Zieverink, Steve - Live Station signage wall
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Live Station
Site-Specific Installation by Steve Zieverink
Dec. 18 - Feb. 28, 2010
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The Cincinnati Arts Association's Alice F. and Harris K. Weston Art Gallery in the Aronoff Center for the Arts presents Live Station, an environmentally-conscious installation by Cincinnati native Steve Zieverink that addresses alternative strategies for disconnecting from the grid and reconnecting with nature.
Through a variety of media including sculpture, painting and video, Steve Zieverink (Chicago, Ill.) examines the human condition—both internal and external—as it relates to technology, science, music, anthropology, biology and politics. "As the information age progresses and technology becomes even more rooted in our everyday life, a place of escape, regeneration and contemplation is necessary," says Zieverink. A recent trip to Alaska, where he spent several weeks filming and interviewing research scientists, fisherman and native people from Point Hope, served as the inspiration for Live Station—a self-sustaining location for an individual to disconnect from the grid and reconnect to their humanity. Within the context of the installation, a simple research cabin made from salvaged materials serves as a personal habitat to explore science and nature, DIY (do-it-yourself) technologies, archiving and communication. Working drawings and a video, The State of Alaska, are presented in conjunction with the cabin structure.
Steve Zieverink is a Chicago-based artist and musician. He received a bachelor of fine arts in painting from the Art Academy of Cincinnati in 2000 and a master of fine arts from The University of Illinois, Chicago in 2009. Originally from the Cincinnati area, he founded the Unit 2 Art Collective, a network of artists, and moved the organization to Chicago in 2004. Under the name Unit 2, Zieverink was awarded several Ohio Arts Council Fellowships and a Cincinnati Individual Artist Grant for his kinetic sound sculpture installation work. He was also commissioned to develop an interactive light and sound work for the Contemporary Arts Center (Cincinnati) in 2004. While living in Cincinnati, Zieverink's work was featured at Semantics, Warsaw Project Space, S.S. Nova, Unit 2 and the Carnegie Arts Center. More recently, his work has been featured at the Byron Roche Gallery in Chicago.
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Live Station Flyer PDF
| Gallery Talk Series: | Thurs., Jan. 7, 7 p.m. / Artist-Curated Film Screening: Sat., Jan. 9 |
| Families Create! | Education Workshop: Sat., Jan. 9, 10 a.m. |
| Exhibition Sponsor(s): | Lennell and Pamela Rhodes Myricks, Robin and Murray Sinclaire, Jr. and Elizabeth Stone |
Zieverink, Steve - Live Station installation view (detail 5a), 2009
Zieverink, Steve - Live Station installation view (detail of cabin table 1a), 2009
Zieverink, Steve - Live Station installation view (detail with cabin, film and info table 1a), 2009
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Paintings and Wall Drawing by Rick Mallette
Dec. 18 - Feb. 28, 2010
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The Cincinnati Arts Association's Alice F. and Harris K. Weston Art Gallery in the Aronoff Center for the Arts premieres Paintings and Wall Drawing by Rick Mallette, a monumental wall drawing and a new series of whimsical and expressive oil paintings.
Rick Mallette's colorful and expressive abstract paintings suggest emerging and ambiguous biomorphic forms. With influences rooted in 1960s and '70s caricature and psychedelic rock posters, Mallette's recent paintings feature heads as a point of departure, resulting in a pop/painterly figuration. Complementing this new series of paintings, Mallette completed an ambitious and monumental on-site abstract wall drawing measuring 10 x 35 feet that features lyrical lines and evolving forms.
Rick Mallette attended Western Michigan University (Kalamazoo, Mich.) where he earned a bachelor of fine arts in painting and drawing in 1991 and The School of the Art Institute of Chicago where he earned a master of fine arts in painting and drawing in 1994. He continued to live in Chicago through 2001 and participated in exhibitions at NFA Space, Weak and Greasy Gallery, Rainbo Club, Butcher Shop, and The Bodybuilder and Sportsman Gallery. In 2002, he moved to Cincinnati where he currently lives and works as a manager for Happening, Inc., a non-profit arts organization on the Northside. He has exhibited his work at S.S. Nova, Semantics, Publico, Southgate House, Unit 2, Carnegie Arts Center, and Aisle Gallery.
Statement Panel
| Gallery Talk Series: | Wed., Jan. 20, 7 p.m. |
| Families Create! | Education Workshop: Sat., Feb. 20, 10 a.m. |
| Exhibition Sponsor(s): | Dinsmore & Shohl, LLP with Co-Sponsors Joyce and Roger Howe and Barbara and Ethan Stanley |
Mallette, Rick - signage wall with Hearing and Seeing at Night and The Race
Mallette, Rick - Round Nose, Orange Beard, 2009, oil on wood, 24 x 24 in.
Mallette, Rick - installation view 2, 2009
Mallette, Rick - Wall Drawing Dec. 9-18, 2009 marker and acrylic paint, 10 x 37 feet
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Nightfall
Installations by Alice Pixley Young
Dec. 18 - Feb. 28, 2010
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The Cincinnati Arts Association's Alice F. and Harris K. Weston Art Gallery in the Aronoff Center for the Arts presents Nightfall, an evocative series of room installations by Alice Pixley Young that examines ideas of nature and memory.
Employing fragile and temporal materials along with found objects, Alice Pixley Young creates large structures and installation environments that explore space and sound and blur the line between private and public space through the reflection of meaning, structure of memory, language and narrative. Nightfall explores ideas of nature and memory through three linked installations employing a broad range of materials and media that include paper and felt, steel and found objects, light and sound. Through her exploration of these mediums, she creates scenes which play against each other and recall the worlds of fantasy and fairy tale and the mirrored creation of our own memories.
Alice Pixley Young attended Ringling School of Art and Design (Sarasota, Fla.) and participated in the New York Studio Program earning a bachelor of fine arts in painting and printmaking in 1995. She received a master of fine arts in painting from the University of Maryland (College Park, Md.) in 1998, and a master of arts in art education from the Art Academy of Cincinnati in 2001. She has taught at the University of Maryland (College Park, Md.), the Behrend College at Pennsylvania State University Erie (Erie, Pa.), and currently serves at the School for Creative and Performing Arts (Cincinnati, Ohio). In 1997, she participated in the Artist-in-Residence program at the Vermont Studio (Johnson, Vt.) and was a recipient of an Individual Artist Grant from the City of Cincinnati in 2003. Her work has been exhibited at a number of Cincinnati art venues including Semantics, Art Academy of Cincinnati, Carnegie Arts Center, Philip M. Meyers, Jr. Memorial Gallery at the University of Cincinnati, and Aisle Gallery. She has also participated in exhibitions at Morehead State University (Morehead, Ky.), Arlington Arts Center (Arlington, Va.), and Woman Made Gallery (Chicago, Ill.).
Statement Panel
| Gallery Talk Series: | Thurs., Jan. 28, 7 p.m. |
| Families Create! | Education Workshop: Sat., Dec. 19, 10 a.m. |
| Exhibition Sponsor(s): | Helen and Brian Heekin |
Pixley Young, Alice - signage wall
Pixley Young, Alice - Cloud Wall (installation view), 2009, tar paper, thread, paint
Pixley Young, Alice - Hexagon Wall (detail with birch hexagons), 2009, mixed media
Pixley Young, Alice - Hexagon Wall (detail), 2009, mixed
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