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Philips Art Expert A Forum Art to See What's on and what's coming up on the international art calendar. Emerging Artist: Steven Day Phillips Installation |
WAVE HILL MUSEUM Surprisingly Natural: the nature of the Bronx September 9 - November 30, 2008 Glyndor Gallery Reception: September 14th A photography exhibition exploring the importance of nature as an essential element in the fabric of the borough presented with Lehman College Art Gallery and Bronx River Arts Center Wavehill Installation |
HAINES GALLERY 49 GEARY STREET FIFTH FLOOR SAN FRANCISCO CA 94108 Fundamental Abstraction II In memory of Kim Wauson May 22 - July 12, 2008 Opening Reception: Friday, May 23, 2008, 5:30pm to 7:30 pm Group Show including: Steven Charles, Max Cole, Peggy Cyphers, Steven Day Max Gimblett, David Lasry, Markus Linnenbrink, Tim Litzmann, Emil Lukas, Maureen McQuillan, Aaron Parazette, Susie Rosmarin, Carole Seborovski, James Sienna, David Simpson Gallery Installation |
indie collective presents: STEVEN DAY *Night for Gingham* reception: saturday january 5 6-10 pm january 5 – feburary 1st 2008 PRESS RELEASE Night For Gingham focuses on a new series of works on paper (silkscreens) of nocturnal/dream related images. The series combines photographs, drawings, signage, personal archives, and film stills. The title makes reference to the fabric (which I both associate with the French countryside, and punk clothing), and represents visual as well as linguistic associations. For the first time, i'm introducing Noemie, a French Librarian /Graphic Designer, as my "muse". Along side my own portrait of her taken recently in my studio, (in black and white with various fabrics as backdrops), there are few pictures from various stages in her young life, A portrait of the 1980's. German opera/new wave signer Klaus Nomi has been added to the series, along with my own graphic tags of the word NICE, and Black Ice. Other images are linked by more photographs from my personal archive that I've been collecting since the early 1990's. One image from this period focuses on the eyes of an owl as it stares back at the viewer while holding prey in it's mouth. Another more recent image is the flash bulb of a camera reflected in the eyes of a deer, as though it were looking directly into the headlights of a car.The pop-references of the same period as the Klaus Nomi image, mirrors his own demise with the 1980 horror film Halloween. I've focused on photographic and graphic representations of Jamie Lee Curtis in the final climatic scene of the film where in she's holding a knife. As part of Night for Gingham, I'm also introducing "Pumpkin Plot", two of five sequential images of a pumpkin exploding over silk-screened patterns of gingham. |