INTERMEDIA TWO// ARTIST INTRODUCTION

      "I'VE LOVED OWLS EVER SINCE I WROTE A POEM ABOUT THEM"

                                                                    -UNKNOWN BOY OUTSIDE OF PETCO 

      "YOU HAVE TO KNOW THE RULES BEFORE YOU CAN BREAK THEM"

-RYAN McGINNESS 

    MY WORK// ACRYLIC// SPRAY PAINT// STENCILS// 

    ON FOUND WOOD

"I LOVE THE INTERACTION BETWEEN OBJECTS AND SYMBOLS. HOW A SYMBOL OR ICON STANDING ALONE IS WHAT IT IS. HOWEVER, WHEN PLACED NEXT TO ANOTHER OR SERIES OF OTHER UNRELATED SYMBOLS, THEIR MEANINGS CHANGE AND START TO RELATE TO ONE ANOTHER. THERE IS A REASON THEY ARE PLACED TOGETHER... I AM TRYING TO GET AT THAT IDEA."      _VAN HOLMGREN

                                   BARE MEDIUM// AAC// WALL DETAIL

                                   WHEAT PASTE//PAPER//DES MOINES
                                   MAN AND BEAST No. 2//
     BARE MEDIUM//AAC//INSTALLATION
                                   SOLDIER OF FORTUNE//
                                            SOLDIER OF FORTUNE// AAC// WALL DETAIL
                                                                  GOODNIGHT...GOODNIGHT//
                                             STAND BY YOU WOMAN//
                                   BACKYARD BUSINESS//
                                                       LONG TIMES//
                                                       BRANDY & WINE//
                                   THE MISTREATMENT OF BEALE//
                                   YOUR PARENTS//
                   FERDINAND THE LIAR//
                                               S.O.S.//
                                                BEEHIVE ON HIGH ALERT//

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LOW BROW ELITE

 

Resident Artists are please to present Low Brow Elite, a newshow featuring a collection of up and coming local artists working outside the realm of the inside art world. Low brow art is usually usedto describe an underground movement. What starts out as a movement becomes a trend and then somehow loses its purity or becomes sold out. Resident artists beg the question: If this is art for the people, whyare you trying to put it on a pedestal?

Resident Artists: Low Brow Elite

September 12, 2008 - 5:30-8:30 PM

Gateway Lofts -1719 Grand Ave. Des Moines, IA

Featuring The artwork of

Michelle Holley, Kyle Thye, Cat Rocketship, Alex Kuno, Patrick Cooney, Cool Aid, Chip

and collaboration work by Brent Houzenga and Van Holmgren

Sculpture by Annick Ibsen

Music by Scented Vinyl, Lindsay Donovan and The HoneyBees

FREE

Also Available to view by appointment.

Oxymoron Afterparty at Vaudeville Mews Featuring live painting all night by resident artists and musical performances by

Gaiden Gadema, Cleo’s Apartment, The HoneyBees, Lindsay Donovan and Hold For Swank

Doors at 9

$5

Come to the opening at the Gateway Lofts and learn how to get into the after party for free

Sponsored by Gateway Lofts and Gateway Market

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ANKENY ART CENTER

May Exhibits Feature Two Emerging Artists

Ben Shuh in Main Gallery May 1- June 14

Van Holmgren in Side Gallery May 1-June 14

 

Van Holmgren’s show “Bare Medium” opens May – June 14 in the Art Center’s Side Gallery.  Holmgren describes his canvas as “discarded lumber that you may have thrown in the trash.” Holmgren plans to create an installation in the Side Gallery that will challenge the viewer to consider the colors, designs, drawings on both the piece and the wall and think of them as complements to the natural wood.

 Holmgren, Des Moines, said of his art, “Ever since I was a younger person, I have had a fascination with the layering and overlap of murals, graffiti, and old signage. The seemingly unrelated images interact with one another and become a complete idea. There is a reason why they were placed near one another, I am trying to capture that.”

 Holmgren’s reception is Saturday, May 17 from 6 pm to 8 pm at the Ankeny Art Center.  Public and media are invited to meet the artist and enjoy  hors d’ oeuvres and wine.

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I WANT TO EXPLORE THE EFFECTS OF LIGHTING AND THE DIFFERENT WATTS THAT A LIGHT BULB CAN RUN AT

THE IDEA OF POWER AND IDEAS THAT A LIGHT BULB REPRESENTS