Nicole Awai
Abstrahere – Drawn Away, 2019
Installation with 2 & 3 dimensional elements
Resin, plastic, glass beads, construction foam, nail polish, acrylic paint, graphite and paper, dimensions variable
(from Latin abstractio(n-), from the verb abstrahere ‘draw away’)
Nicole Awai
(detail of work listed above)
Julia Blume
Attuning, 2020
Wire, plaster, acrylic, cut flowers, touch
17″ x 7″ x 23″
Julia Blume
Mycorrhizal Transformation, 2020
Wire, plaster, acrylic, haworthia plant, cut flowers, touch
16″ x 14″ x 18″
Michael Pribich
Lift, 2019
Installation with used hand trucks outfitted with 11′ chrome tube extensions, support belt varies with installation
Michael Pribich
Endless Support, 2019
Leather support belts inlaid with mylar, chain varies with installation
Esperanza Cortés
Colonial Blues, 2015
Encaustic on wood panels, metal chains on clay sculpture, brass chains, brass candle holders
11′ h x 16′ w x 7′ d
Esperanza Cortés
What was Left, 2008 – 2010
Chandelier, gold leaf, metal chains, glass beads, metal beads, brass embroidered velvet
13′ h x 4′ diameter
Kris Rac
The State Of Things, 2018
Acrylic resin, caulk, pigment, and found statuette on wood board
Kris Rac
Peace, 2018
Acrylic resin, caulk, pigment, found bottle, and lavender votive candle on wood shelf
Cecile Chong
_other Nature, 2020
Steel fence, artificial flora, plaster and encaustic sculptures, blacklight, video projection, audio track
12 x 26 x 24 ft
Cecile Chong
_other Nature, 2020
Steel fence, artificial flora, plaster and encaustic sculptures, blacklight, video projection, audio track
12 x 26 x 24 ft
Grace Graupe-Pillard
Protests, 2019
Oil, alkyd on wood
48″ x 72″
Grace Graupe-Pillard
Obliteration, 2018-2020
Oil, alkyd on wood
60″ x 144″
Yuliya Lanina
Misread Signs, 2019
Stop motion animation based on paintings.
Yuliya Lanina
Never and Both At The Same Time, 2019
Stop motion animation based on paintings.
Lilian Garcia-Roig
Hecho con Cuba: Homage to Vianles #10, 2020
Acrylic with homemade Cuban dirt pigment on canvas
Lilian Garcia-Roig
Cuban-American Cuban Nature: 9 Squares 2020
Acrylic with homemade Cuban dirt pigment on canvas, 9’ x 9’ total
Julien Tomasello
Last Dance, 2017
Diptych collage on canvas frames
Acrylic, paper, fabric, thread, Swarovski Crystals, rhinestones, sequins
18″ x 72″
Julien Tomasello
Dream House, 2018
Collage on boards mounted on panel
Acrylic, wood, paper, fabric, thread, Swarovski Crystals, rhinestones, beads, buttons, shells, sequins, color photocopies
12″ x 50″ x 1″
Tessa M Krieg
Semiotics of the Barely Legal Spectacle, 2020
Video 1:54
Tessa M Krieg
Government Appointed Phalluses of Tinder, 2019
video 0:30
Elena Chestnykh
Crash, 2017
Oil on canvas
59″ x 95″
Elena Chestnykh
Obscure Object of Desire, 2017
Oil on canvas
60″ x 85″
Benjamin Cabral
Spring Flower, 2020
Woven pony beads
30″ x 40″
Benjamin Cabral
Sad Flag, 2020
Woven pony beads
14 1/2″ x 27″
REMAKE / REMODEL
July 31, 2020 – August 30, 2020
Curated by Amelia Biewald and Jason Clay Lewis
The Royal @ RSOAA is pleased to present, REMAKE / REMODEL a group exhibition curated by Amelia Biewald and Jason Clay Lewis featuring artists Nicole Awai, Julia Blume, Michael Pribich, Esperanza Cortés, Kris Rac, Cecile Chong, Grace Graupe-Pillard, Yuliya Lanina, Lilian Garcia-Roig, Julien Tomasello, Tessa Krieg, Elena Chestnykh, and Benjamin Cabral.
The seemingly endless storm of recent events has me thinking of ways artists interpret and process their surroundings. The creation of art reflects the artist’s response to their world, and that can be both beautiful and ugly. I have been revisiting the often politically charged and highly critical works of Edward and Nancy Reddin Kienholz, and their impactful and sometimes disturbing reflections — on racial discrimination, war, woman’s rights, religion, the environment and moral hypocrisy. Their large-scale installations or tableaux are assemblages of fragments of cultural objects and detritus with found images, advertisements, photographs, text, furniture, interiors, plaster casts, and animals. These objects hint at multiple layers of life experience and our surrounding society. These adulterated and repurposed materials spoke directly to the inhumanity and social injustices of 20th century society.
Fast forward to the inhumanity of the 21st century: little has changed, and it needs to. The Royal is seeking artists who strive to REMAKE / REMODEL in these chaotic times. While documenting this current turmoil is important, we’d like to also think of what comes after. How do you reinvent or alter imagery or objects in your work? How does your process of making uncover further narrative or meaning? How do you reflect on your world? Through art and creativity perhaps we can look for a common ground and come together to reinvent a better future.
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