Borders at Root Division

another preview!!!

Root Division this Saturday!!! Stopped by the gallery today and the show was looking really good. The folks at Root Division have really worked on this one. See ya'll there!

DENIZEN

PReView....

Come by Lobot Saturday to see the real thing!!!

Save the Date!!

Just got word that a piece of mine will be in this August show:

Axis Gallery
5th National Juried Exhibition

August 7 - 29, 2010
Juror, Joe Amrhein, artist and director of Pierogi Gallery, Brooklyn, NY


Axis Gallery
1517 19th Street, Sacramento, CA 95811
info@axisgallery.org 916.443.9900
Hours: Saturday & Sunday 12pm to 5pm or by appointment


I will post official PR when I have it

Salon des Refuses

My work has been included in this presentation, and in the coming days I expect there to be additional links. Here's a link to the conference info including when, where, and what if you happen to be in Baltimore this Thursday.

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Salon des Refuses – Sights Unseen

Posted by Stuart Keeler On June - 17 - 2010

What has been realized?…What has been dreamt and yet still a reality in the eye of the artist? In a true honouring of the precedent of the original Paris – Salon, 133 artists have been accepted into the Salon des Refuses – Sights Unseen, from 4 continents, 11 countries, ranging from well established artists; Janet Echleman, Mierle Laderman Ukeles to Vito Acconi and Buster Simpson - to emerging artists and newly minted unknowns engaging the sphere of public art with strong aesthetics of performance, process and thinking that represents a new dynamic in to address art in public space.

After reviewing ALL of the submissions and reading the narratives provided, my only question is this: What is the future of public art when great ideas are not realized? Can temporary site interventions now take a forefront to spur change and build a dialogue about art with communities? How can artists and vision be supported in new ways that might catapult the aesthetics of art in public space and help the jury process/curatorial choices become about amazing art? What about video and new media…not so new – yet, we are all new to the experience, and the viewers in all communities and neighborhoods value the same thing, to be thought of with a meaningful dialogue.

The presentation is a scrolling visual dialgoue with an introduction on the themes, the process and the value of the artist in public realm, and how to inspire invention for truly dynamic spaces.

Salon des Refuses will be presented by Stuart Keeler as part of the Americans for the Arts Public Art Preconference, Thursday, June 24, 7:45-9:00 PM at the Baltimore Marriott Waterfront hotel.

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Borders at Root Division

Borders:

Root Division is thrilled to exhibit work by 23 artists from 9 states, representing 9 ethnicities, exploring how we define and interact with the borders that surround us. Borders, an exhibition about lines and how we cross them, includes a range of art forms such as interactive sculpture, video, photography, installation, performance, and new media.

Borders form an edge that can define geographical, political, religious, biological, or aesthetic entities. They are places between things, places where one thing becomes another, places where identities shift and where an end becomes a beginning. Borders can be indistinct, such as those separating gender, or glaringly obvious, like those between warring countries. A border can be a place of control and limits, or it can present an opportunity for new unions. The simplest boundary might be a line drawn in the sand, the most complex: one that governs social behavior.

The artists in this show touch on a variety of these themes and encourage the viewer to re-evaluate the political, geographical, and moral divisions that define our current condition.

Juried by:
Julio Cesar Morales: Adjunct Curator, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts; Visiting Faculty, SFAI; Artist
Lucy Kalyani Lin: Artist, Independent Curator, & Program Associate, SF Arts Commission
Michelle Mansour: Executive Director, Root Division; Curator; Artist

rtists:
Michael Boonstra Jessica Cadkin
Venetia Dale
Crisanta de Guzman
Dean Dempsey
Fiamma di Montezemolo
Susan Doyle
Gaby Esteves
Hyeon Kim
Cathy Lu*
Annabel Manning
John K. Melvin
Leigh Merrill
Susannah Mira
Mimi Moncier
Scott Polach
Maggie Preston
Tori Purcell
Maja Ruznic
Kyle Sharp
Ian Treasure
Scott Tsuchitani
Kit Yi Wong
*Root Division Resident Artist

Opening Reception:Saturday, July 10th, 7-10 pm
Exhibition Dates: July 7th – 27th, 2010

Gallery Hours: Wednesdays - Saturdays, 2-6 pm (or by appointment)

ROOT DIVISION GALLERY
3175 17th Street (at S. Van Ness)
San Francisco, CA 94110
415.863.766
www.rootdivision.org

Art Show - Denizen

Denizen
Date:
Saturday, July 10, 2010
Time:
6:00pm - 9:00pm
Location:
Lobot Gallery
Street:
1800 Campbell Street
City/Town:
Oakland, CA


Artists: G. Cole Allee, Barry Beach, Lisa K. Blatt, Christopher Burch, Ross Campbell, Matthew Cella, Brett Goodroad, Vita Hewitt, Elyse Hochstadt, Jeremiah Jenkins, Ken Jensen, Geraldine Lozano, John K. Melvin



DENIZEN is a group exhibition that will articulate historical filters, circumstance and perception, through form, material use, collaborative action and improvisation. Each artist invited to participate in Denizen wrestles with notions of fragility, guidance, upheaval and habit. Each work included reflects creative contemplation, empowered by shifting boundaries.

