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Tech Effect Exhibit

October 6, 2018 in Contemporary Art, Florida | 2 comments

On Thursday, October 4th John and I went to the opening celebration of the Cornell Art Museum’s latest exhibition, Tech Effect.  The promo for the exhibit says

ABOUT TECH EFFECT From Brian Dettmer’s sculptures composed of melted-down cassette tapes to Antoine Geiger’s manipulated photographs of smartphone users being literally sucked into their devices, the technology of yesterday, today and tomorrow continues to inspire artists worldwide. “Tech Effect,” running Oct. 5 2018-Feb. 17, 2019 at the Cornell Art Museum, surveys 22 artists reflecting on the way technology impacts our lives and their art, or vice versa.

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I thought it was an interesting exhibit and it certainly attracted a young tech savvy crowd.  I describe myself as an Artist/Scientist and certainly technology has been a main theme in my working career.  Generally I find artists the least tech savvy of the general population.  And while this was evident in this exhibit to some extent and some of the artwork was very pedestrian, there were also some very clever ideas of fusion of art & technology.    I particularly enjoyed the digital prints of fractals and photography and the 3d printing of sculptures that were later fired in  kiln.  This is my opinion is a beautiful fusion of art and science.  Since art always reflects society, there was a lot of art that was social commentary, like to effect of smartphones on ones focus of attention.  I was pleased to attend and plan to stop by again to take a closer look.

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Artfully reclaiming the backyard in Delray

March 9, 2018 in Florida | Permalink

Our backyard in Florida had gotten very overgrown so I decided to reclaim the space to make it more inviting.  With the help of my friend Kathryn the jungle was tamed.  But then our privacy was curtailed.  So John built some raised bed planters with solar lights and I painted two panels for the front of the planters.  The art work on them reflect the diverse ecology of Delray Beach.  One of them is “Sunrise at Delray Beach” and the other is “Sunset at Loxahatchee”  

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Art on the Square

February 11, 2018 in Florida | Permalink

Old School Square hosted ‘Art on the Square’ and PAPB was there.  OSS gave us a premiere spot  and we painted ‘en plein air’ on site and had a tent to sell, out paintings.  I SOLD two paintings, so as far as I’m conerned it was a good day.  Here are some pics from the day.

Frances manning the booth.  Note the cool   T-shirt
The booth with all the cool PAPB painting

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Plein Fun Fest

January 27, 2018 in Florida, Plein Air Painting | Permalink

Plein Fun Fest was again a success.  PAPB partnered with Old School Square.  Lots of painting was done.  Lots of paintings sold and it was a lot of fun!!

Here I am with my co-chair Lorrie. We make a great team and we had LOTS of great volunteers
the co-chairs

Here are a few action shots

Cornell Renovations and Looking Glass Exhibit

November 13, 2017 in Florida | Permalink

Grand Re-Opening of Cornell Museum

The Cornell Museum at Old School Square has recently undergone a million dollar renovation and if it looked like an old school before it certainly does not now.  I attended the Grand Re-opening of the Museum on Nov 8th which was also the opening of the latest exhibit “Looking Glass”.  The atmosphere was joyous and electric.  While it retains the charm of an ‘old school’ the space is bright and open and will well serve the innovative and contemporary exhibits that curator Melanie Johnson is becoming known for.

Looking Glass Exhibit Nov 9 – Feb 25

Looking Glass, a group exhibition featuring contemporary artwork that immerses the viewer into the piece by creating their own reflection. The viewer and the space around the piece become a part of the work itself.  It was fun to view the exhibit with so many other artists and art lovers.   The exhibit will be there until Feb 25, 2018.

The opening was very festive and fun.   As a resident of Delray Beach, I felt proud that museum in the heart of downtown Delray is so progressive and attractive.  I was not too thrilled with their new policy of not serving red wine at the reception.  Really, they could just get some Mr. Clean magic erasers to clean up a spill.  This will not keep me from attending future reception there because it really is a gem of a museum.  

 

 

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