Protection, transcendence and closure
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The art of Darwin Price,
Christopher Ellingson & Christopher Kanyusik
Opening, and end of the world costume party 12.21.2012, from 6pm to 9pm
Opening, and end of the world costume party 12.21.2012, from 6pm to 9pm
Please dress as your favorite end of the word character, DJ Champagne will be spinning music to the art work, free psychic readings by Virginia, Exquisite
corpse drawings by the party goers, once complete we will auction them
off to the highest bidder and all the proceeds to go to Glide Memorial
Church. Bubbling absinthe tea will be served along with other tasty libations.
Three Oakland Riviera
artists lead us to the end of 2012,
and show us that a new paradigm is nothing to fear. Show runs though January 12th.
Darwin
Price, Sculpture
My
art creates religious syncretism. It’s my way of challenging
widely held
beliefs and creating new, more personal mythologies. I aspire to a
psychodrama
populated by the imaginary friends from every culture and creed
throughout
history, but not to make a point. Rather, to excavate deeper and
discover newer
meanings and purpose for my life. Constructing a personal philosophical
framework through art is to me more relevant than religion or any one
symbol no
matter how sacred. I'm attracted to the idea of Buddha peacefully
'packing a
heat,' homeless angels, or Jesus creeped out of his followers because
they're a
little too cloying and blissful. I take these saints and holy men and
put
them in their place, along with their pious
symbolism, back into the
muck and the mire. Consecrating them in the human condition
where they
originated. After all if we've got to live in it, they're not
getting off
so easily." – Darwin
Price
Darwinprice.net
Christopher
Ellingson, Paintings
For
me, painting is divine and it can’t be described by
anything but itself. Amidst the flashes of color, turbulence, velocity,
and
stillness it teaches me new ways of experiencing the natural world.
This is a
mystery worth investigating. christopherellingson.com
Christopher
Kanyusik, Sculptures
Art bears greater
power and
relevance through ambiguity. It
transcends commonality by remaining open, provocative, and to a certain
degree
unclear and unfinished, rather than presenting a banal package complete
with an
image and a corresponding narrative, leaving little or no room for
viewer
engagement. My work is a product of and a participant in the historical
tradition of sculptural art. There
exists within our collective, common artistic evolution a connection
and
camaraderie spanning past and present through our chosen subjects, and
a
tension between direct, reproductive modeling and abstract suggestion
in our
approach to the interpretations of the imagery we elect to use. The
ambiguity I
strive to employ in my work is actualized by a combination of elements
from
these two extremes. On
one side exists a
literal depiction of an object, no more than a prop, involved in an
explicit
scenic narrative, an illustration with little or no conceptual
provocation. On
the opposite end of this spectrum is a kind of work so intent on being
ambiguous that it looses any connection to any possibility or
suggestion of
conceptual tangibility, thus becoming unclear, encoded, and confusing,
ultimately resulting in viewer disengagement, exclusion, and
irrelevance. The
inclusion of ambiguity coupled with the
implied or inherent content of recognizable forms allows my work to
transcend
the enclosed relationship between my self as the maker and it, as the
object
made. An
unspecified, ambiguous intent
assists the accessibility of an artwork by engaging and including the
viewer,
recognizing their distinctly personal interpretation as an
indispensable
component in the manifestation of art. chriskanyusik.com
About
the music
“I
enjoy playing quality
music that tickles the ear but soothes the soul. I play various jazz,
r&b,
classic funk and deep house music. I have DJed all over the bay area
and hope
to continue to do so”
- Champagne www.DJCHAMPAGNE.com
- Champagne www.DJCHAMPAGNE.com
