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Monday, May 31, 2010

Charles and Beth Steidle Art Exhibit At ModernFormations Gallery

Opening June 4th 7-10 pm

“Quel Dommage! The Artwork of Siblings Beth and Charles Steidle”

Quel dommage! What a shame! What a pity! This exhibit is inspired by all the little sadnesses and minor disasters accumulated over time: a malfunctioning anatomy, a rabid raccoon, a falling horse, a missing arm, animals eating other animals. As children, Charles rubbed red yarn in Beth’s eye. Beth repeatedly told Charles he was adopted and unwanted. Now, as responsible adults, they have teamed up to present new works, in a variety of media, created throughout the past year.

Modernformations
4919 Penn Avenue. Pittsburgh PA 15224
412.362.0274

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Monday, December 7, 2009

Jeremy Beightol, Jesse Best ModernFormations Gallery and Fast Fwd Gallery Pittsburgh PA Art

Must see exhibits from the December 2009 Unblurred lineup:

Artists Jeremy Beightol, Jesse Best at ModernFormations Gallery Pittsburgh PA Art

12 x 12 Group Show at Fast Fwd Gallery

The Unblurred schedule can be found here most of the time:

http://friendship-pgh.org/paai/unblurred/

Disclaimer: I didn't make it to all the venues.

Friday, September 25, 2009

Artists Rob Larson, Mike Egan @ Modernformations Gallery Oct 2 2009

Don't miss this exhibit!

mark your calendar off for friday oct 2 and come down to garfield for october's unblurred event and to check out "ghosts of pittsburgh".

this two man show at modern formations gallery opens october 2nd and showcases new and collaborative works by pittsburgh artists mike egan and rob larson.
it's sure to get you into that halloween mood with it's ghostly theme.

Opening reception October 2nd, 2009 from 7 to 10pm.
Exhibit runs to the 30th.

Modernformations
4919 Penn Avenue. Pittsburgh PA 15224
412.362.0274
modernformations(AT)hotmail.com

Gallery Hours

Thursdays 6:30pm - 9pm
Saturdays 1pm - 4pm or by appointment
Hours are consistent

Please note: There will be no gallery hours the last Saturday and first Thursday of every month in order to prepare the next opening

Thursday, June 4, 2009

The Truth is Made: Artwork of Benedict Oddi

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The Pittsburgh Galleries blog is a volunteer effort from Rick Byerly to promote Pittsburgh art events which feature artists from the area. The PghGalleries.com website effort is an up-to-date directory with Pittsburgh area art venues. Thanks go to Sirani Gallery of 5875 Forbes Ave in Squirrel Hill for being a sponsor and David L. Edwards Art and Anonymous for their donations to this effort. Donation and sponsor info can be found here. Rick Byerly, Uniquetake Photography
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The Truth is Made: Artwork of Benedict Oddi

Opening Reception on June 5th from 7 to 10pm. Free and open to the people. Part of "Unblurred" On Penn Avenue

4919 Penn Avenue Pittsburgh Pa 15224. Gallery Hours: Thursdays 6:30 to 9pm, Saturdays 1 to 4pm or by appointment. http://www.modernformations.com/

412-362-0274

The artist states: "The desire for freedom, escape, and exploration influence the narrative of my oil paintings. In my representations, I examine the possibilities of utopia and dystopia through the escapist tendency to create a parallel realism. The crafted pictorial environment is meant to emphasize a disconnection to a tactile reality, where by ideas and experiences are confused, allowing the viewer to assemble a personal narrative. By doing so, the work evokes a feeling of uneasiness through improbability; this imaginary voyage should feel familiar and sublime, filled with imminent danger."

"My theater-like arrangements of figures in landscape are placed in situations of anxiety and peril, intervened by trace elements of other-worldliness. During the course of these works I have examined human natures, social and institutional conventions. While my reflection was approached through escapism related to utopian and dystopian philosophy, I have tried not to align with one thought or the other, but choose to respond to both concerning the nature of free will."

"This where my journey begins and ends through a quest for some taste of free will. While I choose iconography and situations of peril with great significance to myself, these specific choices need not strictly inform the viewer in their interpretation of the work of art."

Exhibit runs through July 24th, 2009.

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Friday, May 22, 2009

The Truth is Made: Artwork of Benedict Oddi

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June 5, 2009

The desire for freedom, escape, and exploration influence the narrative of my oil paintings. In my representations, I examine the possibilities of utopia and dystopia through the escapist tendency to create a parallel realism. The crafted pictorial environment is meant to emphasize a disconnection to a tactile reality, where by ideas and experiences are confused, allowing the viewer to assemble a personal narrative. By doing so, the work evokes a feeling of uneasiness through improbability; this imaginary voyage should feel familiar and sublime, filled with imminent danger.

My theater-like arrangements of figures in landscape are placed in situations of anxiety and peril, intervened by trace elements of otherworldliness. During the course of these works I have examined human natures, social and institutional conventions. While my reflection was approached through escapism related to utopian and dystopian philosophy, I have tried not to align with one thought or the other, but choose to respond to both concerning the nature of free will.

In analyzing my own efforts as a method to provide structure and autonomy to the inherent turmoil of vulnerable human life, the painting becomes a window, with the act of viewing involving a game. The attempt at detangling of the narrative has both the curiosity of discovery and the helplessness of a repeated history never begun. The painting then harkens the history of painting and to that of humankind, in all its injustices and failed endeavors. The act of painting from which I cannot separate myself, feels hopeless like that of Sisyphus, in my search for meaning through struggle. In Albert Camus’s influential essay The Myth of Sisyphus, the entry closes:
“I leave Sisyphus at the foot of the mountain! One always finds ones burden again. But Sisyphus teaches the higher fidelity that negates gods and raises rocks. He too concludes that all is well. This universe henceforth without a master seems to him neither sterile nor futile. Each atom of that stone, each mineral flake of that night filled mountain, in itself forms a world. The struggle itself toward the heights is enough to fill a man’s heart. One must imagine Sisyphus happy.” (Camus 123)

This where my journey begins and ends through a quest for some taste of free will. While I choose iconography and situations of peril with great significance to myself, these specific choices need not strictly inform the viewer in their interpretation of the work of art. In addition to Albert Camus, I am also influenced by the writings of Friedrich Nietzsche and Giambattista Vico. Other major influences include Jorge Louis Borges, Erich Fromm, Yi-Fu Tuan, Theodor Adorno, Walter Benjamin, Ernst Bloch, Giorgio de Chirico, and Milan Kundera.

Opening reception June 5th, 7 to 10pm. Exhibit runs to July 24th.

ModernFormations
4919 Penn Avenue.Pittsburgh PA 15224
412.362.0274