About me: In the spring of 2005, ProArts and the Greater Pittsburgh Arts Alliance combined their complementary visions by merging as the Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council. ProArts has been dedicated to strengthening, supporting and promoting the arts in Allegheny County since its inception in 1994. It has provided and array of programs and services targeted for small to mid-sized organizations, including a ticket service, educational workshops and seminars, pro bono business and legal consulting, grant programs, and information resources.
With a membership comprising individual artists, arts organizations of all sizes, and private citizens committed to the arts, Greater Pittsburgh Arts Alliance has pursued its mission to enhance the region using the arts as a catalyst for growth, change, and enrichment through local, state and national advocacy and awareness building.
Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council integrates the best of both missions as a collective voice for the arts that expands the reach, influence and effectiveness of the regions' varied and vibrant arts community.
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
Benjamin Franklin House 36 Craven Street London WC2N 5NF
Following
on from their sell out shows at the Whitechapel Art Gallery, The Red
Velvet Curtain Cult shall inhabit and haunt the Benjamin Franklin House
with site specific art, performance, film, oddities and happenings from
13 artists. Set in a Georgian house where layers of history unravel
from behind panelled walls and deep-set fireplaces whisper ashes of
deeds past, the artists will engage with and draw inspiration from the
history of the space, including its most famous inhabitant Benjamin
Franklin, he of keys and kites….
Expect spinning tops, glass
armonicas, trepanning games, story telling, ceremonial mythologies,
muffled whisperings, cyclical wanderings, all serenaded by the sound of
a haunting electric cello…
Curated by Lili Spain and Sarah Grainger-Jones
www.benjaminfranklinhouse.org
Email info@redvelvetcutaincult.com Please see www.redvelvetcurtaincult.com for details of artists and past events
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