Kyla Art – Exhibition Gallery Wall 2011

I'm very excited to be launching into 2011 full steam ahead

I have just put up my first exhibition wall for the year, and am very happy with the brightness and colors of my pieces–very hard to miss!!

Will also be having a couple of pieces up in March as well as a new exhibition wall in April.

Watch this space! 2011 has started with a bang for Kyla Art!

Contemporary Art is All Around Us

Quite simply the word Contemporary means of the present period. So a person can probably guess that Contemporary Art simply means art of the present period. The shape, form and indeed the mediums used have changed over the centuries and have allowed artists to express themselves at the time or period in which they either lived or live in.

Contemporary Art refers to art that has been made in our times. It represents such a diverse array of art that one would have a task to describe all forms in one place or web site. Contemporary art has evolved in the past, will evolve in the present time and continue into future art, it is and will be an ever moving form of art.

It was known that during the World Wars contemporary art tended to be more darker and there was an increase in demand for grey and black pastels, pencils and paints. This was obviously people's preception of the world at the time, a more darker place, many more evils than they once believed. Contemporary art allow viewers to see the world through the artist's eyes and gain a new perception of the world they thought they knew so well.
 

As stated before contemporary art does not have to take the form of canvas art or framed art, instead it can take the form of furniture, objects put together and many others. In fact many furniture and clothing designers will take their inspiration from talented artists of the times and sometimes there is a fine line between the two.
 

There is some very useful information at http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign this will get anybody clued up on the world of Contemporary Art, the site is regularly updated and covers contemporary art around the world.
 
So i hope this brief article has shown you that contemporary art is nothing to be afraid of and who knows if you take to drawing or another form of art you could be The Contemporary Artist of our times!<p>

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Buying Contemporary Art for Your Home

For many homeowners their ultimate dream is to buy contemporary art to hang on the walls of their beloved home. Buying contemporary art can enhance your home as well as add a feeling of accomplishment and culture. However, for many of people the concept of buying art can be a little intimidating.

Buying contemporary art doesn’t need to be a daunting experience. It should be a fun and exciting experience, where you have the opportunity to view and purchase a wide range of contemporary art by both well-established and new emerging artists. What a lot of people find intimidating about buying art is the concept of what is ‘good’ art and what is ‘bad’ are. No one wants to be accused of investing in worthless art.

The important thing to remember when you’re looking at buying contemporary art is that you’re buying the piece for yourself and your home. We generally buy art that we see as an extension or representation of ourselves, our ideals and what’s important in our lives. When buying contemporary art you should always choose art that makes you feel good and will enhance or add to the atmosphere of your home.

The best way you can ensure you’ll buy contemporary art for your home that is both complementary of your home and enduring in value is to first spend some time looking at different artists and pieces of art. Select a few pieces that you really like and see if you can identify some commonalities in the pieces. It may be something obvious like the use of colours, scenes or textures. You may notice that you are drawn to a particular medium of art, like acrylic paintings or glass art.

By looking at a range of art you will start to develop your ‘eye’ for art and your particular tastes and interests. However, like fashion, your tastes in buying contemporary art may change in another one or two months. So when you’re looking to make a larger art investment ensure that the piece you choose is well suited to your core taste and is not extremely over-the-top or dramatically different to your usual art preference – you may later come to regret the purchase.

You don’t necessarily need to buy from a well-established artist. You also don’t need to be any kind of ‘talent scout’ looking for the next big thing when looking to buy from new and emerging artists. The reason many people buy from emerging artists is the opportunity to own a quality piece of art to hang in their home at a fraction of the cost of established artist counterparts. If you’re purely looking to decorate your home with original contemporary art, it is well worth your time doing some research on the Internet and attending local art fairs.

If you’re looking to buy contemporary art as an investment, you will find it helpful to visit art galleries and enlist the help of a professional art advisor. Art advisors work with you to get an idea of your tastes and lifestyle to help build your own art vision and create a sound investment in your art collection.

Buying contemporary art should in no way be an intimidating experience. Remember that your art collection should be a representation of yourself and your own particular tastes in art, don’t let others tell you what is good or bad art.

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Jacob Hashimoto Exhibitions and Paintings at Saatchi-gallery

Jacob Hashimoto was born on 1973 lives in New York City and Verona. Jacob Hashimoto cuts rice paper into small geometric shapes and glues the shapes to delicate wooden frameworks, which he attaches to black fishing line and ties to long wooden pegs at the top and bottom of his rectangular, wall-mounted, waterfall-like hangings. The pegs are evenly spaced from side to side across the top and bottom of the piece.

