UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS
WORK GALLERY - Red Hook, Brooklyn October 1st & 2nd, 2011
http://www.redtinshack.com
Kiss My Action! will be one of the last exhibitions in Red Hook’s famously alternative venue Work Gallery. Two sculptors (myself & Kenneth Payne) and poet Heller Levinson will all bring our action directly to the viewer for this rarely seen feat of kunst creation. Virtually all the work in this exhibit will be crafted this evening in front of a crowd of spectators and on view for this weekend only!! The white hot, molten iron opening spectacular will begin promptly at 7:00 PM. Attendees are encouraged to bring along their beverage of choice for the gallery reception.
When one comes to the opening the walls are blank save for three molten iron painting. I will be firing up the furnace outside and making a suite of 6 molten iron paintings that will be placed directly on the gallery walls as the iron cools. Joining me is poet Heller Levinson www.HellerLevinson.com who will read Painting in the Mold of Fire (for Michael Dominick) that was created as part of his ongoing project with setting the stage for a movement called Hinge Theory. Kenneth Payne www.KennethPayne.net will be doing a few of his legendary Iron & Ice performances where 300 degree molten iron is ladled into a solid block of ice.
http://www.redtinshack.com
Kiss My Action! will be one of the last exhibitions in Red Hook’s famously alternative venue Work Gallery. Two sculptors (myself & Kenneth Payne) and poet Heller Levinson will all bring our action directly to the viewer for this rarely seen feat of kunst creation. Virtually all the work in this exhibit will be crafted this evening in front of a crowd of spectators and on view for this weekend only!! The white hot, molten iron opening spectacular will begin promptly at 7:00 PM. Attendees are encouraged to bring along their beverage of choice for the gallery reception.
When one comes to the opening the walls are blank save for three molten iron painting. I will be firing up the furnace outside and making a suite of 6 molten iron paintings that will be placed directly on the gallery walls as the iron cools. Joining me is poet Heller Levinson www.HellerLevinson.com who will read Painting in the Mold of Fire (for Michael Dominick) that was created as part of his ongoing project with setting the stage for a movement called Hinge Theory. Kenneth Payne www.KennethPayne.net will be doing a few of his legendary Iron & Ice performances where 300 degree molten iron is ladled into a solid block of ice.
IRON POURS & PERFORMANCES
DUMBO IRON 2011 I'm teaming up with the Sculptors Guild to host a molten iron demonstration as part of the DUMBO Arts Festival http://dumboartsfestival.com/events/iron on September 24th from 3:00 – 5:00 pm where we will cast forty souvenir medallions before the eyes of festival goers on the streets of Brooklyn. Most of the medallions will be gifted to those onlookers who show the greatest enthusiasm shortly after they are broken free from their sand mold encasement.
The central players for this rarely seen spectacle of molten metal metallurgy will be Kenneth Payne, Michael Dominick, Gina Miccinilli, Adam Nowicki & Craig Usher. Joining these leather clad iron mongers will be a custom designed cupola furnace shipped from Buffalo, NY for this festival. Be sure to bring your cameras and beware, the iron bug is contagious! A fun, memorable and safe time is guaranteed for all.
The central players for this rarely seen spectacle of molten metal metallurgy will be Kenneth Payne, Michael Dominick, Gina Miccinilli, Adam Nowicki & Craig Usher. Joining these leather clad iron mongers will be a custom designed cupola furnace shipped from Buffalo, NY for this festival. Be sure to bring your cameras and beware, the iron bug is contagious! A fun, memorable and safe time is guaranteed for all.
PROJECTS
The Independence Day Molten Iron Performance (a.k.a. Liberty Iron) will be held on the 4th of July preferably on the grounds of Liberty Island in proximity to the Statue of Liberty. The main focus of this event will be the casting of a fifty-one (51) link, 1200 pound unbroken chain - one link for each state plus one more as a symbol of whatever the viewer feels is the "master link" of our American culture and society. The chain will be on public display shortly after completion. I will then cast an additional chain in Cairo, Egypt that will represent the Arab nations. The Arabian Chain will be linked together with the Liberty Chain to create a new work called The Chains of Brotherhood.
The Molten Iron Opera is the first of it's kind. It is the story of an sculptor & object maker, passionate about his beloved discipline, fighting an uphill battle against the powers of the art world. Crooked art dealers, jealous colleagues, mean and spiteful critics are his constant adversaries. During the entire performance the main character will be running an iron furnace in all it's fire breathing glory. The grand finale will be the sculptor's red hot self portrait as it emerges from it's sand mold encasement.
This is not autobiographical, but it is based on some true-ish events.
The Molten Iron Opera is the first of it's kind. It is the story of an sculptor & object maker, passionate about his beloved discipline, fighting an uphill battle against the powers of the art world. Crooked art dealers, jealous colleagues, mean and spiteful critics are his constant adversaries. During the entire performance the main character will be running an iron furnace in all it's fire breathing glory. The grand finale will be the sculptor's red hot self portrait as it emerges from it's sand mold encasement.
This is not autobiographical, but it is based on some true-ish events.
