CLOSING RECEPTION: Legends of Paul Bunyan, Lumberjack
Please join us in welcoming these artists and myth makers at a closing reception on Friday, September 23, 2011 from 6:00 - 9:00 pm.
The artists will discuss their work at a gallery talk on Saturday, September 24 at 2:00 pm.
Paint Creek Center for the Arts407 Pine Street
Rochester, MI 48307
248-651-4110
GALLERY HOURS:
Monday-Thursday 9:00am-9:00pm
Friday 9:00am-5:00pm
Saturday 10:00am-4:00pm
Paint Creek Center for the Arts is turning their Main Gallery over to a group of artists whose work celebrates an American folk hero.
Legends of Paul Bunyan, Lumberjack will feature paintings, drawings, prints, sculptures and mixed media objects.
Legends of Paul Bunyan, Lumberjack will chronicle the life and work of Paul Bunyan with firsthand accounts and readymade myths.
Legends of Paul Bunyan, Lumberjack will chronicle the life and work of Paul Bunyan with firsthand accounts and readymade myths.
The Paul Bunyan theme and its futurity will be the focus of the exhibition.
This expedient hero of American artistic history has become an anti-hero in the new millennium.
The artists will also explore this abandonment and attempt to restore for posterity a truly American source of inspiration, Paul Bunyan.
Eric Fogle (Detroit, Michigan) makes figurative paintings that lend themselves to the stories of Michigan lumber camps and lore in the tradition of the muralist of Bunyan.
Eric Fogle (Detroit, Michigan) makes figurative paintings that lend themselves to the stories of Michigan lumber camps and lore in the tradition of the muralist of Bunyan.
When he's not painting, Fogle works as a bricklayer.
Jeff Gerber (Everett, Washington) says, "All my work is produced on my many road trips.
Jeff Gerber (Everett, Washington) says, "All my work is produced on my many road trips.
I work in hotel rooms and burnt out industrial parks.
My medium is acrylic, glass and spray paint." Gerber is the project manager for Dale Chihuly Studio in Seattle, Washington.
Matthew Hanna (Redford, Michigan) is a prolific Detroit artist who has made his mark as a painter and sculptor both as an individual, a tireless and generous promoter of other artists work, and as one of the founding members of the Slippery Weasel Society. In reference to his work, he says "Driven by history, faith and fantasy I embrace a spiritual devotion to the ritual of art making." Hanna is a gallery assistant at Detroit Artists Market.
James Milostan (Sheboygan, Wisconsin) founded Paul Bunyan Fine Art, an ongoing project dedicated to preserving and perpetuating one of America's tallest tales. In an attempt to bridge the disparity between historical and art museums, Milostan creates "readymade souvenirs" that incorporate Paul Bunyan memorabilia along with stenciled symbols such as the iconic lumberjack, double bit axes, and oxen. A new old art. James Milostan was born in Detroit and received his B.A. from Wayne State University. He currently lives in Sheboygan, Wisconsin.
Fumihiro Ohara (Kyoto, Japan) was born in Himeji, Japan in 1967. At 16, he carved his first wood block for a print of a lion dog that guards shrines in Japan.
Matthew Hanna (Redford, Michigan) is a prolific Detroit artist who has made his mark as a painter and sculptor both as an individual, a tireless and generous promoter of other artists work, and as one of the founding members of the Slippery Weasel Society. In reference to his work, he says "Driven by history, faith and fantasy I embrace a spiritual devotion to the ritual of art making." Hanna is a gallery assistant at Detroit Artists Market.
James Milostan (Sheboygan, Wisconsin) founded Paul Bunyan Fine Art, an ongoing project dedicated to preserving and perpetuating one of America's tallest tales. In an attempt to bridge the disparity between historical and art museums, Milostan creates "readymade souvenirs" that incorporate Paul Bunyan memorabilia along with stenciled symbols such as the iconic lumberjack, double bit axes, and oxen. A new old art. James Milostan was born in Detroit and received his B.A. from Wayne State University. He currently lives in Sheboygan, Wisconsin.
Fumihiro Ohara (Kyoto, Japan) was born in Himeji, Japan in 1967. At 16, he carved his first wood block for a print of a lion dog that guards shrines in Japan.
He studied printmaking at Saga College of Art in Kyoto and has had solo exhibitions in Kyoto and group exhibitions in Kyoto and Detroit.
He currently lives and has a studio in Kyoto, Japan.
Donna Tauscher (Sebastopol, California) art explores memories in text, photographs, souvenirs and ephemera, and surveys the lasting significance of both their reality and myths. The materials she works with include wood, books and paper.
Please join us in welcoming these artists and myth makers at a closing reception on Friday, September 23, 2011 from 6:00 - 9:00 pm.
Donna Tauscher (Sebastopol, California) art explores memories in text, photographs, souvenirs and ephemera, and surveys the lasting significance of both their reality and myths. The materials she works with include wood, books and paper.
Please join us in welcoming these artists and myth makers at a closing reception on Friday, September 23, 2011 from 6:00 - 9:00 pm.
The artists will discuss their work at a gallery talk on Saturday, September 24 at 2:00 pm.
The exhibit and gallery talk are free and open to the public.