The artist ties six roughly overlapping layers of shapes onto each peg, creating a dense, kaleidoscopic multi-level field in which a given shape may be visible or hidden, depending on the angle of view. The hanging seems to move as we walk past. But is it a sculpture or a painting? Where is the figure? Where is the ground?

Hashimoto’s show, titled "skip skitter start trip vault bounce — and other attempts at flight" opened at Chicago’s Rhona Hoffman Gallery in mid-November, but closed early when everything sold. The show featured one ceiling piece along with seven wall works, constructed of like elements but with varying content.

Slip into Vapor could almost be a landscape. Measuring five feet high and four feet wide by 7.5 inches deep, it is composed of paper ovals, each roughly four inches wide, which are mounted on X-shaped frameworks and suspended between 13 wooden pegs at the top and 13 below. White and blue ovals, suggesting clouds and sky, comprise the upper half of Slip into Vapor, while darker ovals in the lower half could be rocks, soil or vegetation. The artist collages long slices of green paper-like grass onto some ovals and puts fanciful decorative designs on others. As the viewer walks by, these peep out to surprise and amuse.

Face Ache at Ice Cream Social measures eight feet square and employs hexagon shapes with a mad variety of designs. Dark and dense above and light below, this piece seems to sparkle, bubble upward, and move in all three dimensions, but it is never busy because the artist alternates decorated and plain white hexagons, both across the face of the work and in its layers. Hashimoto begins by making wooden frames from tiny sticks, tying them together with thread, and affixing translucent rice paper to them. If he wants color or a design, he collages it onto the paper shape — nothing is painted. When a framed shape is ready, he dips it in acrylic resin for strength. After creating a large inventory of these elements, he selects shapes of different size and design, and strings them on nylon line, which he employs because it does not stretch. Now he is ready to tie the strings to the pegs. Hashimoto also exhibited Super Abundant Atmosphere II, a ceiling-hung work made of pale forms that suggest billowing clouds. Apparently one of the "attempts at flight" in the show title, this piece brought the sky indoors and almost seemed ready to levitate the gallery.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2007

• Mary Boone Gallery, NY

2006

• Studio La Città, Verona

2005

• Superabundant Atmosphere, Rice Gallery, Rice University, Houston
• Skip Skitter Start Trip Vault Bounce – and other attempts at flight, Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago

2004

• Bloom, San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose
• Altadena, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma

2003

• The Nature of Objects, Studio la Città, Verona

2002

• Studio la Città, Verona
• Silent Rhythm, Galleria Traghetto, Venice
• Finesilver Gallery, San Antonio

2001

• Giant Yellow, Patricia Faure Gallery, Santa Monica
• Big Mountain, Patricia Faure Gallery, Santa Monica

2000

• Carte Blanche à Hélène de Franchis, Galerie Lucien Durand-Le Gaillard, Paris
• Project Room, Patricia Faure Gallery, Santa Monica
• Giant Yellow and Other Structures, Galerie Lucien Durand-Le Gaillard, Paris

1999

• Armada, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago
• Infinite Lightness, Studio la Città, Verona
• Galleria La Nuova Pesa, Rome

1998

• Infinite Expanse of Sky, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
• Project Room, Patricia Faure Gallery, Santa Monica

1997

• Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago

1996

• Sky Canopy Installation, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2005

• Italian Feeling, XIV Quadriennale di Roma, Galleria Nazionale d’Atre di Roma, Rome

2004

• White, Patricia Faure Gallery, Santa Monica
• Artseasons, Cas Pellers, Palma de Mallorca
• Jen ne regrette rien, Studio la Città, Verona

2003

• Structure, Patricia Faure Gallery, Santa Monica

2002

• Intermezzo, Studio la Città, Verona
• Officina America – ReteEmiliaRomagna, Palazzo dell’Arengo, Rimini

2001

• Phoenix Triennial, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix
• Conceptual Color: In Albers’ Afterimage, San Francisco State University, San Francisco

2000

• Made in California NOW, Boone Children’s Gallery, Los Angeles County Museum of Art West

1997

• Perennial, Carleton College Boliou Art Gallery, Northfield, Minnesota.
• Headless, William Cordove and Jacob Hashimoto, Lineage Gallery, Chicago

1996

• Thesis Exhibition, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago
• Young Americans of Asian Ancestry, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago

Conclusions:

Jacob Hashimoto show, titled "skip skitter start trip vault bounce — and other attempts at flight" opened at Chicago’s Rhona Hoffman Gallery in mid-November, but closed early when everything sold. The show featured one ceiling piece along with seven wall works, constructed of like elements but with varying content.

What to Do Next…

If you want any information about Jacob Hashimoto or looking for his paintings please visit us on http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/artists/jacob_hashimoto.htm