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6/28/2007
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"Old Head Young Head"
Greg Tobias and Dan Murphy
June 28 - August 31, 2007
Opening reception: Thursday June 28th, 5 - 8pm.
CEREALART Project Room: Who are you?
Greg Tobias: Greg Jaggah
CPR: What do you do?
GT: Hang art
CPR: When / how did you start making art?
GT: I began in 1972-stopped 1995
CPR: Why do you do it?
GT: I stopped when it got too hard and I wasn't clever enough to figure out what to do next. I mean a diamond skull how could I ever top that?
CPR: What inspires you?
GT: Inspired-seeing, what is, just like the rest of us. I happen to take some nice pictures of it, maybe a good eye. Snap shots you know.
CPR: What does the future look like?
GT: I don't think like that, not a plans and dreams kind of guy
CPR: Are determination and free will the same thing?
GT: Good question? Well I think that they...
CPR: Are artists leading the way?
GT: Many think so, so it must be.
CPR: What kind of music do you listen to at the moment?
GT: Girma B¸y¸n¸, The Group, all over the place follow the sensei, in fact always follow the sensei, unless of course they are wrong. But you have to follow to find that out. Same with the movie sensei
CPR: Do you listen to the radio?
GT: Megawords radio-- nag champa and stealy dan and occasionally man durphy
CPR: Do you read art magazines?
GT: Never
CPR: When you were a child did you want to be an artist?
GT: In fourth grade my teach told me I could never be an artist, she was right
CPR: Do you discuss your work with other artists?
GT: Dan
CPR: Describe your art the way you would like it to be described.
GT: Pictures of the way we boys see. Oh right can't say that, maybe now itÕs ok. These are difficult things to see through, things aren't always as they seem. The old appearance reality question
CPR: Is there any artist from the past or present you appreciate a lot or you feel is close to your sensibility?
GT: John Baldessari, Rogier van der Weyden, Weegee and the one with the greatest eye Alan's wife Diane
CPR: Do you believe what you see?
GT: Of course, only the brain gets in the way.
CEREALART Project Room: Who are you?
Dan Murphy: Dan
CPR : What do you do?
DM: Exist on earth
CPR: When / how did you start making art?
DM: I always have I guess, my mom is an artist and she set me up
CPR: Why do you do it?
DM: No choice
CPR: What inspires you?
DM: My girlfriend Kathryn, Marten from Copenhagen, Ronnie ron from franchise live public access rap video show, people who are just getting on with whatever resources they have.
CPR: What are you afraid of?
DM: Money
CPR: What's special to you?
DM: My immediate community of friends, my bloody valentine(band)
CPR: What is there too much of today?
DM: Cars, trash, fake suckers
CPR: Are determination and free will the same thing?
DM: Yes, I guess
CPR: Are artists leading the way?
DM: No fucking way
CPR: What is the best moment of the day?
DM: The end
CPR: What kind of music do you listen to at the moment?
DM: Electronic dance music from whenever, and Spacemen3, Lilys,My Bloody Valentine, Velvets, Mondays
CPR: Do you listen to the radio?
DM: Npr, sports radio, college radio,g- town and radiovolta internet stations
CPR : Do you read art magazines?
DM: I look through them if I'm at a place that has em
CPR: Do you discuss your work with other artists?
DM: Not really, Anthony Campuzano forces me to sometimes
CPR: Describe your art the way you would like it to be described.
DM: Its just what I'm into, my favorite stuff, its only art because that's where stuff like this is categorized, but its just my stuff
CPR: Is there any artist from the past or present you appreciate a
lot or you feel is close to your sensibility?
DM: Jacob holdt from denmark is sick, I just saw his show (t)here,
revs is the man but I wouldn't dare compare myself to him, also
this guy adams from sweden, he makes all kinds of great usefull things, and then publishes beautiful publications about them.
CPR: Do you believe what you see?
DM: I have to, but its soooooo sad
"Old Head Young Head" features work by two Philadelphia artists capturing the city's underbelly grittiness. Greg Tobias brings a 65 year olds perspective which will be contrasted against the vision of 30 year old Dan Murphy the founder of Megawords and an original member of the Space 1026 artist collective.
Please contact Shiya Mangel, via email shiya@cerealart.com or call 215-627-5060 x 102 for more information.
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4/13/2007
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PRIMITIVES
PRIMITIVES
Chris Caccamise and Jonas Wood
Curated by Michael Clifton
April 20 - June 23, 2007
Opening Reception, Friday April 20th 6-9pm
Cerealart is proud to present Primitives featuring work by Chris Caccamise and Jonas Wood, curated by Michael Clifton.
Cut,
paste and paint - together these actions shape a bold, warped and
spatially askew visual aesthetic in the work of artists Chris Caccamise
and Jonas Wood. Moments within their paint on paper compositions
recall aspects of geometric modeling or vector graphics, like those
used to create South Park and at times their artworks - sometimes
crude, brightly colored and often humorous - bear a tertiary
relationship to the characters and landscape that populate the animated
television show.
Whether its a manatee painting next to a
portrait of robust sunbathers in his parent's hallway, or a poster of
former NBA player Manute Bol, Jonas Wood is attracted to geometric
forms in situ, from both natural and mediated sources.
Three-dimensional objects in his compositions appear assembled together
via points, lines and curves, or 'primitives' (such as those in
geometric modeling), to create a final two-dimensional image. The
pasted paper and enamel sculptures of Chris Caccamise in comparison are
more literal in how they relate to modeled forms.
