Reuben Kincaid

Reuben binging Radar Eyes print show to Space LIC

2009-10-06T14:54:00.000-07:00

Seripop rocked out

2009-10-06T14:51:00.001-07:00

.. an installation show at BALTIC Center for Contemporary Arts in Gateshead , UK .

Tales from the bubble @ Co-Prosperity Sphere Sept 25

2009-09-21T22:03:00.000-07:00

Proximity Presents Exhibition Series:

Tales from the Bubble
September 25, 2009 through October 11, 2009

Opening reception: Friday, September 25 6-9pm
Extended hours until 1 am during performance program

Co-Prosperity Sphere
3219 S Morgan St
Chicago Il 60608
Tel : 773.837.0145

Exhibition hours: Open during events and by appointment.

Tales from the bubble is the working title Berry Sanders has chosen for his participation in an art project of the Public Media Institute in Chicago. This project includes a solo exhibition and a residency for three weeks in one of the studios of the institute.

For his exhibition the artist created a series consisting of twelve stories painted in oil on paper. The works are painted only in black and white, with as another striking feature the use of a wide range in size of the brushes. This produces significant differences in detail and that adds to the dynamics of the image. Peacefully observing these images is a challenge. The eye is constantly torn between the immediate surface and the suggested depth. Perception pinches, because there is a clear tension between the different layers in which sometimes a single swipe can suggest a painted space.   This tension in observing adds in processing the narrative element in his work. The stories are not to be interpreted at a single glance. The painter shows us persons in action in a constructed, not appropriate world. The pictures are confusing, the action seems pointless. In Recital no4 soldiers are pushing a piano through a forest. In TV-nation cameramen are filming a person behind a desk in an otherwise empty landscape.

The artist forces us to look at human activity with a distance. In F-side, for example, he shows us the needs of man to merge into a massive, almost religious devotion to soccer, complete with its rituals and symbols. The supporters or hooligans are ready to fight for their team, just as fanatical as believers do to protect their faith. Intrusively the artist shows us the struggle of modern man in facing an uncertain future, outside the previously so familiar religious inspired existence. Apparently life in the void is no option for this crowd.   In these images the bubble is a key to the story. It is used as a metaphor for the accumulation of hopes and dreams of man. It is not clear whether the bubble is still beautiful and complete or already splashed.

The characters are placed in beautiful atmospheric landscapes. The often overwhelming nature of the mountains in Vietnam or the American wilderness, contributes to the international impact of his work. It also gives us the possibility for a different interpretation. He is not afraid to paint cliché landscapes. They seem to be picked from a postcard, and, by the lack of colour, they refer to a distant past. A past that is forever gone.

The beholder can make his own choice between being numb by comfort in the bubble, or cope with the harsh reality after the burst.

The artist is fascinated by Albert Camus (1913-1960). With existentialism as a starting point, this philosopher shows us the meaninglessness or absurdity of human life without faith in God or Salvation.

- essay by Elisabeth Schreuder, Art Historian, August 2009

Rhetorics of memory @ Eastern Expansion

2009-08-31T18:23:00.000-07:00

Retórica del recuerdo
Rhetorics of memory
An installation by Jorge Miñano Ramírez
September 5 – Sept 22, 2009

Opening Reception: Saturday September 5 6pm to 9 pm

Eastern Expansion Gallery
244 W 31st St  Chicago
El: Red to Sox/35th.  Bus: 29, 35

Artist Statement:
The exhibition is a starting point for a reflection about the concept of cultural memory and how it has overcome a binary opposition between the individual and the collective experiences. This reciprocal relationship came across my mind when I had to leave my own country; and experience a completely different place with a new community of friends. The feeling becomes more obvious when a visiting person has to go back home.

New concepts are related with the perspective of familiar history, memory and gender; colonial, postcolonial, and transatlantic studies; museums, monuments, and memorials, as well as the practical implications for heritage industries. It is also a skeptical way to leave one’s mark and prolong the virtual existence of a person in a specific place with techniques other than photography. The show is composed of graphic, writing, mail correspondence and actions in the city which were created for the exhibition as a tribute to Chicago. The artist also is going to take a group photo of friends and assistants during the opening in the gallery.

About the Artist:
Jorge Miñano Ramírez is a Spanish artist working with experimental narrative in film, video and photography. He documents actions about personal and collective experiences related to food, family and friendship. Using archive, reconstruction or performance, he creates different images to reflect our personal desires and the influence of one’s surrounding. He studies at the Academy of Fine Arts of the Complutense University of Madrid and in 2008 received a fellowship from this university and the Bancaja Foundation to study at the School of The Art Institute of Chicago.

