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Tyanna Buie's Website and New Work.

2011-08-07T17:50:00.000-07:00

Also check out the beautifully haunted and powerful work by my friend Tyanna Buie. Pure amazing. Both she and her work move my heart...

http://tyannajbuie.com/home.html

Untitled (The Gift)

2011-07-07T19:01:00.000-07:00

Pourin' one out of the Undergraduate Archives for Cy Twombly (1928-2011)

2011-07-07T09:42:00.000-07:00

One of the reasons why Twombly has so heavily influenced me in my painting practice is because I can relate (in a most minute way) to the feelings surrounding being an American "living"/working in a foreign country (or more importantly, relate as a human navigating absurd spaces and times). In Twombly's work, there exists (to me) an acknowledgment of the psychological feeling of exile. And through his unique, chaotic documentation of that metaphysical explosion of the mind, translates a wholeness that bridges human hearts and brains. cheers.

Additionally, in an effort to show some respect for the late painter, and in an attempt to show more publicly my writing, I am exposing an excerpt from a paper I wrote on Cy Twombly in 2008:

"...Through this use of agitated, script-like gestures, Twombly’s “Rome” reads as logorrheic document, which offers a schizophrenic view of a cultural site. In post-modern theory, the term “schizophrenia” refers to how one perceives a mass of images once those images have lost their value as trustworthy signifiers. No longer is an image, or a group of images, able to fully define an idea. Rather, images now contain all and none of their original associations. The post-modern, schizophrenic experience is therefore a tautology of relative meanings and lies. This experience occurs not through a lucid realization of one’s stance within the timeline of past and future, but emphatically in the ever-evolving present.

Twombly’s choice to not reify Rome’s cultural history was a revolutionary and important, artistic one. Instead of creating a painting of Rome by sifting through his experiences in a search for the most uniquely Roman ones, Twombly created what Leo Steinberg refers to as a “flat-bed” painting. This style of painting does not discriminate between notable and non-notable expressions of one’s world, but rather acts as the surface onto which any natural, cultural, or psychological detritus may indiscriminately stick. This compositional style creates a beautifully revealing, or even abject record of a human life in a place. By doing this, Twombly highlights the disjunction between the self as one who can be defined by a cultural history, and the self as a tabula rasa who is subjected to many, overlapping, projected identities..."

Tender Reuptake!

2011-07-07T09:25:00.000-07:00

Thanks to everyone who came to the opening for our show! I had so much fun seeing everyone. Also, billions of respect particles to the brilliant lovelies Meg Fransee and Amelia Salisbury for letting me insert myself into the show semi last minute. It was great seeing our paintings, sketches, and works-in-progress all in the same space. We have really inspired each other over the years. I couldn't ask for better friends...

Tender Reuptake: Opening and Exhibition (Madison)

2011-06-20T21:22:00.000-07:00

Featuring Collaborative Installations, Works on Paper, and Paintings by:

Amelia Salisbury

Meghan Johnson

Margaret ("Meg") Fransee

Commonwealth Gallery
100 S. Baldwin Street - 3rd Floor
Madison, WI
Opening Reception on Saturday July 2nd from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.

Outer Space

2011-06-08T06:03:00.001-07:00

Jordan Anderson!

2011-04-28T09:31:00.000-07:00

My friend and co-painter, Jordan just released his new website with his work on it! Check it out!

http://jordanranderson.com/home.html

"Colored Leaves" Official Red Panda Music Video feat. Meghan Allynn Johnson

2011-04-08T13:45:00.000-07:00

Thanks so much to Red Panda, and especially Chrissie for working with me, and allowing me to collaborate with them on this project. enjoy.
http://redpanda.bandcamp.com/album/12-34

My First Stop-Motion Animation Music Video

2011-03-18T15:32:00.000-07:00

Thanks so much to one of my BFF's for life, Mitchell "Man Mantis" Pond for letting me try this business out! I've blown my mind wide open with possibilities from this!

...and thank you for checking it out, too. :)

Click the link at the top of the screen to see the video in all of it's fullness.

