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Artist R.L. Gibson

Category: Xerography

NEW ENTRY: I Am Solitary London

Click to follow R.L. Gibson by Email!2nd Time’s a Charm!

 Some of the most popular culinary creations in my house come from leftovers. We frequently put a whole chicken in the crock pot on Sundays, and on Mondays we usually have “Chicken Something.” Just because you’ve tried something once doesn’t mean you shouldn’t give it another try. This next post has had three lives on AAAD.

First, I published the orignal I am Solitary Call for Entries, then I published the follow up show Call for Entries at the Gift Gallery. Now I’m giving it one more stir in the Crock Pot because they have extended the deadline for another week. So, check out this Call for Entries for I Am Solitary – London that is a counterpart to the original.

Join me…I entered today!

Learn More About I Am Solitary - LondonCall for Submissions:
I Am Solitary – London

Beers.Lambert Contemporary Art is proud to curate an exhibition for Gift Gallery, at its extraordinary location on London’s primary gallery row, Vyner Street.

I Am Solitary – London, is a counterpart and extension of the related Beers Lambert exhibition that took place in Nottingham, in September of 2010.

This collaboration with Gift Gallery seeks progressive contemporary art that responds to questions of identity and individuality.

The exhibition aims to highlight ideas and articulations relating to a conceptual and aesthetic understanding of individuality, isolation, and identity in a world typified by conflict, disillusionment, and change.

Learn about the original I Am Solitary Exhibition!The work submitted should critically & aesthetically challenge the reception of these themes & truly push the direction of contemporary art.*

*For those of my readers that like to skim the posts, please note that I put this sentence in bold…green…AND centered it for you…hint, hint.

NEW EXTENDED Submission Deadline:
Monday, November 22, 2010

Eligibility & Media: Artists at all career stages, from all parts of the world, working in all mediums and practices are encouraged to submit.

Vyner street haslong been the benchmark of excellence in London’s contemporary art sphere; prominently located at 10 Vyner, Gift gallery continues this tradiiton of featuring emergent and progressive contemporary art.

Beers Lambert is proud to work with Gift to present I Am Solitary – London.

For full details, visit
www.beerslambert.com/opencall.htm!

GLUTTONY: Rejected Attempt

LESSONS LEARNED

One of the hardest lessons I ever learned was that it was okay if the work isn’t genius EVERY TIME.  The first image of the Psychomachia series that I tackled was Gluttony represented by The World’s Heaviest Woman.  I was excited…I worked hard on the set pieces and props.  I loved the resulting image for about 2 months…

NOW…it has been cut and replaced by a completely different concept, but it shines as an example of “it doesn’t always have to be perfect.”  Jerry Portelli, my Psychomachia partner, won’t let me show any of the work until the show opens, but since this pieces was rejected (at least by me), we’ll call it my lesson in humility…

…here it is, Gluttony Rejected.This version of Gluttony was rejected (by me) for inclusion in Psychomachia.

PSYCHOMACHIA will open in Arizona!

THE CIRCUS IS COMING!

If you haven’t heard already, Arizona artist Jerry Portelli and I have been working on Psychomachia, our show of diptychs portraying the Seven Deadly Sins and Seven Holy Virtues and Circus Sideshow Freaks, for approximately a year & a half.

Great News…we are finishing the show as we speak, and
Psychomachia will open at Perihelion Arts in April 2011!

Visit Perihelion Arts online!

ART PUBLICATION: The Flaneur

Pieces of Me: Fat by R.L. Gibson

ART
PUBLICATION
RESULTS

At ArtAndArtDeadlines.com, I spend a lot of time preaching about the benefits of Art Publication and why you should enter art shows.  So, it only seems fitting that I publish my occasional results that address both.

In June, ArtAndArtDeadlines.com posted a blog about The Flaneur, an Independent Art & Culture Newspaper.  I followed my own advice and submitted one of my favorite pieces called Pieces of Me: Fat.  Below is the front page of the latest edition of The Flaneur along with the page on which my piece appears.  Click the image below to go to The Flaneur!

Visit The Flaneur online!

ART Publication Anyone?

Tired?  Me too.I’ve been trying to carve out the time to enter shows and answer calls for submissions and blog at ArtAndArtDeadlines.com and finish a show for this fall and write four more Pea Pickin’ Hearts songs before August and improve my autoharp skills. 

Are you tired yet?  Me too.

Nonetheless, I submitted work to this Independent Arts & Culture Newspaper because they made it SO easy.  Check it out:

Here’s the call…HURRY!

Final Call for Arts and Writing magazine submissions

Check out The Flaneur online!The next issue of The Flaneur (click here for the name origin) is publishing as a newspaper and as an iPhone app.

