Who I'd like to meet: moxie DaDA is a 4 year old ART GALLERY and CREATIVE HOUSE for promoting artists and graphic design services. The gallery has represented more than 150 local, regional, national and internationally acclaimed artists, and has presented close over 40 exhibits. moxie DaDA has received positive attention from the media and honored in both the Pittsburgh City Paper's Best Of 2005 & 2006.
moxie DaDA is proud to share space in the historic FIREHOUSE STUDIOS (home to several renown artists and ceramicists)in Pittsburgh's Mexican War Streets neighborhood.
The moxie DaDA gallery will be hosting "Dia De Los Muertos Y La Resurreccion: the existencial crisis", an group exhibit featuring work by Denise Mahone, Kyle Ethan Fischer, Michael Koehler, Randie Snow, Nathan Nissim, Gabe Felice, Alberto Almarza & Jason McGarry.
This exhibit runs from October 10 through November 7, with a closing party (free and open to the public) from 6:00-9:00pm on November 7.
moxie is a leader in the Pittsburgh art community that provides supportive, responsive staff:
Grant Bobitski_CURATOR_SITE DESIGN_CONTRACTOR_CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT_INSTALLATION_EXECUTION
Matthew Indovina_PROMOTIONS_HANDLER_SCOUT_SALES & CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT_SITE CONTRACTOR_
Christine Whispell, owner, director, and designer graduated from the Art Institute of Pittsburgh for Visual Communications and Graphic Design. She has had more than 10 years experience in design related fields. Christine's vision of cultivating Pittsburgh's art scene and arts promotion has resulted in the inception of moxie DaDA.
Karl MOUSE, gallery mascot and most popular gallery attendant, draws people from all walks of life to enjoy art and entertainment. After one too many close calls with the pottery, Mouse has been relocated to the gallery's home office in Bloomfield to live with his brother Jake. Alas, the spiders run amok...
moxie: the courage, spirit and skill to overcome great difficulty DaDA: opening the door to greater creativity (Design, accoutrements & Displayed ART)
Wishful Thinking Paintings by Victoria Cessna and David Wallace
Opening Friday, August 7, 2009. 6-10pm. Zombo Gallery. 4900 Hatfield St., Pittsburgh, PA 15201 www.zomboworld.com With live music by Slim and George Cessna with Rob Loveclutch. Showing through Friday, August 28.
With great excitement and a touch of wise doubt, local painters Victoria Cessna and David Wallace present ‘Wishful Thinking’ at Zombo Gallery on August 7, showcasing works that were completed by the artists over the past year.
Both artists have an affinity for using found imagery from bygone eras as inspiration for their work.
Cessna’s paintings explore the mysterious allure of the random snapshot and capture the quality of a long-forgotten photograph in paint. Her work takes these photographs out of their original context and suggests that there is more than meets the eye in these seemingly tranquil domestic environments.
As a graphic designer, Wallace has always been interested in the power of images and words in advertising. The pairing of innocent, naïve images from mid-century home magazine ads with more modern, direct text create a more complex world than those ‘50s magazines imply. New meanings are derived and questions are posed. As in Cessna’s work, things are not always as they seem or as we wish they could be.
Just as the phrase ‘Wishful Thinking’ can either cheerfully conjure a joyful hope or sarcastically imply a skeptical doubt, the work of Cessna and Wallace explores the duality of meaning inherent within mundane, everyday imagery.
‘Wishful Thinking’ opens Friday, August 7 at Zombo Gallery in Lawrenceville and continues through August 28. For more information on Zombo Gallery visit www.zomboworld.com To view David Wallace’s artwork visit www.salaczar.com To view Victoria Cessna’s artwork visit www.vicskitschn.com
Nice to meet'cha! Please drop by every now and then to comment on my art (new works posted regularly) or see what's for sale at www. OhTheHumanity. etsy. com cheers, DWIEG "Drag Queen"
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