Monthly Archives: May 2010

Composition 2.4

Composition 2.4

Composition 2.4
Flashe and gouache on paper,
8.5 x 9.5 inches, 2010
Private Collection

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Composition 2.3

Composition 2.3
Composition 2.3
Flashe and gouache on paper
8.5 x 9.5 inches, 2010

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Composition 2.2

Composition 2.2
Composition 2.2
Flashe and gouache on paper
8.5 x 9.5 inches, 2010

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Composition 2.1

Composition 2.1
Composition 2.1
Flashe and Gouache on paper
8.5 x 9.5 inches, 2010

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Composition 2

Composition 2

Composition 2
Flashe and Gouache on paper
8.5 x 9.5 inches, 2010
Private Collection

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Composition 1

Composition 1
Composition 1
Flashe and Gouache on paper
8 x 10 inches, 2010
Private Collection

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Composition 1 (faded / smaller)

why does day glo / fluorescent color scan in faded like this, it’s not that i don’t like this color combination — it’s quite a serendipitous — but seriously does anyone know why it scans in like this and a solution in photoshop?

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Skiemall, West Chicago, IL, 05/15/10 – 05/16/10

Tom Burtonwood
Harlequin, 2010.

artXposium 2010 – SKIEMALL

On May 15, 2010, in conjunction with the annual West Chicago Blooming Fest, the STUDIO, located at 203 Turner Court behind Main Street, will open its doors to the 4th biannual artXposium. This multimedia art experience, organized by People Made Visible, Inc. featuring regional, national and international artists who will display a variety of art work inspired by the inflight SkyMall catalog.

Tom Burtonwood
Harlequin, 2010

In addition to the STUDIO, artXposium events and exhibitions will take place in front of the 19th century CB&Q Depot, at the West Chicago City Museum and on Main Street. Saturday, May 15 the exhibition opens at 9am, with an artist reception from 6 to 9 pm which will feature a performance by Alison Rhoades along with food, drinks and a silent auction. (Full program available at artxposium.org.)

New to the program this year is a tent among Blooming Fest vendors hosting the West Chicago International Artist in Residency Program featuring Gitte Bog’s project: Fusion Foods.

Featured artists include: Claus Ankersen (DK), Lise Haller Baggesen (DK/NL/US), Tom Burtonwood (UK/US), Mario Contreras (US), Gemma Correll (UK), Diana Gabriel (US), Aron Gent (US), Richard Holland (US), Holly Holmes (US), Mat Logan (US), Mark Osterman (US), Sara Phalen (US), Grant Ray (US), Alison Rhoades (US), Andrew Rigsby (US), Steve Ruiz (US), Victor Yanez-Lazcano and Matthew Austin (US). This years exhibition has been curated by Anni Holm.

artXposium Hours: Saturday 9am-9pm & Sunday 10am-2pm. This event is free and open to the public. (Suggested donation $2).

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Composition 2

Composition 2

Composition 2,
Gouache on paper,
9.5 x 8.5 inches,
2010 – present

A series of 100 “color studies,” in sequence  2.0 through 2.99.
Animation and publication forthcoming.

 

Composition 2 is series of 100 paintings produced sequentially, each one created on an identical matrix.  The geometric composition is conceptually equivalent to the source code one might use in a computer program or web site.  An identical visual framework is deployed to create many variations through simple modulations of hue and saturation.  Through a process of repetition and experimentation the phenomena of color is revealed to the viewer with many different outcomes.

Color Studies 2010-2011 is a 120 page book with essay by media artist Patrick Lichty to be published in summer 2011.  It is funded with an individual Artist Support Initiative grant from the Illinois Arts Council.

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