For more information visit:
www.jorgeminano.es

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Freakie Outie @ Eastern Expansion

2009-08-13T21:45:00.001-07:00

Freakie Outie @ Eastern Expansion

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Eastern Expansion is pleased to host Freakie Outie for a one night only performance August 14, 2009 from 7-9pm

Referencing peep shows and iPod commercials, Freakie Outie is a window-based performance installation which ties together personal electronics, affect, pop music and sensoral memory. Four performers at a time are contained within the boundary of a storefront window, with sets of headphones dangling from the top of the exterior. Each performer wears a uniform consisting of a green sensible sweater and khaki slacks. Each pair of headphones, one for the performer and one available for a viewer, is connected to one audio source playing a pop song selected by the performer. The performer rocks out to the pop song they have selected in a manner normally only practiced in a private space, as he or she would do in front of a mirror or in their bedroom at home. Viewers are welcome to listen to a set of headphones along the performance boundary for as little or as long as they like, or not at all. Freakie Outie is a study in personal connectivity to pop music which discusses the fine line between what makes one rock out and what doesn’t.

Eastern Expansion
244 W 31st Street

Freakie Outie at Eastern Expansion

2009-08-10T18:41:00.001-07:00

Eastern Expansion is pleased to host Freakie Outie for a one night only performance August 14, 2009 from 7-9pm

Referencing peep shows and iPod commercials, Freakie Outie is a window-based performance installation which ties together personal electronics, affect, pop music and sensoral memory. Four performers at a time are contained within the boundary of a storefront window, with sets of headphones dangling from the top of the exterior. Each performer wears a uniform consisting of a green sensible sweater and khaki slacks. Each pair of headphones, one for the performer and one available for a viewer, is connected to one audio source playing a pop song selected by the performer. The performer rocks out to the pop song they have selected in a manner normally only practiced in a private space, as he or she would do in front of a mirror or in their bedroom at home. Viewers are welcome to listen to a set of headphones along the performance boundary for as little or as long as they like, or not at all. Freakie Outie is a study in personal connectivity to pop music which discusses the fine line between what makes one rock out and what doesn't.

Eric Fensler's installation precede's MJ's Heart Attack

2009-06-30T12:19:00.000-07:00

Eric Fensler's installation at Eastern Expansion gallery may have presaged Michael Jackson's recent heart attack. Fensler's psychic intervention re-appropriating MJ's t-shirt featured in the the video Beat It could be the culprit. The work will be on view until July 4, 2009.

Eric Fensler @ Eastern Expansion

2009-05-26T14:09:00.000-07:00

May 30, 2009
6-9pm

Eric Fensler will create an installation for Eastern Expansion Gallery.
Eric will be hosting the opening. Stop by and have a Groslch.
Stop by Co-Prosperity Sphere afterwards for the Cardboard Show.

The installation will run through June 17, 2009.

Jennifer Juniper Stratford Video

2009-05-21T17:28:00.000-07:00

ENTERPRISE by John Maus from Telefantasy Studios on Vimeo.

Reuben darling, Jennifer Juniper Stratford just finished this recent video.

Michael T Rea On Daily Serving

2009-05-18T09:58:00.000-07:00

Michael is given a nice mention on Daily Serving. Michael has work as part of Scion's 1000 Days exhibition.

Michael T Rea at HPAC

2009-05-04T21:37:00.000-07:00

Michael T Rea installed Suit for Stephen Hawking as part of the Artists Run Chicago exhibition at the Hyde Park Art Center.

Exhibition Reception
Sunday, May 10, 3 – 5pm
Runs through July 5, 2009.

Seripop needs your help.

2009-05-04T21:32:00.000-07:00

Our clients at Seripop need a hand. If they win the most votes for this t-shirt design they will get an edition of them made at threadless, the grand daddy of t-shirt action! Kids will be able to order it, our team will win, and the world is a little brighter.

Please VOTE FOR THEIR DESIGN RIGHT HERE! Go ahead and sign up, too.
thanks!

Rachael Marszewski at NFO XPO

2009-04-23T00:11:00.000-07:00

Reueben Kincaid client, Rachael Marszewski, will be presenting work at the Version Festival's NFO XPO on Saturday April 25 and Sunday April 26, 2009. Her piece " How to learn Finnish in 48 hours will be conducted over the two days of the art fair.

No really, I only can spend 10 minutes in your studio before It creeps me out.

