Winston Smith @ E6 Gallery

Hello there world!
I meant to do a little write up about this show about a week ago, and it just kept slipping. Anyway, as we speak there is a lovely and awe inspiring Winston Smith retrospective by the name of "Deep Dimension" at E6 Gallery on Market St. As I'm sure all of you have seen on the ol' facebook page, I have been encouraging people to come check it out. Winston is a collage/montage artist (montage as in most source material in the work is to scale, light is consistent, creating a believable composition, NOT 1980's movie-esq montage).

Some of my favorites from the show posted here.

Cowgirlettes in Space, 2002

Another Day at the Office, 1986

Come check out "Deep Dimension". E6 is open 12-7 Thursday-Sunday.

Love,

Amber Jean

Hi All!

Quiet on the gallery openings this week (for me anyway...E6, the gallery that currently is lucky enough to have Amber on their staff did have an opening for Winston Smith last night which I regretfully could not attend!) because of very many important business things and getting studio time in! So let's talk youtube video of the week instead. Our peer, Colby Claycomb, shared this awesome home video the other day, "Life is a Roller Coaster." It's preeeetty perfect (yes, it warrants the 3 extra e's in perfect) so check it out:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XQzQYFYfy8&feature=player_embedded

For more on Colby's work check out:

http://colbyclaycomb.com/

Get cozy, enjoy the foggy coldfront and send us your youtube video this week!

Kate

Hoooray Lisa!!!!!

Hi there world,

Even though Kate has provided a wonderful summery of our Thursday night, I thought I would throw my in my own little shout out! Lisa's Schmaltz (as usual) had beautiful work for all of us to behold. I especially enjoyed the new piece incorporating blue paper, as well as the new work with sparkly paper. Last I heard from Ms. Lisa she was off to a pow wow with a collector so lets everyone wish her luck on that front! The show is beautiful and she deserves it! If you want to see pictures of Lisa's work, go to her website which is listed on Kate's post.

On to Boy Town. It is true that Ever Gold was transformed into a Slayer infused mini monster truck rally, the likes of which I have never seen. Lots of yelling, and high fiving! Woohooo! It was a super fun vibe, and the smell of dirt made it all the more appropriate to be rowdy. In all seriousness, however, the blue collar Samurai in the back room was incredible. This piece is one that must be seen in person! My Ever Gold high was definitely inspecting the the chain mail armor made of hardware. Beautiful!

Speaking of galleries, I would love to make Thursday nights my gallery night, so if there is anything awesome going on, please please please let me know!

Love Love

Amber Jean

An Unexpected Battle of the Sexes Got Smelly

On Thursday Amber and I went to the Jenkins-Johnson Gallery for, "Stories Today," the opening of our good friend Lisa Schmaltz's work. Later in the eve we walked a couple blocks down to the Evergold Gallery for the work of Josh Short and Jeremiah Jenkins. With Schmaltz's decidedly feminine work that heavily references the domestic, Short's testosterone driven performance referencing football stadiums and monster truck rallies and Jenkins' Samurai armor made out of industrial materials, the night turned into an unanticipated rivalry of the sexes between the two galleries. 


Interestingly enough, scents were integral to both of these shows and furthered the dialogue of the feminine/masculine. Schmaltz's work (pictured above) is made by staining and fragrancing paper and fabric with coffee and spices, while Short's toy size monster truck rally, delightfully set to the soundtrack of Slayer I might add, reeked of the fertilized dirt that lined the piece (pictured below). It's the interior/exterior nature of these smells that adds to the sexual polarization of the shows, the interior scent of coffee and spices associated with the feminine, the exterior scent of fertilizer associated with the masculine.

It's pretty cool to see both these shows occurring during the same month. Connecting the dots is real fun and it's too bad this kind of thing doesn't happen more often between galleries. 


One more thing: not to be missed is Jenkins' installation, "Blue Collar Bushido," (pictured below) which also amps up the masculine by talking about the coincidences between the lives of the ancient samurai and the contemporary manual laborer, two profession traditionally associated with males.


Here are some links to check out if you are interested in more information (and better pictures of the work, these were all taken with my point and shoot at the openings) on the artists:


www.schmaltzart.com
http://www.joshuashort.com
www.evergoldgallery.com
www.jenkinsjohnsongallery.com

Some more images from the shows: 

Schmaltz's, "In The Remnants"

Detail of Jenkins', "Blue Collar Bushido"

Short's, "Touch Down Jesus"

I wish you all a day off this Labor Day!


Cheers,


Kate