Cycle & Split

2010-12-23T09:44:00.001-08:00

"The Onion Cellar"

2010-11-08T16:06:00.000-08:00

The Onion Cellar
Mixed Media on Raw Unstretched Canvas

November 2010

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Berry Blue Observed

2010-09-23T08:41:00.000-07:00

Act One, Scene Two

2010-06-05T11:00:00.000-07:00

Oil on Canvas

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"Found at Sea and Decorated"

2010-05-13T10:35:00.000-07:00

"Found at Sea and Decorated"

Mixed Media Drapey

2010

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"Blood Orange"

2010-05-13T10:34:00.000-07:00

"Blood Orange"

Mixed Media

2010

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"Mind Readers"

2010-05-13T09:36:00.000-07:00

"Mind Readers"

Mixed Media

2010

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"They Know You Know They Know"

2010-05-12T18:22:00.000-07:00

"They Know You Know They Know"

Etching, Drawing, Painting, Wax, Found Materials, Glue, Tape...etc. (Mixed Media)

2010

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May 7th: 2010 MMoCA Gallery Night at The Century House

2010-05-02T11:50:00.000-07:00

Soft Spot

2010-04-14T17:34:00.000-07:00

New works from the Advanced Painting Workshop at the

University of Wisconsin-Madison's 7th Floor Gallery:

7th Floor Gallery
455 N. Park Street Humanities Bldg
Madison, WI

Opening Reception is April 24th from 7pm to 9pm

Food and beverages will be provided

The show runs through April 29th

Featuring Work Made By:
Eva Maxwell
Meghan Allynn Johnson
Meg Lord Fransee
Ana Hansa-Ogren
Lauren Krukowski
Julie Novakofski
Lance Marchel
Sofia Arnold
Lizzie Wortham
Kate Wanberg
Amelia Salisbury
&
Lauren Morrison

"She Came to Stay": A Pair of Paintings

2010-04-14T15:27:00.000-07:00

(Please click to enlarge.)

"She Came to Stay: A Pair"

Mixed Media on Wooden Panels

2010

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The Ice Fisher

2010-03-11T08:20:00.000-08:00

"The Ice Fisher"

Triptych:

105" x 48"

Oil on Canvas

2010

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Sculptures: "Place Setting: Chair" & "Cornucopia"

2010-02-16T09:19:00.000-08:00

"Act One: Scene Two"

2009-12-27T15:49:00.001-08:00

A work in progress...

"Act One: Scene Two"
(work in progress)
56" x 48"
Oil and Acrylic on Canvas
2009

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"Portrait of a Man with Hammers"

2009-12-27T15:38:00.000-08:00

"Portrait of a Man with Hammers"

Oil on Canvas

35" x 48"

2009

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Portrait of a Woman with Kitchenware

2009-10-16T07:23:00.000-07:00

"Portrait of a Woman with Kitchenware"

Oil

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Art Residency: Galaxie Art Jam in Chicago

2009-08-23T20:34:00.000-07:00

So here I am in Chicago at the Galaxie Art Jam Studio Space. I began a stay-in artist residency last night and will be here through August 28th, 2009. Below is some information about the Galaxie Art Jam Culminating Exhibition on Friday August 28th!

"Red Lorry, Yellow Lorry"

2009-06-13T11:16:00.000-07:00

"Red Lorry, Yellow Lorry"

35" x 48", Acrylic and Oil on Canvas, June 2009

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Shoefiti

2009-06-13T11:12:00.000-07:00

"Shoefiti"

30" x 40", Acrylic on Canvas, 2009

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"Rite Of Passage"

2009-06-04T11:03:00.000-07:00

"Rite of Passage" Oil on Canvas, 32" x 48" 2009

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An Etching: "Nurnberg & Offenhausen"

2009-06-04T10:25:00.000-07:00

Here are two examples of prints I pulled from the one plate:

"Nurnberg & Offenhausen" 2009, Etching & Chine-Colle

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Self-Portrait with Feet

2009-06-04T10:16:00.001-07:00

"Self-Portrait with Feet" 2006 - Acrylic Paint on Canvas

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That One Time In Australia When...

2008-08-08T13:21:00.000-07:00

I heard her voice crack. But not crack exactly... rumble. I thought that it was beautiful that she was able to drink carrots from empty streams. I, of course, did not tell her this. Instead, I asked her: "Where are the bananas? Are you out?" "Yes, we have no bananas," she replied. "But... How will you ever get your potassium supply?"

I already knew the answer: MLA citations and underscored vertebrates are the only lists which don't include supplements. I suppose that is why we are here, in this abandoned garage. The walls are green with mildew, but the smell is like fresh baked bread pies. Too bad gentrification has gotten the best of us. Now we will never know what it is like to live in the backyards of ancient trellises.

Oh well, it is Cozy here. Like a skirt that has been wading in the sea despite the trivial condemnations of its past anchors. In the 60s she told me that she would fight until her knuckles bruised. Now she just sings songs. But her voice sure is beautiful when it cracks... rumbles.