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David Bowen Artist Talk at Joseph Nease Gallery
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James Woodfill Interview, Part 1
James Woodfill Interview, Part 2
Kathy McTavish Artist Talk at Joseph Nease Gallery
Kathy McTavish is a media composer, cellist and installation artist whose work blends data, text, code, sound, and layered moving images. Her work has focused on creating generative methods for building networked, multichannel video and sound environments. In late 2018, Kathy started working with computer controlled long-arm quilting machines, resulting in generative textile drawings that act as an archive (or work product) of her machines.
Kathy’s background in cello performance, mathematics, ecology, music theory and coding informs her work as an artist and composer. She has created installations for traditional gallery spaces, abandoned buildings, root cellars, cathedrals, barns, warehouse elevators, alleyways, and silos, and she loves to work with physical structures ::: textures, pipes, beams, dusty windows. A critical part of Kathy’s installation work is the resonance of a space and its ambient sounds or silences. In all manifestations of her practice, McTavish believes that art has the potential to open subliminal, submerged aspects of ourselves ::: to foster reflection and transformation.
Jonathan Thunder talks about his art at Joseph Nease Gallery
Jonathan Thunder is a multi-disciplinary artist currently residing in Tulsa, Oklahoma, who works in painting, animation, filmmaking and 3D projection mapping. He has attended the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, NM and studied Visual Effects and Motion Graphics in Minneapolis, MN. His work has been featured in many state, regional, and national exhibitions, as well as in local and international publications. Thunder has won several awards for his art/animation work on a variety of projects.
At the core of Jonathan’s work are storylines that reflects a personal lens. He seeks to create imagery that is both surreal and imaginative, incorporating influences from the structure of dreams or the surrounding culture. He considers his work in terms of “vignettes” or short stories within a larger ongoing narrative that continues to evolve.
Adam McCauley Talks About His Work at Joseph Nease Gallery
Adam McCauley is a contemporary painter and mixed media artist. His work is primarily abstract in form. Adam utilizes texture, line, shape, and color in order to examine the physicality inherent in a variety of mediums and the processes through which these mediums are applied. Adam received his Masters Degree in Art History from the University of Wisconsin and he is currently based in Duluth Minnesota. His painting, Nosun, was featured in the Sweep exhibition at Joseph Nease Gallery.
Rachel Hayes & Eric Sall Artist Talk at Joseph Nease Gallery
Artist couple Rachel Hayes & Eric Sall talk about their work on display in Affinities, their new exhibition at Joseph Nease Gallery. For the first time, this comprehensive exhibition brings together the artist couple’s recent work in one place. With artworks ranging in size from small to monumental, the exhibition includes paintings by Eric and fabric sculptures by Rachel. Mid-career, and working independently, each brings a unique approach to similar artistic interests such as our interactions with interior and exterior environments, exploring the range of their mediums and creating a sense of wonder.
Fascinated by the interplay of light, motion, and space, textile artist Rachel’s fabric structures combine diverse elements referencing American quilts, contemporary painting concepts, and architecture. Boldly using materials that are traditionally considered fragile and delicate, she creates monumentally sized installations that become dominant within their environments. She also creates smaller works which explore the craft and materials in a more intimate scale to the viewer.
Having grown up on the prairies of South Dakota and Kansas and later living in New York and Kansas City, Eric’s work is influenced by both environments. As a keen observer of nature and contemporary culture, his oil paintings are simultaneously contemplative and audacious. Using expressionistic gestures, bold and subtle along with abstracted forms, he creates artwork with imagery which feels familiar yet does not represent a specific thing or place.
Christopher Harrison talks about his art at Joseph Nease Gallery - Part 1
Part 1 of a conversation with Christopher Harrison who talks about his work in the “Sweep” Exhibition at Joseph Nease Gallery. “Sweep” was a regional and national survey of more than 20 contemporary artists running the gamut from magical realism to hard-edged abstraction, the paintings displayed in “Sweep” addressed subjects of beauty, ethnicity, history, and formalism, among others.
Christopher Harrison received his BFA from Columbus College of Art and Design Columbus and his MFA from the Art Academy University of San Francisco in 2009. Harrison’s work is often interdisciplinary, spanning a diverse range from pure abstraction to figurative work, taking on a variety of forms from sculptures, to paintings, and collectively realized public art works. His work is conceptually committed to communicate messages or ideas that stimulate greater curiosity and respect for the physical world. Harrison’s work acts as a record of places and times (whether real or imagined), of realities that we might otherwise take for granted. Christopher produces his work in a North Minneapolis studio from which it has traveled to regional, national, and international exhibitions.
