Recent write up on upcoming show in Milwaukee's Vital Source Magazine
(halfway down the page under various locations)
Press Release-
Hidden Exposure @ The Armoury Gallery
July 25th - August 23rd
Opening Reception held Gallery Night, July 25th 5-10 pm
All artists will be in attendance
New Gallery Hours: Saturdays 12 - 5
The Armoury Gallery is pleased to announce Hidden Exposure, the third exhibition for the new gallery, with an opening reception to be held Summer Gallery Night, July 25th, from 5-10pm.
Hidden Exposure
includes works by three artists all using decoration and distortion in
their works to expose elements of life often looked over. Using this
method of disguise to contradict first impressions and seemingly
pleasant compositions, an honest and somewhat cynical message about
contemporary society can be found.
Born and raised in the Midwest, Philadelphia painter and printmaker Jackie Hoving
will have a collection of her suspiciously playful pieces on display.
Earning her BFA at the Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia in 2000 and
her MFA at Indiana University in 2002, Hoving has since shown her works
consistently, primarily in her current hometown of Philadelphia. Hoving
was also awarded the Leeway Foundation Grant and has just returned from
a residency at the Vermont Studio Center which has influenced her most
recent body of work.
Hoving's
mixed-media works, brightly lit with patterns of liquid color
mischievously swirling around vintage-esque stripes and florals, are
slow to reveal the violence contained within. Using nature as her
metaphor, Hoving's work deals with the media's contamination of the
truth and society's filtration of the reality outside of our American
world. Hoving's works are one part pleasantry, and one part reality
check.
AOMIII, or Arthur
O. Mohagen III currently resides in Madison Wisconsin, where he earned
his MFA from the University of Wisconsin at Madison - previously
earning his BFA from the State University of New York at Fredonia.
AOMIII has been showing consistently in Madison as of late, and has
four solo shows to his credit.
AOMIII's
work picks apart common elements of society and popular culture - most
often the fashion model or rebellious youth - placing them in
unfamiliar environments or against unnatural backgrounds. The viewer is
confronted immediately by a beautiful face buried in makeup, fashion
and/or image, but only later realizes things are not quite what they
appear. Smooth lines, clean surfaces and beautiful faces are a misleading glimpse into AOMIII's work.
Finally, Milwaukee local Allison Heape
will present a new series of small paintings. Graduating in 2006 from
the Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design with an Integrated Fine Arts
major, Heape's work deals with the human form, taking it apart and
distorting it until all the viewer finds is an arrangement of color,
texture and shape, reminiscent of something familiar.
The
Armoury Gallery was founded in January 2008 by local artists Cassandra
Smith and Jessica Steeber. Tucked inside the historic "Fortress"
building just north of downtown Milwaukee, the Armoury is a venue meant
to promote upcoming and semi-established artists across media.
The gallery has recently announced the launch of the Gallery Online,
a project aimed at reaching a wider audience and helping the gallery
better connect with the arts community. The Gallery Online project
consists of three parts: the Online Exhibition, where one can view the
entire exhibition as seen in the gallery, Artist Interviews and
Reception Photos.
The Armoury Gallery
1718 N. 1st Street 3N3
Milwaukee, WI 53212
