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May Issue 2005
Artspace in Raleigh, NC, Features Several Exhibition to Begin the Summer
Artspace in Raleigh, NC, will be presenting several exhibitions including: Memento Mori, featuring works by Paris Alexander, in the Upfront Gallery, from May 6 - 28, 2005; Small Works in Oil and Encaustic, featuring works by Anthony Ulinski, in the Lobby Gallery, from May 6 - 28, 2005; Solus, featuring works by Kent Williams, on view in Gallery 1, from May 6 through June 25, 2005; and the Artspace Summer Arts Program Instructor Exhibition, in Gallery 2, on view from May 25 through June 3, 2005.
Paris Alexander
Paris Alexander presents a group of works loosely based on the Dance of Death motif, which originated in Europe as early as the fifteenth century. Works of this genera depicted scenes of human mortality, reminding the viewer of the omnipresence and universality of death. The goal was never to exalt death itself but rather to embrace the reality of our inevitable outcome and live life to the fullest.
Alexander was born and raised in New York City, where he studied art since early childhood. His solo exhibitions include The Museum of World Cultures, UNC at Wilmington, Duke University and the Fayetteville Museum of Art. His public commissions can be found across the state. His work is included in the collections of Saks Fifth Avenue, The SAS Institute, former President Bill Clinton, Bob Dole and many others. For the last 10 years Alexander has lived in Raleigh where he and his wife are now raising their newborn daughter Phoebe.
Anthony Ulinski
Still life painter, Anthony Ulinski will show a selection of recent paintings. Works in the exhibition include small oil and encaustic studies of tight groupings or close-up paintings of everyday household objects, fruits, and vegetables.
Ulinski was born in Indonesia in 1954, and lived in Africa, Asia and Europe before settling in the United States. For over twenty-five years he has worked in Raleigh as a studio furniture maker. He began the formal study of oil painting in 1993, working with such artists as Margie Stewart and Beverly McIver. Ulinski has exhibited widely in museums and galleries, including the John Elder Gallery, New York; Funeria, San Francisco; the Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem; the Green Hill Center for North Carolina Arts, Greensboro; and Blue Spiral Gallery in Asheville. His work has been included in the Smithsonian Craft Show and the Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show. He is an affiliate member of the Artspace Artists Association where he was the Summer 2000 Artist-in-Residence. He has received fellowships from Vermont Studio Center and the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts.
"My perception of making art is that of being one with the continuum of art history - being a part of the tree (even the smallest splinter) that represents the artists' journey in the exploration of the human condition, says Kent Williams. "And it's the human body that speaks to me more than any other vessel about the truth of discoveries made and the promise of discoveries to come. Listening to the voices of artistspast and presentand being a part of this exchange is the thing for me that roots me to this world and gives importance to the journey."
Kent Williams
Artspace is pleased to present Solus, an exhibition of new paintings by North Carolina native Kent Williams. Through exquisitely painted psychological portraits and self-portraits, Williams explores the nature of self in regard to relationships.
Williams' work has been widely exhibited over the past ten years, including shows in New York City; San Francisco, CA; Sundance, UT; Durham, NC; and in Los Angeles, CA, where he is represented by the Merry Karnowsky Gallery.
Primarily a figurative painter, Williams' work explores, in both bold and subtle ways, and often through a suggestion of narrative and woven symbolism, the thread of life that ties us together as human beings. Embracing our virtues while not shying away from our faults, he shows us portraits of ourselves, intense and penetrating.
A graduate in Drawing and Painting from The Pratt Institute in New York, Williams, a consummate draftsman and painter, has realized his work through various other artistic channels as well; that of the illustrated word and the graphic novel, printmaking, photography, design, architecture, and more recently film. A selection of his works on paper, Kent Williams: Drawings and Monotypes, was published in 1991, and Koan: Paintings by Jon J Muth and Kent Williams, was published in 2001.
Williams is the recipient of a number of awards for his work including The Yellow Kid; Lucca, Italy's prestigious comics award. In 2001 he was invited to be a fellow at the Sundance Filmmakers Lab in Sundance, UT. Williams has been a visiting instructor at The Pratt Institute; The California College of the Arts in San Francisco; and East Carolina University in North Carolina; and currently teaches at The California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) in Valencia, CA. Williams temporarily lives in Los Angeles. He has two sons, Kerig Sun and Ian Kai.
The exhibition catalogue with essay by Richard Van Camp will be available at Artspace. Van Camp is a Dogrib author from the Northwest Territories of Canada and a long-time friend and supporter of Williams.
Trying to decide on your Summer Arts Program classes for yourself or your child but not exactly sure what a monoprint or a polaroid transfer looks like? Come to the Artspace Summer Arts Program Instructor Exhibition and see works of art created by our professional instructors.
Artspace is happy to present our 16th summer of offering intensive-yet-fun, project-oriented classes for youths (rising 3rd - 10th grades), college prep classes targeted for ages 16-18, and workshops for adults (age 16 and up). Artspace Summer Arts Program provides a unique opportunity for students to work directly with professional artists and gain quality experience through hands-on activities.
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.
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