Margar, painting by recent sculpture graduate Jimmy DeRoth http://www.flickr.com/photos/jimmyderoth/
Painting by Anne Austin Pearce “Information comes to me primarily through a side door, in an ephemeral and second-hand way. I string together pieces of conversation collected from those who are informed or like to think they are. As I have listened to conversations about the addition to the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, the hum of voices has risen in crescendo like cicada songs at summer’s end. The exterior of the building awes me. Its modern simplicity and walls of glass provide a space for daydreams. The lenses rising from the ground allow me to see nature more clearly, free of distraction. They seduce my imagination toward the fantastic—a visceral permission rarely given in a culture bent on managing perception.” http://www.anneaustinpearce.com/
tHINKENSTEIN presents Andy Giannakakis, the 24 hour painting “In the act of growing up, you learn the difference between bullshitting yourself and being true to yourself. Hopefully through art, this process will become easier and more illuminating. -andy giannakakis Giannakakis is a 3rd year painting major known for his abstract, violent, passionate, sexual, un-academic and destructive painting style. Thursday, April 15th (TOMORROW!), he will be undertaking what some call the ultimate test of a an artist: the 24 hour painting. Isolating himself in a room no larger than most college dorms, he will paint behind a black tarp for 24 hours will no outside contact. The goal of this exercise is to un-train the artist’s mind, evoking the tenants of Primitivism and folk art in an academic setting. Although Giannakakis has always painted according to his own terms, he says that “just the act of walking into an academic institution every day has had asserted influence on the outcome of [his] work.” As he draws heavily from the unconscious and subconscious mind for imagery, liberating himself from the confinements of academia seems logical at this point in his career. Giannakakis says that this exercise also reflects his own feeling that it is time to “grow up” as an artist and as a person. “I’ve felt out what resonates with me personally and artistically. I know where I want to go, and now it’s just a matter of having the guts to fucking do it.” This new American Abstraction is what he aspires to revive. “The style is still alive if you know where to look,” Giannakakis said.“It may be that the deep necessity of art is the examination of self-deception. “ -Robert Motherwell RSVP on facebook: http://www.facebook.com/erinefreeman#!/event.php?eid=116853494994854&ref=ts
Golden Boy and Pink Lady ink on paper, 36”x48”, 2009, by Kim Deakins, 3rd year MFA candidate in painting and drawing On the cover of Flagpole this week and on display in the Lamar Dodd School of Art! http://flagpole.com/ http://www.kimdeakins.com/
Works in progress, by Erin McIntosh, 2009 MFA recipient in drawing and painting. Erin is currently teaching in Cortona, Italy, as part of a study abroad program through the Lamar Dodd School of Art. http://www.erinmcintosh.com/
Pictures from the drawing and painting graduate students’ open studio night! http://www.flickr.com/photos/squinn0401/sets/72157623480568058/ UGA MFA website: http://ugamfa.blogspot.com/
FRIENDS, Final drawing project, Charcoal and white paint on panel, Fall 2009 Andy Giannakakis, 3rd year painting major