Chelsea Art Musuem - Project Room - Installation - July 2009

"Four Artists in Concert"

statement

black is black - perfect pitch


Music is always part of my work, whether in the background during my work sessions in

the studio, collaboration in performance, or my subject when I bring my book and pen to

a concert or club and draw my expressions about the sounds.

Black as substrate, for myself and other artists, is a strong medium to resolve the intricacies

of my explorations of gesture to their most essential formal elements. Here, black upon these

black walls, based upon my musical drawings, are large pieces worked in the deepest blacks

and purest whites, duets of high and low tones, long and short phrases, bold and delicate

- a temporal exploration on paper. mwiener 09

Black - ruled "crossed narrative"

30" x 43

Sumi - mixed medium on paper

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Chelsea Art Musuem - Project Room - Installation - July 2009

crossed narratives

75" x 36"

Suimi - mixed medium on paper

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sketch book one

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sketch book two- mark sketch

Chelsea Art Museum - "Four Artists in Concert" Project Room

review

I rode the entry express line, aka I skipped a whole bunch of people so that I didn’t have to wait with the masses and once I was inside I was served a magnificent feast of delectable art. It was a creative extravaganza at The Chelsea Art Museum for the opening night of The Four Artist in Concert. The exhibit was a fusion of emerging music ensembles and visual artist and featured the works of Morgan Russell, Mark Weiner, Fedele Spadafora and Stephen Folwkes and music by Konrad Kaczmarek, Red Hooker, Tristan Perich, Build, Now Ensemble and William Brittelle. The works of art emulated the themes of a concert series held by the Museum. Two of the artist were chosen by the curators of CAM and two were chosen by the people via a voting system hosted by the art networking site artlog.com.

Excited by the premise of the Four Artist presentaion, I was however pleasantly surprised to see that another exhibition was being held titled Iran Inside Out. It was a compilation of 56 Iranian artist whose point of views touched on all aspects of life Iran. There is only one word that can be used to describe it, PHENOMENAL!!! And it couldn’t have been a more socially current exposition.

Due to the visual overload, I didn’t really know where to begin but finally stumbled upon the Project Room for New Media that housed the Four Artists. It was a room dressed in black paint that gave me the feeling of Alice traveling down the Rabbit Hole. My attention was first drawn to Russell’s paintings. But while they possessed a great sense of movement and color they did not captivate me for long. ...

I was however very intrigued by Wieners images which were done in Sumei ink with thin white pen strokes in no particular pattern that seemed to stand alone, almost as though they were floating off of the wall. Wiener expressed that the white was a total last minute decision and I think it served him well. There were also booklets with Rorschace-esque images that embarrassingly enough made me think of the comic The Watchmen… I’m a big kid I know...

I continued to explore what felt like an art maze, with surprises at every turn. Although the contemporary art on the 3rd floor was kind of a bore. But the infectious good energy of the crowd made no one to want to leave, other than the security. I guess they weren’t being paid overtime. I have to say that the Chelsea Art Museum definitly knows how to throw a party. What a night!!

by Jenaya Socially Superlative Ezine