2009-04-04T21:38:00.000-07:00

Studio of Sylvia B

Next 2009 "Welcome To My Walled, Multicultural Military City"

2009-04-04T21:22:00.000-07:00

Michael T Rea “Your Lust Will Hold You Up, Float on the Dragons Breath”2009

Reuben Kincaid is back from Switzerland and has decided to pull together his top artist, so get ready!

Michael T Rea
Mike Genovese
Matthew Hoffman
Aron Gent
Hale Ekinci
Anna Shteynshleyger
and more if we get a bigger space....

Aron Gent "Untitled Outpost", 2008

Field trip to the Netherlands

2009-01-21T22:24:00.000-08:00

Reuben is going to The Netherlands to conduct business.

While there he will be checking out: http://trendbeheer.com/artrotterdam/ where he is checking up on works exhibited by Juan Chavez, Cody Hudson, Sighn, Aron Gent, Jason Lazerus, Brian Ulrich and Michael T Rea.

Talking to MFA students at http://www.akvstjoost.nl/eng

He will be resenting at AKI, ArtEZ academy of Visual Arts Enschede re: Artist run culture in the US.

And he will also be going to http://www.extrapool.nl to freak out.

Image Splimage

2009-01-09T14:26:00.000-08:00

Image Splimage: Recent Paintings by Brad Biancardi

January 15 - February 17, 2009
Opening reception: January 15, 6-9 pm

EASTERN EXPANSION
244 W 31st Street Chicago Illinois, 60616

773.837.0145

About the work
Brad Biancardi's work begins with direct, observational drawings of specific spaces or objects that carry personal importance. Working from observation is the most important mode of informing his work. Though they begin from observational drawings, they eventually abandon their dependence on them and enter an area that exists somewhere between invention and representation. For this reason Brad describes his studio practice as “referential.” Sometimes he begins with a space, sometimes he attempts to subvert a pop-cultural icon in order to transform them into something more personal and elusive, i.e. bikes, the spacecraft from the Star Wars films, governmental buildings, etc.

The mathematical system of linear perspective is one formal tool within which Brad's explorations occur; color is another. He composes his imagery based on a symmetrical model with full knowledge that asymmetrical nuances are inevitable and will bring life to the work.

Brad also desires to retain a direct connection to art history by utterly consuming the potential of basic formal tools. As contemporary culture inevitably permeates his working process, he attempts to consume it, contemplate it and eventually either abandon it or use it. It is an ever-present concern of his to be equally aware of both contemporary culture and historical knowledge. Brad finds fault in the painter who feels embedded in twentieth century theoretical matters. At the same time he thinks that contemporary art is becoming more concerned with ideas of market and fashion, while moving further away from an artistic utopia.

Biography:

Brad Biancardi received his MFA from the University of Washington. From 2005 – 2007 he was a member the Seattle based artist collective Crawl Space: Artist-Run-Gallery. He has exhibited his paintings and drawings in Seattle at Platform Gallery, the Lawrimore Project, Soil, and was an artist-member of the Crawl Space gallery from 2005 through 2007. He has exhibited in Chicago at the Co-Prosperity Sphere and the Zhou Brothers Art Center. He teaches at Gallery 37, was a visiting artist at Harold Washington College, and has taught at the University of Washington, Pratt School of Fine Art in Seattle, the Northern Indiana Artists Association and at the Museum of the Art Institute of Chicago. His studio is currently rejecting him like a virus.

The Dave The Lightbulb Man Show

2008-12-10T10:28:00.000-08:00

Reuben is pleased to announce a new tv shorts series called the Dave the Lightbulb Man Show.
Co-produced by RKAM client Thunderhorse video.

Looking to serve you more

2008-12-09T20:54:00.000-08:00

Reuben Kincaid has informed that he is looking for new works and projects for 2009.
If you have an idea or proposal for a solo project space exhibition please contact RKAManagement@gmail.com.

Radar Eyes Opens In Houston

2008-09-11T07:45:00.000-07:00

If anyone is going to be in Houston make sure you check out the Radar Eyes show at the Art Car Museum, it will be up until November 9th. http://www.artcarmuseum.com/

All Stars Show

2008-08-19T07:44:00.000-07:00

The Bridgeport All Stars show is a snapshot of work made by artists living and working in the community of the future.

