Mitchell Lonas

Alight Mid Spring Down Feather 2014

2014

Phototransfer on engraved, painted plexiglass

Kiln formed glass, engraved with silvered paper.

Incised painted aluminum.

Incised painted aluminum.

Acrylics, metal, own technique on canvas. ANDRZEJ BOROWSKI (born in 1969) He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts , at the Departments of Graphics and Painting in the atelier of profe...

Acrylics, metal, own technique on canvas. ANDRZEJ BOROWSKI (born in 1969) He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts , at the Departments of Graphics and Painting in the atelier of profe...

This blue, red, and white artwork titled "Bob's Termite Service" is an original hand-painted oil based enamel on sign board artwork by Marissa Cianciulli measuring 20"h x 16.75"w. M...

Still Live, Acrylic on board, 110x60x2 cm If it is true that painting is the first means of producing images and vehicle of messages for the community, it is undeniable that the advent of digital media first, and then of social networks, has changed visual communication, increasing the rhythms of production. . This has resulted in a change in the user experience: today we are witnessing a visual inflation that causes, on the one hand, nausea due to an accumulation of information and, on the other, a linguistic impoverishment, which is followed by the degeneration of the world itself. . In the context of this corrupt view, the painter's role is questioned as his language becomes increasingly limited. For Piscopo, this translates into the subjection of the screens, therefore, to the use of pre-packaged images that flatten the genius, in the evidence of a low-definition painting and the elimination of portions of images. It is thus possible to see works in the exhibition in which torment and nauseating sensations are outlined, thanks to the alternation of paintings with a strongly emotional pointillist brushstroke, and highly polished works made with airbrush. The works range from famous subjects in the history of art to elements, iconic or not, that belong to digital everyday life. The human figures, shown on canvases in the 16: 9 format - allusions to the dimensions of an Instagram Story - are all represented with eyes and mouths of disproportionate dimensions. The artist therefore refers to a famous filter present on social networks, in order to emphasize the attention on the sight-taste senses of the user who devours the images, with the mouth and no longer with the eyes. The verticalism of the painting refers to the speed and evanescence of images that scroll vertically, like the scroll that is exercised on digital devices: each image cancels the previous one and none remains. Everything flows, as in a degenerate version of Heraclitus, so "you never get wet in the same river." Here, then, are depicted children addicted to their smartphone. Their feet are immersed in a river that overflows from the visual rectangle and whose brushstrokes break the verticality of the rest of the composition. The confusion between the two different flows, which children perceive, contributes to the disorientation of the vision. The Devices, the numerous eyes painted with airbrush, generate the sensation of feeling observed and suggest the separation between being and appearing. The eye becomes a device in its double meaning as a machine in charge of human vision and an imposing eye of society, an Orwellian reference, as in the case of the central Device, a painted sculpture within which the majolica flooring of the exhibition space is mirrored. Also in this case Piscopo does not depart from artistic references in the strict sense, painting eyes borrowed from the history of art, from characters from the world of entertainment, to figures from his private life. The short circuit, which is created in front of two painting techniques that referring almost to two different artists, underlines the distance between the image and the viewer: what is looked at turns out to be nauseating and psychedelic reality, while the viewer is lucid and real. Both the sighted and the seen, however, are injured: the bites that annihilate the dimensional limits of the "painting as a window to the world" point a light on the idea of ​​visual consumerism; of the consumer who eats the image without properly assimilating it and who devours himself, emptying himself. The artistic production of Nicola Vincenzo...

Eric G. Thompson's "Slow Rise" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a red clay teacup steaming with warmth with a cast shadow on the silver background. About the Artist: Eric G. Thompson captures stillness. He captures moments. Whether he is painting in oil, egg tempera or watercolor, he is seeking to evoke a haunting memory, a lost feeling. In a fast-paced world of deadlines, obligations and busyness, Eric invites you into the peace that he has enveloped within this momentary glimpse in time. Believing that we all seek silence, without even realizing it, he implores you to dwell on something you otherwise would have overlooked, or have long-forgotten. Literally and figuratively, he sheds light into the attics of our lives, even if it is just to awaken a feeling buried deep within the viewer. A major influence on Eric’s work is the Japanese aesthetic of wabi-sabi, an appreciation of imperfection, age and patina, often referred to as “flawed beauty.” Balance and light are also key elements found in every painting he creates. Like the characters of the objects, figures and houses Eric paints, his technique has been refined through life experience. He is completely self-taught, and believes this process has led him to find a unique voice and vision, through perseverance, trial and error. A painter since 1989, Eric now resides in Salt Lake City, Utah and has been selling his work professionally since 2002. He paints from his travels and the treasures discovered along the way, and he chooses his medium based on the mood he wishes to convey. Eric will continue to paint, evoking our memories, shedding light on the beauty and solitude of ordinary moments once forgotten, now glorified before us in fluid brushstrokes. Eric seeks to find greatness in the most humble of subject matter, illustrated by Elbert...

Aixa Oliveras' (US based) "The Light Within" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a model's hands curling around the petals of red and pink...