Paul Villinski
Departure
2012

Name: Departure
Brand: Paul Villinski
Price: 10000 USD
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About the Item

medium: aluminum (found cans), soot, wire Available in the following color options: TWILIGHT - cobalt blue Flashe paint ALCHEMY - raw/untreated, aluminium can label exposed AMBER - gold leaf with encaustic wax, more yellow in tone and matte finish VERDANT - green Flashe paint GHOST - white Flashe paint SUN - gold leaf PALLADIUM - white gold leaf ROVER - orange Flashe paint NIGHT - soot (smoked), varying degrees of opaqueness CARMINE - red Flashe paint DAWN - copper leaf Paul Villinski has created studio and large-scale artworks for more than three decades. Villinski was born in York, Maine, USA, in 1960, son of an Air Force navigator. He has lived and worked in New York City since 1982. A scenic route through the educational system included stops at Phillips Exeter Academy and the Massachusetts College of Art, and a BFA with honors from the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art in 1984. He lives with his partner, the painter Amy Park, and their son, Lark, in their studios in Long Island City, NY. His work has been included in numerous exhibitions nationally, recently including the solo exhibitions âPaul Villinski: Burstâ at the McNay Art Museum in San Antonio, TX and âPassage: A Special Installation,â at the Blanton Museum, University of Texas, Austin. Recent group shows include âMaterial Transformationsâ at the Montgomery Museum of Art, Montgomery, AL; âRe: Collection,â at the Museum of Arts and Design, New York, NY; âMaking Mends,â at the Bellevue Museum of Arts, Bellevue, WA; and âProspect .1,â an international Biennial in New Orleans, LA. âEmergency Response Studio,â a FEMA trailer transformed into an off-the-grid mobile artistâs studio, was the subject of a solo exhibition at Rice University Art Gallery, Houston, TX; the exhibition also travelled to Ballroom Marfa, in Marfa, TX; Wesleyan Universityâs Zilkha Gallery, Middletown, CT; and the trailer was featured in the New Museumâs âFestival of Ideas for the New Cityâ, in New York, NY. Villinskiâs work is widely collected, including major public works created by commission. His studio is currently completing âSkyCycles,â three full-scale âflying bicyclesâ to be installed at âOcean Breeze,â a new Parks and Recreation Track and Field facility, through the New York City Percent for Art Program. The City of New Haven Percent for Art Program commissioned âDreamdesk,â a flying school desk with 18â wingspan which was installed at the entrance to the East Rock Magnet School in 2014. Permanent collections include the Museum of Arts and Design, NY; the New Orleans Museum of Art, LA; the Virginia Museum of Fine Art, Richmond, VA; Miami International Airport; the Museum of Contemporary Art, Jacksonville, FL; and the University of Michigan Mott Childrenâs and Von Voitlander Womenâs Hospital, Ann Arbor, MI. Corporate collections include Fidelity Investments; Microsoft; Progressive Insurance; the Cleveland Clinic; ADP; McCann Erickson International; New York Life; Ritz-Carlton and many others. He has been a recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts grant, and has been an Artist-in-Residence at the Serenbe Institute, GA; Socrates Sculpture Park, NY; the Millay Colony, NY; the Ucross Foundation, WY; the Djerassi Foundation, CA; and the Villa Montalvo Arts Center, CA. He is represented in New York by Morgan Lehman Gallery; in New Orleans by Jonathan Ferrara Gallery; in Jackson Hole, Wyoming by Tayloe Piggot Gallery; and in Palm Desert, California, by Austin Art Projects. His work has frequently been reviewed in periodicals including ARTnews; Artforum; Art in America; Sculpture; Interior Design; Design Bureau; New York Magazine; ID; The New York Times; Wall Street Journal; Los Angeles Times; Washington Post; Houston Chronicle; International Herald Tribune; Village Voice; Seattle Times; New Haven Register; Toronto Star; Times-Picayune and many others. A pilot of sailplanes, paragliders and single-engine airplanes, metaphors of flight and soaring often appear in his work. With a lifelong concern for environmental issues, his work frequently re-purposes discarded materials, effecting surprising and poetic transformations.

Creator:

Paul Villinski

Creation Year:

2012

Dimensions:

Height: 48 in (121.92 cm)Width: 48 in (121.92 cm)Depth: 3 in (7.62 cm)

Medium:

Metal,Thread,Wire,Soot

Movement & Style:

Contemporary

Period:

21st Century