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January Issue 2005
Artspace in Raleigh, NC, Presents Roster of Exhibits for New Year
Artspace in Raleigh, NC, is presenting several new exhibitions including: Crossing Borders, featuring works by Christin Moulds Kleinstreuer, which will be on view in Artspaces' Upfront Gallery from Jan. 7 - 29, 2005; Looking Back, featuring works by Kevin Kennedy in Gallery 1 from Jan. 22 through Mar. 12, 2005; and Mural Project by Sean Kernick and Rick McIsaac in the Artspace Connecting Gallery from Jan. 7 through Mar. 5, 2005, as well as other works by these two artists in the Lobby Gallery.
Christin Moulds Kleinstreuer was born in Palo Alto, CA, and has spent the last twenty years living in Raleigh. Over the years an interest in photography developed into a passion for painting, driven primarily by an unquenchable lust for color. Most of the time, Kleinstreuers focus is on interpreting nature using her own colorful brushstrokes. But another side of her is attracted to street art - urban landscapes of awesome proportion that reflect contemporary cares, worries, frustrations, and celebrations.
This exhibition
features pieces inspired by graffiti in Costa Rica, France, and
San Francisco. Like a photographer, she appropriates images for
canvas in an effort to document this vanishing art. Indeed, graffiti
that she worked from in San Francisco last summer is now totally
covered up by new images. Kleinstreuer finds the different themes
fascinating, as they reflect the culture from which they emerged.
For instance, the renderings from a third world country like
Costa Rica are unsophisticated and direct through hard to find
since paint is expensive. Images from Paris appear more modern
and sophisticated, reflecting Picassos influence and the school
of Paris in general.
For the past ten years Kevin Kennedy has created works that emphasize
movement, immobility, and balance. More recently he has been focusing
on the creation of sculptures that use utilitarian forms such
as the square and the circle. These large-scale, yet delicate
works, express ideas such as containment and conveyance and the
fragile balance that exists between them. These recurring themes
are drawn from Kennedy's personal experience serving both as subject
matter and stimulus.
While the materials used in the creation of the individual pieces vary, most of the works are fabricated from wood and steel, which serve as both structure and form. Additional materials such as paper and string are then used as surface elements or separate parts. Kennedy notes that his main objective is to create a beautiful object whose ultimate significance lies in its references to the human condition. Through the contrast of the large scale and delicate surface elements, he tries to engage the audience both emotionally and intellectually.
Kennedy is an Associate Professor and photography area coordinator at Louisiana Tech University in Ruston, LA. He earned a Masters of Fine Arts from the University of Illinois, Champaign Urbana in 1994. His work has received support through grants by the Louisiana Division of the Arts, the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities, and Louisiana Tech University. Recent artist residencies include the Edward F. Albee Foundation and the Ucross Foundation. His work is represented by Hodges Taylor Gallery (Charlotte) and Cidnee Patrick Gallery (Dallas). He currently lives and works in Monroe, LA.
Two local artists,
Sean Kernick and Rich McIsaac have been collaborating on a freehand
painted mural. Previously, the artists have painted collaboratively
on the former prison warehouse facility at the NC Museum of Art
and at the Free Expression Tunnel on NC State's campus.
Sean Kernick was born in Detroit, MI, and raised in Philadelphia,
PA. He started into the graffiti scene during the mid - 90's in
West Philadelphia. He studied illustration at Syracuse University
and graduated from The School of Visual Arts in New York. After
living in Brooklyn for a few years he moved to Raleigh where he
has been working as a graphic designer and freelance illustrator.
Rich McIsaac was born and raised in Kingston, NY, which is where he formulated an interest in graffiti art. In 1997, at age 15, he moved to Raleigh where he finished high school and focused on graphic art, design, and spray painting. McIsaac has studied fine art at the School of Visual Arts in NY (where he first met Kernick) in 2001, studied typography abroad at the University of Reading, England in 2003, and is scheduled to graduate from the College of Design at NCSU in May 2005 with a Bachelors in Graphic Design.
Artspace will also be featuring letterpress poster designs by Rich McIsaac and illustrations by Sean Kernick in the Lobby Gallery through Jan. 29, 2005.
Artspace is a non-profit visual art center dedicated to presenting quality exhibitions and education programs in an open-studio environment. Artspace is supported by the North Carolina Arts Council, an agency funded by the State of North Carolina and the National Endowment for the Arts; by the United Arts Council of Raleigh and Wake County, with funds from the United Arts campaign and the Grassroots Arts Program of the North Carolina Arts Council; by the City of Raleigh based on recommendations of the Raleigh Arts Commission; and by individuals; businesses; corporations; and private foundations.
For further
info check our NC Institutional Gallery listings, call the center
at 919/821-2787 or at (www.artspacenc.org).
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