The Great Amazing Absurdity
2012
Graphite, charcoal, Prisma color and ink on paper
37" x 33"
Monday, April 2, 2012
Thursday, March 29, 2012
From Adam Down
From Adam Down
2012
Graphite, charcoal, Prisma color, oil pastel. and ink on paper
22"x36"
Monday, March 26, 2012
Leviathan
New work!
Leviathan
42"x48"
Graphite, charcoal, Prisma color, oil pastel and ink on paper
I have a show opening on April 22 at Lesley Heller Workspace. More soon!
Monday, January 9, 2012
Gallery Poulsen, Copenhagen and other news
Good things!
I've started working with Gallery Poulsen in Copenhagen and will be in a group show there opening this Friday. Powhida and I will also be doing a collaborative show there in August/September and we are looking forward to the endeavor. I have also started working with Lesley Heller Workspace here in New York and am currently in the midst of production for a solo show with her this coming April...
Oil painting is an invention from the 14th century. Video art was born in the 1960's, but to express artistically on paper is a several thousand-year-old tradition. When working with paper as a medium the artistic creative process is often direct and immediate. It is a revealing method that shows what the artist is capable of creating with his hand and a piece of paper - right here, right now.
This exhibition at Gallery Poulsen examines the skills within a group of New York artists. They are all known as painters who express themselves with color on canvas, but frequently they also explore the wide possibilities of the paper. Gallery Poulsen is very proud to present great works on paper produced by these prominent names: Michael Bevilacqua, Daniel Davidson, Aaron Johnson, Mi Ju, Erik Parker, William Powhida, Tom Sanford, Alfred Steiner, Jade Townsend, Eric White and Michael Anderson.
The artists will not be present in Copenhagen during the exhibition, but will be happy to do interviews through Skype.
Gallery Poulsen and New York.
With Drawn to You - 'Works on Paper from New York' Gallery Poulsen has increased its appetite for the Big Apple and has reserved most of the 2012 exhibition program for New York artists. United States may no longer be the world's only superpower, but for Gallery Poulsen New York is still the world's most vibrant and creative city.
Sunday, December 4, 2011
Men On The Moon
I will have a piece for sale in the Spread the Word auction and benefit in Los Angeles on December 17th. You can buy tickets to the event here. This was a really fun project for a great cause. All of the artists received a paperback book from Mark Moore Gallery and were asked to make it into an artwork. Here is what I came up with..... "Men On The Moon":
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| Outside/Inside (the sun, moon and rocket on the inside move) |
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| Back Cover |
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| Front Cover & Spine |
Good things to come... more updates soon!
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
Smudge
For the past couple of months I've been collaborating with the good folks at Attic Rep on the set design for their production of Rachel Axler's play Smudge. I'm headed down to San Antonio today for the opening and a couple of artist talks. It's going to be an exciting week! Here are the details and some press links.....
WHERE CONTEMPORARY ART MEETS THEATRE
AtticRep is proud to welcome Jade Townsend back to San Antonio with two special events celebrating his work at the McNay Art Museum and on our production of SMUDGE.
Jade Townsend returns to collaborate with AtticRep's artistic director Roberto Prestigiacomo, production designer Rick Frederick and local visual artists; Jeremiah Teutsch and Emily Barker to reinterpret his installation An Allegory of Taste: Between Here and There for the stage. This work was recently featured in the McNay's New Image Sculpture exhibition currated by Rene Barilleaux.
Artist Talk with Jade Townsend
Meet the artist and learn about his work
Blue Star Contemporary Art Center
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
6:30 - 8:00 PM
This event is free to the public
Matinee Performance and Talk-Back
Come to see SMUDGE and stay to discuss the process of adapting sculpture for the stage.
AtticRep, Attic Theatre, Ruth Taylor Theatre Building, Trinity University Campus, Stadium Drive entrance.
Sunday, August 21, 2011
2:30 PM performance followed by a talk-back
SMUDGE a one-act play by two-time Emmy winner, Rachel Axler is a dark comedy exploring the question: Can love conquer all? A couple struggles with the limits of love and cheesecake in the face of giving birth to a "smudge" instead of the expected child. The dark whimsy of this play fits perfectly with Townsend, whose work explores themes of displacement and allegory. SMUDGE opens August 18th and runs through September 4th, 2011 |
Performances Thursday, Friday and Saturdays - 8 PM Sundays - 2:30 PM Adults - $20 / Seniors, Military and Seniors - $18 / Students - $10 The Attic theatre seats 70 with no seat more than 10 feet from the stage. All seats are general so reservations or advance purchases of tickets are recommended.
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These conversations are brought to you in collaboration with our cultural partners, Blue Star Contemporary Art Center and theMcNay Contemporary Collectors Forum |
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
new drawing
New drawing.
48"x42"
charcoal, graphite, ink, and Prismacolor on tracing paper.
No title yet. Any ideas?
Detail shots below (click on any photo to enlarge)...
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