People like: John Salhus, Linda Kim, Steve Badauskas, Steven Stankowicz, Rachael Marszewski, Rachel Welling, Brad Biancardi, Mr. Thor, Ryan Murray, Peter Skvara, Justin Goh, Gabe Lanza, Ian Whitmore, Vicki Fowler, PHOR, Ray Emerick, Chris Smith, Ed Marszewski, Gina Hutchings, Nicole Lucaroni, Henry Glover, Thorne Brandt, Dave the Lightbulb Man, Aron Gent, Jose Mesarina, Nate Lee, Carl Virgo, Zipporah Hodges, Jorge Golgo Quintero, Al Pocious, Mike Pocious, Daniel Mejia, Elizabeth Buchanan, Michelle Faust, Nat Ward, Patrick Willie, Rebecca Meyer & others.

Opening Reception: Saturday, August 23, 2008 7pm
The Co-Prosperity Sphere • 3219 S Morgan Street • Chicago IL 60608

Performances: 10pm by Mutual Divorce, Church Bus and Waterbabies.
Food design by Tony’s Catering ($5 donation after 9pm)

Open Saturdays 3-6pm and by appointment 773.837.0145 For additional programs visit lumpen.com

The show was supported in part by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council. They rock.

Hic et Nunc

2008-08-09T23:13:00.000-07:00

The show will only be up for a two more weeks, so make sure you stop by and see it before it's gone. E-mail me at arongent@arongent(dot)com for an appointment.

Leah Evans Interview by Brian Ulrich

2008-08-09T23:06:00.000-07:00

The interview was conducted on June 7th in Leah’s booth at the 57th street art fair in Hyde Park.

Bryan- So I think you could start by telling me a little about your background. I read your bio on the wall of your booth, but I think I need a little more detail about how you came from Kansas to Madison and how you started doing these art fairs.

Leah- I grew up in Kansas in the Flint Hills, which are geologically distinct. I went to KU for textile design. Then right after I graduated I started working at a National Park in Michigan. There, I met my boyfriend and he wanted to go to school in Madison, so I went with him. I kind of like the upper Midwest. Madison is a great place to work if you’re an artist, but not a great place to sell art. So that’s part of why I’m doing the art fair thing.

B- So how did you decide to become an artist? And where you making art before your undergraduate?

L- I grew up going to these craft fairs as a child. My family has always been working with their hands or constructing something; mostly woodworking. My dad actually is showing his woodworking in the tent next to mine.

B- Really? That’s great that you guys are next to each other.

L- When I graduated high school my parents really wanted me to go to college. They didn’t care what I did, they just wanted me to get a degree. I was first thinking of fashion but then I realized that I wasn’t cut out for that and just stumbled upon textile design and realized that I could work with my hands.

B- So I’m really interested in how people decide to become artists, because step one is going to school and step two is making a living with your art. Have you ever shown your work at galleries?

L- At some, whatever presents itself. I haven’t actively tried to show my work at them. It’s this act of progression, it’s like this is what I like to do and this is what I know how to do, so what else would I do? I kind of make enough money to stay afloat and I just don’t think about it. This is what I do, and it seems to be working right now.

B- So then how did you starting doing these fairs? Did you make a choice once you graduated to make art for the fairs?

L- So when I graduated I kept making work. I grew up going to the fairs with my parents, so I decided to try it. My parents were disappointed with me. They told me that it was a horrible way to make a living. So I started applying to the shows and getting into some of the better shows and they kind of got excited for me. It’s pretty great. I work for myself, and at least break even at the shows. I rarely lose money.

B- Do you feel that there is a community of people that go to these fairs? And do you try and keep in touch with those people? Or do you just set up your booth and then go home?

L- No, it’s definitely a community all its own. I don’t know of another place where you would experience the same thing. It’s kind of grueling. You’re on the street for two to five days at a time; putting yourself out there trying to sell your work. We are all in the same boat and help each other out. You have to deal with thunderstorms, a chance of getting mugged- there are definitely things that you don’t experience with any other job. We can all commiserate with each other. It’s a great group of down to earth people who probably couldn’t find another job.

B- I’ve been photographing at these fairs for a little while and I see that’s how they survive in the world; not just monetarily but actually functioning. That’s just what they have to do with themselves.

L- It’s interesting; a lot of the people live in fairly isolated areas. They find these interesting places to live in the country where it is inexpensive and they start their own artist communities. There is a lot in the South where they start these communities to live and do fairs to sell their art and make a living.

B- Do you see it as a political gesture or a counter culture thing to make your work outside of this whole art world thing?

L- No, I don’t see it as being against something. A lot of the work at these fairs is the same, and really only about five percent of it is fascinating work that you wouldn’t see anywhere else.

B- How do you feel about the audience that comes through these fairs? Do you try and build relationships with the people that buy the work?

