole covers and time shifted concrete, to organic inclusions of tree stumps, roots and rock, Tuccillo creates a 21st century museum of artifacts, painstakingly recreated in paper pulp.
He begins by making a urethane mold directly off of the street, then casts the mold in archival paper. The artist focuses on manhole covers, sewer grates, and other elements of a manipulated environment, as primary subjects for his creative work, as both personally expressive motifs, and as contemporary artifacts, both functional and decrepit. As highly illusionistic works, his paintings are often mistaken for "ready-made" pieces; ordinary objects that are appropriated by the artist from their functional context and presented as-is, in the gallery environment. His intent is precisely the opposite. Through the materials and process, he is re-creating the world around him, faithfully approximating the appearance of the subject rendered, and taking care to blur the distinction between art and reality as much as possible.
U R B A N F O S S I L Cast Paper Artifacts by John Tuccillo
&
E N S E M B L E a group exhibition with works on view by Joe Chesla, Rebecca Eilering, Leslie Holt, Ken Konchel, David Lancaster, Metra Mitchell, Jeff Palmer, Stan Trampe, David Wallace, Rebecca Trawick, and Lin Xu.
MORE ABOUT URBAN FOSSIL... Unearthing 21st Century Relics all made of paper
John Tuccillo finds inspiration for his sculpture at his feet! Paying tribute to natural and industrial forms residing in the urban landscape, from the detailed metalwork of sewer grates, manhole covers and time shifted concrete, to organic inclusions of tree stumps, roots and rock, Tuccillo creates a 21st century museum of artifacts, painstakingly recreated in paper pulp.
He begins by making a urethane mold directly off of the street, then casts the mold in archival paper. The artist focuses on manhole covers, sewer grates, and other elements of a manipulated environment, as primary subjects for his creative work, as both personally expressive motifs, and as contemporary artifacts, both functional and decrepit. As highly illusionistic works, his paintings are often mistaken for "ready-made" pieces; ordinary objects that are appropriated by the artist from their functional context and presented as-is, in the gallery environment. His intent is precisely the opposite. Through the materials and process, he is re-creating the world around him, faithfully approximating the appearance of the subject rendered, and taking care to blur the distinction between art and reality as much as possible.
PHD Gallery
2300 Cherokee Street in the heart of Antique Row
(314) 664-6644
http://www.phdstl.com
2300 Cherokee Street in the heart of Antique Row
(314) 664-6644
http://www.phdstl.com
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