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Orciani, Ostlund,
Cunningham & J. Mac
Eugenio Orciani
Person / Time: Chronochromatic Oil Paintings
Craig Scott Gallery
October 12 - November 4 2006
Title: Si/no: Questo è tutto ciò che accade” / Yes/no: this is all that happens, 2006
Artist: Eugenio Orciani (Italian b. 1951)
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Dimensions: 60 cm high x 60 cm wide
Image Courtesy: Craig Scott Gallery
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Title: Pensiero a destra / Thought on the Right, 2004
Artist: Eugenio Orciani (Italian b. 1951)
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Dimensions: 55 cm high x 45 cm wide
Image Courtesy: Craig Scott Gallery
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In Person/Time: Chronochromatic Oil Paintings, Italian Eugenio Orciani’s oil paintings explore the intersection of time and individual identity through figurative work framed by filmic and photographic motifs, as well as poetic allusions in some of
the work.
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The term "chronochromatic" is Orciani's invention.
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Title: Sovrapposizione di fotogrammi – spiaggia a Ortigia /
Superimposed frames – beach at Ortigia, 2005
Artist: Eugenio Orciani (Italian b. 1951)
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Dimensions: 100 cm high x 80 cm wide
Image Courtesy: Craig Scott Gallery
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Orciani uses it to illustrate the way he uses filmic and photographic imagery such as the
cell frames and sprocket holes and such as also negative/positive
color reversal ("chromatic") as a method of exploring the intersection of
time and personhood ("chrono", with an added semantic bonus that
"chromatic" also gestures toward genetic identity due to its use in the
word "chromosome").
Leif Ostlund
Hollander York Gallery
September 30 - October 16 2006
Title: Shade Tree
Artist: Leif Ostlund
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Dimensions: 30 x 40
Image Courtesy: Hollander York Gallery
Bright vibrant colors are a key component of Leif Ostlund's style. Ostlund uses his art to explore the world around him using strong
brush strokes to illustrate his joie de vivre.
"I was born with brushes in my hand in the crib," explains Leif Ostlund.
"My Mom is a professional painter; my uncle is a professional painter and
several members of my family both paint and show artwork. Crawling around
in the paints with my knees and my toes it was easy for me to get into the arts. I think if my
parents had been radio announcers I'd be a radio announcer; they were always
encouraging me to work and to take home the prizes and ribbons from school. I
had a love of art and I wanted to be broke for most of my life so that's why I
decided to keep going with it. I have been showing for over 20 years so I'm
frighteningly steeped in this career and I don't go for specific subject matter. It's anything that thrills me in a beauty range that I paint. I'm
very excited about color."
Hugh Cunningham
Hollander York Gallery
September 30 - October 16 2006
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Title: Whorl
Artist: Hugh Cunningham
Medium: Bronze
Dimensions: 14.5" H x 9" W
Image Courtesy: Hollander York Gallery
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For nearly 15 years Hugh Cunningham has created distinctive sculptures in
wood, marble and bronze. The sculptor's oeuvre includes realistic, stylized
and abstract designs. Currently his focus is highly polished bronze abstracts.
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Hugh Cunningham said, "This show is a sample of my highly polished bronze
abstracts. I have over 130 different designs. They can be up to 8 feet high. The
thing about my work is it is free flowing lines. I showed at a Florida gallery
perhaps 15 years ago. Recently I showed my work to a gallery in Kingston and a
local photo studio ; both places said I've seen your work in Florida. They
recognized the style."
J. Mac
Echoes of an Invisible Choir
Canadian Sculpture Centre
October 17 - November 10, 2006
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J Mac says "Echoes Of An Invisible Choir
heralds the shift in frequency of ever-changing forest sounds. Natural landscape, as we know it is in a
state of constant flux."
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Title: Aria
Artist: J. Mac
Medium: Sculpture: Fiberglass, Rope and Fiber
Dimensions: Lifesize & Variable
Photographer: Michel Boucher
Image Courtesy J. Mac
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Title: Dryad
Artist: J. Mac
Medium: Installation: Fiberglass, Rope, Wood, Rocks, Metal and Fiber.
Dimensions: 10 ft High by 8 ft Wide by 5 ft Deep
Photographer: Wendy Foster
Image Courtesy J. Mac
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"Depleting natural resources, disruption of the
water tables, encouraging erosion and poor extraction practices have
polluted our water, infusing its ecosystem with heavy metals. Echoes Of An Invisible Choir summons a myth from antiquity that, if adhered to,
can tip the balance in our favor."
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Adding, "The myth of the dryad is one of the oldest stories told to educate a
population in an attempt to foster ecology.
Dryads (female nymphs) presided over the groves and forests. Each one
was born with a certain tree to oversee. The livelihood of the dryad was
entirely connected to the tree she was entrusted to protect: should the
tree perish, she perished. If a tree were to be cut down without
planting a sapling (for the dryad to inhabit), the gods would brutally
punish the culprit."
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Title: Terminus
Artist: J. Mac
Medium: Installation : Fiberglass, Rope, Rocks, Wood and Fiber.
Dimensions: Variable
Photographer: Michel Boucher
Image Courtesy J. Mac
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