Christopher Harrison talks about his art at Joseph Nease Gallery - Part 2
Part 2 of a conversation with Christopher Harrison who talks about his work in the “Sweep” Exhibition at Joseph Nease Gallery. “Sweep” was a regional and national survey of more than 20 contemporary artists running the gamut from magical realism to hard-edged abstraction, the paintings displayed in “Sweep” addressed subjects of beauty, ethnicity, history, and formalism, among others.
Christopher Harrison received his BFA from Columbus College of Art and Design Columbus and his MFA from the Art Academy University of San Francisco in 2009. Harrison’s work is often interdisciplinary, spanning a diverse range from pure abstraction to figurative work, taking on a variety of forms from sculptures, to paintings, and collectively realized public art works. His work is conceptually committed to communicate messages or ideas that stimulate greater curiosity and respect for the physical world. Harrison’s work acts as a record of places and times (whether real or imagined), of realities that we might otherwise take for granted. Christopher produces his work in a North Minneapolis studio from which it has traveled to regional, national, and international exhibitions.
Tara Austin talks about Boreal Ornaments II at Johnson Heritage Post Gallery
Tara Austin talks about her exhibition, Boreal Ornaments II, at the Johnson Heritage Post Gallery in Grand Marais. Some of the work displayed is on loan from Joseph Nease Gallery in Duluth, MN.
Tara’s work incorporates techniques from scenic painting, faux finishing, the folk art of Norwegian rosemåling, and reverse painting on glass. Observing these processes became a way for her to develop an aesthetic based on the necessity of good craftsmanship. Their established authority of geometry, harmony, and beauty speaks vibrantly. Tara Austin received her Master of Fine Art in Painting from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and recently completed a rosemaling apprenticeship funded through the Wisconsin Arts Board. Her work is represented by Joseph Nease Gallery.
James Brinsfield talks about Hubbub at Joseph Nease Gallery
Artist James Brinsfield talks about his painting “Hubbub” and about finding his unique style. Brinsfield’s 20 Year Retrospective at Joseph Nease Gallery featured 13 major works and 6 additional works , giving viewers insight into the continuum of work from an established abstract painter who has been an important voice within contemporary art.
James Brinsfield is an influential painter and a major presence in Kansas City’s thriving art scene for decades. His studio explorations contemplate the “basic sensuality of paint and painting,” and his works are in numerous public and private collections including the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, the Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art in Overland Park, KS, the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art and the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art both in Kansas City, MO. His career includes 19 one-person shows in Chicago, Washington, D.C., Kansas City, and Los Angeles.
James Brinsfield Talks About His "Cracked" Paintings at Joseph Nease Gallery
Artist James Brinsfield talks about his series of “cracked paintings” which include “Diogenes Verlag,” “Good Citizenship,” “Jolly Roger,” and “No Ticket, No Ride.” Brinsfield’s 20 Year Retrospective at Joseph Nease Gallery featured 13 major works and 6 additional works, giving viewers insight into the continuum of work from an established abstract painter who has been an important voice within contemporary art.
James Brinsfield is an influential painter and has been a major presence in Kansas City’s thriving art scene for decades. His studio explorations contemplate the “basic sensuality of paint and painting,” and his works are in numerous public and private collections including the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, the Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art in Overland Park, KS, the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art and the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art both in Kansas City, MO. His career includes 19 one-person shows in Chicago, Washington, D.C., Kansas City, and Los Angeles.
Matthew Kluber Interview at Joseph Nease Gallery
Joe Nease interviews artist Matthew Kluber about his exhibition “Friday I’m In Love” at Joseph Nease Gallery. The exhibition includes three major projection paintings, new smaller scale paintings, and works on paper.
Matthew Kluber is an Iowa native and is currently a Professor in the Art and Art History department of Grinnell College. He teaches print media, digital media, drawing and hybrid media. He holds an MFA degree from the University of Iowa and a BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design. He has taught at the University of Iowa and at Iowa State University and was Artist-in-Residence at the Des Moines Art Center. Kluber has exhibited work at a variety of galleries and museums including: the Museum of Contemporary Art Shanghai, China; FOCUS09/Art Basel, Switzerland; The Painting Center, New York; David Richard Gallery, Santa Fe; the Portland Museum of Art, Oregon; and; the Austin Museum of Art, Texas.
Artist Talk w/ Karen Owsley Nease and Laura Goodman
October 26, 2018: Artists Talk between visual artist Karen Owsley Nease and choreographer Laura Goodman about their collaboration for the Minnesota Ballet.
This is a shortened clip of the longer video below.
Artists Talk w/ Karen Owsley Nease and Laura Goodman
October 26, 2018: Artists Talk between visual artist Karen Owsley Nease and choreographer Laura Goodman about their collaboration for the Minnesota Ballet.