If you are a writer or artist and are interested in being a part of this project please submit reviews, short fiction, flash art, cartoons, articles, poetry, short fiction.

They are interested in anything cultural. Take a look at their What We Publish Page if you have questions.

Please email your work to editor@flaneur.me.uk with ‘Flaneur submission’ in the title.

Please note that contributors are not currently paid.

R.L. GIBSON: Art for Charity

ART FOR CHARITY RAISES MONEY FOR LOCAL NON-PROFITS

Michael Mitchell Interiors hosts Art For Charity, May 19 to June 13, at 438 King Street, Charleston. The gallery will be open daily 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Michael Mitchell of Michael Mitchell Interiors“I saw a way I could use my contacts and talents to help the community,” Michael Mitchell (pictured right), owner of Michael Mitchell Interiors, said.

“I look forward to working with each of the non-profit groups to raise money for their very special causes this year and in future years.”

Through regular gallery hours and special invitation-only receptions, artwork sold from local and national artists raises money for local non-profit organizations including:

  • Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) Hollings Cancer Center
  • Charleston Breast Center
  • MUSC Children’s Hospital
  • Five local Habitat for Humanity affiliates
  • Ronald McDonald House
  • American Red Cross
  • South Carolina Aquarium
  • Roper Saint Francis Ryan White Program. 

Fat, Offspring, and Comedienne by R.L. GibsonArt For Charity features a wide variety of artwork from local and national artists. Artists include:

  • Carol Kamm
  • Marty Biernbaum
  • Deanna Bowdish
  • Terry Brennan
  • Joe Byrne
  • John Crum
  • R.L. Gibson
  • Heidi Darr-Hope
  • Toni Elkins
  • Rex Hunter
  • Jon Ives
  • Kim Keats
  • Karen Keen-Day
  • Stephen Kishel
  • Alicia Leeke
  • Elena Madden
  • Debbie Martin
  • Betsy McDonald
  • Easter Melton
  • Bruce Nellsmith
  • Betsey Stevenson
  • Darlett Stone
  • Carl Turner
  • Marlies Williams 

The style of the work ranges from traditional to modern, is both two and three dimensional and encompasses a variety of media.

Ashley Wieters Redmond, Director of the Ryan White Program, said, “The Roper Saint Francis Ryan White Program looks forward to their new partnership with Michael Mitchell and his Art for Charity event this year.”

“I believe the event will help bring awareness to the community on HIV/AIDS and services the Ryan White program offers while supporting Lowcountry artists. It’s all for a good cause.”

RESULTS: Arts in the Airport

Click Here to Subscribe to this Blog by Email!I am thrilled to announce that I received notification today that Pieces of Me: Beauty Queen was accepted in the Arts in the Airport Spring 2010 show.  815 entries from 197 artists were received, and 37 pieces were selected for the show.  To see all the pieces in the Fall 2009, visit the Arts & Culture Alliance .

Click Here to see the Pieces of Me series!The Metropolitan Knoxville Airport Authority (McGhee Tyson Airport) and the Arts & Culture Alliance of Greater Knoxville are pleased to present “Arts in the Airport Spring 2010,” a new exhibition featuring selected artwork. “Arts in the Airport” was developed to allow regional artists to compete and display work in the most visited site in the area.

The selected art features contemporary 2-dimensional artwork and will be exhibited in the secured area behind McGhee Tyson Airport’s security gate checkpoint.

This call for entry was featured on ArtAndArtDeadlines.com and had NO ENTRY FEE!  Get to work–No excuses!

Arts & Culture Alliance of Greater Knoxville!

ENDINGS & BEGINNINGS

Click Here to Subscribe to this Blog by Email!What a busy few days, weeks and months it has been.  I have changed jobs, begun the final stages of opening a new music store, competed in a singer/songwriter competition at the Hard Rock Gatlinburg…and, oh, the art.

Pyschomachia coming soon!I am finishing up the last few pieces of a show named Psychomachia–a year-long project with Arizona artist Jerry Portelli.  I am sad to see the creation portion of the show coming to an end, but excited about being able to soon reveal the work and see the show get legs.

I have started laying the groundwork for a new show, yet unnamed, with South Carolina-based artist Michaela Pilar Brown, that will revolve around the changing image of mental-illness in our new, digitized, fast-food world.

Jon Ives Photography!My husband Jon Ives has finally found his mojo again as a photographer, and we have secured spots in a group show during Spoleto.  In addition, he installs work at The Shops at Carousel Gardens on Monday, March 22nd, and we have both applied for the Knoxville Art & Culture Alliance‘s 2010 Arts in the Airport Exhibit.

Changes are afoot, folks, changes are afoot.