Unlike the 'primitives' of vector graphics that derive from
mathematical
equations, algebraic calculation plays no role in the work of Caccamise
and Wood. Both artists work from life and imagination,
preparatory sketches and re-purposed collage elements. Classical
subject matter becomes contemporized in their work. Nature and society
are examined at close range and today's heroes are sports figures and
art world celebrities. In his sculpture "Take An Object", Caccamise
re-stages a famous quote by Jasper Johns using a sly interplay of
compositional syntax. Set atop a flatbed truck in candy-colored block
letters, the quote "Take an object. Do something to it. Do
something else to it." seems poised to conquer Middle America.
Likewise Wood's depiction of a potted plant, with blue stems and pink
leaves, is observed from life yet tinted with imagination, allowing for
nuanced readings.
For Chris Caccamise and Jonas Wood,
inspiration may derive from the familiar but the results are anything
but commonplace; their cut, paste and paint actions yield modern
compositions, re-imagined through primitive instancing.
Chris Caccamise, Affect People (What to do and Who does it), 2007
Paper, enamel and glue,
32 x 11 x 8 inches.
View 2,
Chris Caccamise, Affect People (What to do and Who does it), 2007
Paper, enamel and glue,
32 x 11 x 8 inches.
Jonas Wood, Bullets (mini), 2007
Gouache and colored pencil on paper,
30 x 22 1/2 inches.
Chris Caccamise, Repeated Knife, 2000
Paper, enamel and glue,
7 x 4 1/2 inches.
Jonas Wood, Grandfather Clock, 2007
Gouache and colored pencil on paper,
41 3/4 x 41 inches.
 Chris Caccamise, Mountain with Glasses (Stolen Idea), 2007
Paper, enamel and glue,
12 x 12 x 16 inches.
View 2,
Chris Caccamise, Mountain with Glasses (Stolen Idea), 2007
Paper, enamel and glue,
12 x 12 x 16 inches.
Jonas Wood, Mask with Teeth, 2007
Charcoal on paper,
26 x 20 inches.
Chris Caccamise, Action Paint Can (After R. Gober), 2007
Paper, enamel and glue,
4 1/2 x 4 1/2 x 6 1/2 inches.
Side view,
Chris Caccamise, Action Paint Can (After R. Gober), 2007
Paper, enamel and glue,
4 1/2 x 4 1/2 x 6 1/2 inches.
Top view,
Chris Caccamise, Action Paint Can (After R. Gober), 2007
Paper, enamel and glue,
4 1/2 x 4 1/2 x 6 1/2 inches.
Jonas Wood, Outside, 2007
Gouache, colored pencil, and collage on paper,
26 x 19 3/4 inches.
Chris Caccamise, Phone, 2006
Paper, enamel and glue,
4 x 5 x 16 inches.
Jonas Wood, Parents Room (whale), 2007
Gouache, colored pencil on paper,
30 3/4 x 54 1/4 inches.
Chris Caccamise, Postmodernism, 2007
Paper, enamel and glue,
9 1/2 x 6 x 1 inches.
View 2, Chris Caccamise, Postmodernism, 2007
Paper, enamel and glue,
9 1/2 x 6 x 1 inches.
Jonas Wood, Pete Ladd, 2006
Gouache and colored pencil on paper,
14 x 11 1/2 inches.
Chris Caccamise, Ring, 2007
Paper, enamel and glue,
5 x 1/2 x 4 inches.
Chris Caccasmise, Flatbed with Perspective, 2007
Paper, enamel and glue,
23 x 6 x 7 inches.
View 2, Chris Caccasmise, Flatbed with Perspective, 2007
Paper, enamel and glue,
23 x 6 x 7 inches.
View 3, Chris Caccasmise, Flatbed with Perspective, 2007
Paper, enamel and glue,
23 x 6 x 7 inches.
Jonas Wood, Pot, 2007
Charcoal on paper,
26 x 20 inches.
Chris Caccamise, Semi with Two Cabs, 2007
Paper, enamel and glue,
16 x 6 x 11 inches.
View 2, Chris Caccamise, Semi with Two Cabs, 2007
Paper, enamel and glue,
16 x 6 x 11 inches.
Jonas Wood, Tron, 2007
Gouache, colored pencil, collage on paper,
25 3/4 x 19 3/4 inches.
Chris Caccamise, Medals, 2006
Paper, enamel and glue,
22 x 5 1/2 inches.
Chris Caccamise, Take an Object (Following Instructions), 2006
Paper, enamel and glue,
60 x 13 x 11 inches.
Jonas Wood, Upstairs 2,2007
Gouache and colored pencil on paper,
23 1/2 x 22 1/2 inches.
Chris Caccamise, Home Made Vehicle (Van), 2007
Paper, enamel and glue,
8 x 4 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches.
View 2, Chris Caccamise, Home Made Vehicle (Van), 2007
Paper, enamel and glue,
8 x 4 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches.
Jonas Wood, Upstairs 1, 2007
Gouache and colored pencil on paper,
23 1/2 x 22 1/2 inches.
 Top: Chris Caccamise, Watch, 2007
Paper, enamel and glue, 8 1/2 x 1 1/2 x 3 inches.
Bottom: Chris Caccamise, White Cassette, 2007
Paper, enamel and glue, 4 1/2 x 2 1/2.
View 2, Top: Chris Caccamise, Watch, 2007
Paper, enamel and glue, 8 1/2 x 1 1/2 x 3 inches.
Bottom: Chris Caccamise, White Cassette, 2007
Paper, enamel and glue, 4 1/2 x 2 1/2.
If you have
questions or would like pricing information please contact Shiya Mangel
at 215-627-5060 x102
or email shiya@cerealart.com.
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