“As part of the Minnesota Ballet’s Fall performance, the “Rite of Spring and Other Dances”, choreographer Laura Goodman has taken on the challenge of interpreting visual art into a new ballet. Basing her choreography on the wave paintings of Karen Owsley Nease, Goodman explores the elemental and generative forces depicted in Nease’s artwork. Goodman’s sensuous and powerful piece is titled “Curl, Uncurl, and…”.”
On October 26, 2018, these two artists discussed their collaboration in front of a special limited-time exhibition at Joseph Nease Gallery of the Karen Owsley Nease paintings that inspired Goodman’s choreography and were the projected backdrop for the October 19 and 20 performances of the dance piece at the DECC. “Elemental Forces and Other Work” was on display at the gallery through November 3, 2018.
About the Artists:
A former professional ballet dancer, Laura Goodman is a ballet instructor and choreographer. Her career began at the Minnesota Ballet as a trainee in 1999-2002. She continued to dance soloist and principal roles at the City Ballet of San Diego; Canyon Concert Ballet in Fort Collins, Colorado; and the Metropolitan Ballet in Minneapolis. In 2003 Laura was a finalist at the New York International Ballet Competition. She first choreographed for the Minnesota Ballet as part of the program Moving Beyond, which premiered her piece Rounding the Apse on September 23, 2016. In the News Tribune, Lawrance Bernabo commented, “The verticalness of this captivating piece reminded me of Agnes de Mille’s ‘Dream Ballet’ from ‘Oklahoma!’ albeit without the stylized rigidity.” Additionally, she has choreographed a multitude of student pieces over her tenure as an instructor, including co-creating a story ballet What Makes A Rainbow for young dancers. She has staged many works by other choreographers here at the Minnesota Ballet, as the rehearsal assistant at Canyon Concert Ballet, and as the Director’s Assistant for the Metropolitan Ballet. During her career as a ballet dancer she danced the works of such choreographers as Agnes de Mille, George Balanchine, Antony Tudor, and José Limón.
Karen Owsley Nease is a visual artist whose artwork is rooted nature and her connections to it. Her current series of wave paintings come from studying reference photographs made of particular Lake Superior waves coming ashore. Her paintings act as “portraits” of distinct entities, built up through multiple layers of thinly applied glazes of oil paint. Gesturally applied with a small rag on her finger tip, each layer is a response to the one preceding it. The motion of Nease’s hand is analogous to the motion of the wave, allowing close study of its unique form, surface and facets. Originally from the Kansas City metro area, she has spent much time on and around working farms and rural woodlands since early childhood. Her work is informed through her practices of habitat restoration, watershed protection and environmental philosophy. Respect for craft and a deep knowledge of materials are also important in the creation of that artwork. Through travels, she discovered the imposing beauty of Lake Superior and moved to Duluth, Minnesota in 2013 to be nearer to it. Karen is a lifelong painter with a concurrent interest in design. She earned a BFA in Painting/Printmaking from the Kansas City Art Institute, and two Architectural degrees from the University of Kansas. Her work is in corporate, museum, and private collections.
James Brinsfield on Inhalt
Artist James Brinsfield speaking about his painting “Inhalt” and his twenty-year retrospective at Joseph Nease Gallery.
Joseph Nease Gallery Talk with artists Tim White & Allen Killian Moore
A dialogue between the “still” and “moving” image:
The work of photographer Tim White and filmmaker Allen Killian-Moore share various aesthetic and thematic traits while nonetheless retaining each artist’s individual viewpoint. In two newly opened exhibitions, installed side by side, these artists’ works invite viewers into a visual and aural dialogue.
On May 19, 2018, Joesph Nease Gallery hosted a literal dialogue between Killian-Moore and White regarding points of connection (and perhaps disconnection) in their work and their process. This was a unique opportunity to witness two artists having a meaningful discussion with one another about their work, as well as the creative confluences that tend to emerge between like-minded colleagues within a creative community.
The talk is followed by a Q & A session with the artists.
"ticket" by Kathy McTavish v.3
3rd Coding update “ticket” explores the intersections between art and technology, humans and machines, networks, sound and mathematical systems. McTavish blends found sound, text, data and abstract, layered, moving images, focusing on creating generative methods for building multichannel cross-sensory environments. Now showing through January 6 at Joseph Nease Gallery.
"ticket" Installation by Kathy McTavish
Coding Version 1 McTavish blends found sound, text, data and abstract, layered, moving images. Her recent work has focused on creating generative methods for building multichannel cross-sensory environments. “ticket” explores the intersections between art and technology, humans and machines, networks, sound and mathematical systems. Now showing through January 6 at Joseph Nease Gallery.
"Wayfinding" by James Woodfill
As an interdisciplinary artist, Woodfill’s work is focused on direct experience through the composition of objects, occurrences and site. His artworks regularly blur boundaries in their execution, often merging with functional design. His installations bridge the fields of sculpture, painting and public art. Now showing through January 6th.
