Category Archives: Installation/display

Matt W. Moore

June 2, 2017 12:03 AM \

Visual artist Matt W. Moore stepped away from his vibrant geometric paintings and street art to create these impressive organic mandalas. This ‘Mosaic Mandala Series’ was created with found natural elements and skillfully arranged into fascinating geometric designs. On his website he explains the project as follows:

“Having spent most of my recent years in cities, and many of my recent months indoors during the wintertime painting on canvas and paper, I decided it was a good play to take full advantage of the sunshine and wilderness and develop a series that would allow me to explore the beauty of Utah, create work with my hands, and celebrate the native color palette of the landscape.”

“This series of mosaic mandalas was created entirely with elements foraged on the mountain and in the valley : River pebbles and stones, shale, red rocks from the high elevations, dead branches from aspen trees, bark from evergreens, cattails from the lake’s edge, dried wild grasses from yesteryear, and cut dead branches exposing the rings of the tree’s life. Everything was right there for me, all I had to do was notice it’s potential.”

You can see more of his work on his website, Facebook, and Instagram.

Images: Courtesy of Matt W. Moore.

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Adrian Esparza

March 29, 2017 12:03 AM \

Texas-based artist Adrian Esparza disassembles sarape blankets and with wood, nail and enamel reworks the thread to create these colorful geometric installations. On an interview with Glasstire he explains his influence and process:

“My first exposure to art was through craft. Early memories include manipulating Popsicle sticks, carving balsa wood, making ceramics with my grandmother, and seeing my mother sewing clothing and my uncle building guitars. Hands were manipulating objects, and careful calculations were necessary in order to conserve resources and complete a project successfully. Craft laid the foundation for the formal issues that I would later learn in school.”

“Setting this awareness aside, I approach found objects with a kind of assertiveness. Growing up, I remember objects being used again and again, broken objects being restored, and the simplest object becoming valuable. So, I return to the found object and attempt to re-instill a kind of lost value.”

“The sarape pieces are about transformation — about a history that is used in order to construct a new form. They are also about a diffusion of color and the expansion of space. The side-by-side forms create a dialogue while revealing the repetitive process of distance traveled and perhaps even the act of reading itself.”

We could not find a website for the artist but much of his work can be seen here at Taubert Contemporary gallery.

Images: Courtesy of Adrian Esparza and Taubert Contemporary.

Posted in: Installation/Display, Weaving

Bunnie Reiss

March 17, 2017 12:03 AM \

Bunnie Reiss is well known for her cosmic and symmetrical imagery. The Los Angeles-based artist is of Eastern European descent and her work exhibits both Russian and Polish folk art embellishments which she applies to murals, installations, textile and paintings. She is a collector of weathered objects and will often transform them into unique works of art.

You can follow the artist on her website, Facebook and Instagram.

Images: Courtesy of Bunnie Reiss.

Posted in: Installation/Display
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