World Collapse Explained in 3 Minutes

Check out this video on YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0a_FA_J6Sw&feature=youtube_gdata

JKM
www.johnkmelvin.com

object non object

something i've been working on...

Art Expo At Climate Theater SF!!!

For Immediate Release

Media contact: Victoria Heilweil
(415) 642.1046; victoriaheilweil@gmail.com
High resolution images available.

Eidolon
(Illusion/Delusion/Allusion)

Friday, May 21st and Saturday, May 22nd
8pm-11pm
$5 admission

@ Climate Theater
285 9th St (at the corner of Folsom)
San Francisco, CA 94103
www.climatetheater.com

Eidolon, from the ancient Greek, connotes a "phantom double, an apparition, or an ideal; a mere image or semblance of something visible, but without substance".

On Friday May 21st and Saturday, May 22, Climate Theater will host MicroClimate's Eidolon: a two-night art exhibition, music and performance event. For these two evenings, a diverse grouping of Bay Area artists, musicians and performers respond in an array of genres to this illusionary theme.

A few highlights of the evening will include: Elyse Hochstadt's sculptural installation "half truths and uncertain realities" which deals with the construction of memory with it's aspects of myth and fantasy; Philip Greenlief's solo saxophone performance of the original composition, "Mirrors," with which he will "seek to destroy the security blanket of western harmony;" Vita and Bryan Hewitt's scanned x-ray photographs, which allude to the collective memory of place, specifically, of San Francisco, in all it's true and fictive transience; Pantea Karimi’s prints, which combine iconic imagery from her homeland of Iran and the U.S. in a metaphoric layering that alludes to cultural identity, societal restriction, corporate hegemony, and political censorship; Terrance Graven's performative installations which use ritual materials to explore mortality, loss, and the frailty of the body; and John Melvin’s site-specific installation exploring the idea of transitional states.

trompe de l’oueil/mirage/apparition/ignuus fatus/after image/ figment/chimera
pipe dream/flim flam/distortion/camouflage/mimicry/monkey business
sleight of hand/legerdemain/duplicity

We hope you will join us for this unique event!

Participating Artists, Musicians and Performers:
Brendan Aanes: video and audio installation
Elisheva Biernoff: painting
Terrance Graven: performative installation
Philip Greenlief: solo saxophone performance
Vita and Bryan Hewitt; photography
Elyse Hochstadt: sculptural installation
Pantea Karimi: printmaking
Honey McMoney: sculptural installation
John Melvin: site specific sculptural installation
Sarah Ratchye: painting
Elizabeth Stark: reading/performance
Parker Tilghman: handmade book
Jeong Im Yi: painting

MicroClimate Collective is a team of artist-curators committed to creating opportunities for Bay Area artists to share experimental, collaborative and ephemeral projects in all genres. MicroClimate is currently: G. Cole Allee and Victoria Mara Heilweil.

G. Cole Allee is a photo-based artist whose work explores landscape as cultural iconography and addresses the shifting relationships between place, myth and memory. She holds an MFA from the San Francisco Art Institute and a BA from Reed College. Her work has been exhibited in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Portland Oregon, and Tokyo.

Victoria Mara Heilweil is a nationally exhibited photographic artist, educator and curator. She received her MFA in Photography from California College of the Arts in 1995. Victoria was the curator and co-owner of Points of Departure, a cooperative art gallery in New York City. Victoria is also an Adjunct Professor at City College of San Francisco and California College of the Arts. http://www.victoriaheilweil.com

Climate Theater is an alternative arts space in San Francisco's SOMA district that encourages the development of non-traditional performance and experimental work with a focus on collaboration and exploration. Established in 1985, Climate is known for such innovative landmark programs as the Solo Mio Festival, which presented such prestigious performers as Spalding Gray, David Sedaris, Allen Ginsberg and Margaret Cho. Climate is currently home to a monthly music series, MicroClimate Collective, and a wide variety of new circus and other theatrical events, including a thriving resident artist program. Climate is run by artistic director Jessica Heidt.


CALENDAR LISTING

What: “Eidolon”
A Two Night Art and Performance Event, curated by MicroClimate Collective

Where: Climate Theater
285 9th St (at the corner of Folsom)
San Francisco, CA 94103
www.climatetheater.com

When: Friday May 21st and Saturday May 22nd, 8pm-11pm

Cost: $5

absence

An excuse of sorts, I was traveling through South East Asia, if you are intersted I have posted a vast amount of photos here. Printed copies can be obtained by contacting me at jkm@johnkmelvin.com

cheers.