L- I think that there are very few people that connect with what I’m doing, and when they do; I think it is a very special thing. They somehow find a way to come back and support me. I have had students that have followed my work and when they have a decent paying job they come back and buy a piece. It’s really satisfying to know that people who aren’t just throwing around money want to buy my work, but for people who it’s a big deal to buy my work for $300, simply because they like it.

B- In last five years there has been this boom in the art world about purchasing works as investments.

L- I wasn’t aware of that…(laughs) I think I heard something about that. I’m kind of outside that experience.

B- In my opinion the commoditization of the art world has become quite big. The work is judged on its sale ability value, not its aesthetic value. I think it’s interesting in how you describe the people who buy your work. It seems they buy it as this object they enjoy, not because when they turn fifty or sixty they can sell it or donate to a museum because of its value.

L- Maybe some of the people I sell to typically don’t even buy art, they are just taken by the piece and enjoy it for its aesthetic qualities.

B- I guess we should probably talk about your maps and maybe we could start with if they are direct references of places, and what is the inspiration behind the maps and why you choose the different elements that are in the maps.

L- My maps are not specific places. I kind of start with an idea and lately I have been focusing on impacted landscapes. This new series is based on strip mining, where they are searching for different types of materials; zinc, coal, lead. So when they are done digging for these materials the areas fill up with water and become these man made lakes. A lot of my work explores the boarders of different elements like roads and rivers and different settlements that interact with those natural and geographical elements. It explores how our society deals with land and also with its terrain and water systems.

B- It’s great how you approach this medium, because instead of starting with the form you start with the subject, allowing the subject to dictate the form.

L- A lot of people come to my booth and look at my work and say, “wow, I’ve always seen a quilted landscape while looking out of airplane windows.” I always viewed it as dissecting these lands into strips and piecing them back together. (It starts to rain heavily and the fair is about to close) I think I need to start packing up.

B- Do you need a hand in packing up?

L- Do you think you could pull down the front flap the booth so we don’t get any more water coming in? It’s interesting how we can be carrying our entire year’s income at one of these fairs, and it could all be destroyed fairly quickly.

B- Well we’re here to help, so if there’s anything else- let us know.

Hic et Nunc

2008-07-02T21:35:00.000-07:00

"Staring Contest" Jon Gitelson, 2008

Hic et Nunc
(Here and Now) A survey of new guard photography

Featuring the work of:

Claudia Burns
Sean Fader
Jon Gitelson
Mandukhai Kaylin
Jason Lazarus
Aron Gent
Tealia Ellis Ritter
Terttu Uibopuu and Sarah Mckemie
Brian Ulrich

July 18, 2008 7pm
Co-Prosperity Sphere
Chicago Il 60608

Ph: 773.837.0145

July 18, through August 8, 2008
Opening reception July 18, 2008 7pm - 11pm

Gallery hours: Saturday 1-5pm and by appointment

The show is supported by Public Media Institute, a non profit arts
organization. publicmediainstitute.org

An exhibition catalog will be available for purchase at the closing of the exhibition (August 8) which includes an essay written by Michael Weinstein.

RK presents thunderhorse, Michael perkins and Pure Magical Love is The Capricorn

2008-06-20T22:44:00.000-07:00

Thunderhorse Video collective will be setting up their space adventure ride at the Hyde PArk Art Center this Saturday as part of the Clothesline:Movememnt festival @ Hyde Park Art Center

View the promotional video below or right here:

Party Planet Promo VHS

And Michael Perkins and Pure Magical Love is The Capricorn will be performing !
come in the evening. stay for the magic. then go back north around 10pm to see the show in Bridgeport with Adam farcus at 32nd place and Morgan >> visit: http://www.secondbedroomproject.blogspot.com/

Details:
June 21, 3pm - 10pm
Clothesline: Movement @ Hyde Park Art Center
5020 S. Cornell

On the day of the summer solstice and the International Day of Music HPAC is hosting the third clothesline event and its shaping up to be the best and most exciting of all.
http://www.hydeparkart.org/exhibitions/2008/06/clothesline.php

7:30pm: Pure Magical Love is The Capricorn
8:30pm: Michael Perkins

The Art Center will host a Dance Party on the plaza to celebrate the month-long exhibition of Videodance, which will be projected in excerpts on the Jackman Goldwasser Catwalk Gallery. The evening includes live dance and music performances and art demonstrations. Lumpen and Reuben Kincaid Artist Management will present the Thunderhorse Party planet redux and ThinkArt will present artist David Gista, who will be demonstrating his technique of drawing with torches.

This is a free event!