Remnants #11 is included in this wonderful exhibition.
OCCCA, Orange County Center for Contemporary Art presents:

Revisiting Beauty, a group exhibition.

Exhibition Runs April 29 - May 29, 2010
Opening Reception May 1, 6-10 PM
Orange County Center for Contemporary Art
117 North Sycamore, Santa Ana, CA 92701
714.667.1517, www.occca.org

The meaning of beauty has been debated by philosophers since the time of the Greeks. Courted or scorned, distrusted, devalued, deconstructed, beauty promises pleasure while provoking awe, admiration and even fear. Beauty quickens the pulse. Beauty stirs the understanding, and is the enemy of complacency. Concepts alone can never replace it. Beauty’s provocations are no longer innocent. Exuberant, self-conscious and enigmatic, beauty will stage a stunning comeback at OCCCA.

This exhibition, juried by Peter Frank, shows off varying interpretations of beauty in our modern world.

OCCCA

Kimberly Hahn’s work will be included in the Art Exhibit in Casa De la Guerra! 16 local artists and musicians tomorrow night 5-8PM in the beautiful courtyard of Casa de la Guerra. Great collaboration between the SBAC, SB County ArtsCommission, Downtown Organization of SB and SB Trust for …Historical Preservation. Thanks to Artist and SB Arts Collaborator, Joe LaCorte, for making it happen!

Join me for the opening,  Sat, Sep 26, 6:00 - 10:00 pm

Dates:
Sat, Sep 26, 2009 → Sat, Oct 24, 2009

David Shelton Gallery
20626 Stone Oak Pkwy, Suite 202
San Antonio, Texas 78258
210.481.5200

Artists

Judith Cottrell, Stephanie Dotson, Joey Fauerso, Servando Garcia, Saul Gray-Hildenbrand, Kimberly Hahn, Neil Kennedy, Diana Kersey, Wayne McCall, Michele Monseau, Ann-Michele Morales and Cruz Ortiz

Description

A Communion of Saints: Santa Barbara and San Antonio Artists examines the practices of artists living and working in two cities that share overlapping characteristics.  Curated by Miki Garcia, Executive Director of the Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, A Communion of Saints features 12 visual artists, pairing six from Santa Barbara with six from San Antonio.

Both Santa Barbara and San Antonio exist outside the traditional art market centers (such as New York, London, and Berlin), are influenced by Spanish and Mexican colonial culture, and have rich artistic and cultural traditions.  This show represents a wide variety of disciplines and artistic expressions–including photography, installation, performance, video, painting, ceramics, and printmaking–that convey the depth and breadth of artistic activities in these two American outposts.

Plastic Planet
September 26th – October 24th 2009
Opening Reception - Saturday, September 26th - 5-7pm

Plastic Planet is a group exhibition at the AFS Gallery that explores some of the uses and reuses, abuses and excesses of plastic in our environment through art.  It celebrates the beauty and versatility of the material while also acknowledging that it is all pervasive.  The proliferation of plastic on this planet has had a profound effect on us all – facilitating beneficial creations and causing massive pollution problems on land and at sea.  These artists in their diverse ways will no doubt inspire environmental exploration and creative transformation of this omnipresent material.

Artists: Alver, Phil Argent, Michael Blaha, Jane Callister, Dianna Cohen, Emily Emanual, Julia Ford, James Gilbert, Kimberly Hahn, Penny Mast McCall, Mary Price, Keith Puccinelli, Joan Tanner, Dug Uyesaka, James Van Arsdale, Jen Vanderpool

THANK YOU to MarBorg Industries for sponsoring this exhibition

RELATED LINKS
Www.plasticpollutioncoalition.com;   http://www.algalita.org/

Archival Mounting Panels up to11-3/4 x 15-3/4

Aluminum Mounting by Weldon Color Lab I recommend Weldon Color Lab for Aluminum Mounting.  They do both a matte or mirror (glossy) finish.  In addition you can have them put gatorboard backings or wood canvas stretcher type supports.  They can leave an aluminum border or trim to the edge of the print.  I tend to have them do the mounting and Lexan Matte finish.  Then I put a gatorboard and mirror strap hanging device on the back with the appropriate Liquid Nails foam to metal.  So far I have had no problems with the bonding.

These images explore photographing objects in great detail and the abstract.  Objects’ components can serve a purpose, in addition to the overall use of the object.  Their subtle subtexts are often overlooked and yet felt unknowingly by the user.  Using color; translucency; material; shape; or texture, the object makers convey a desired experience by their choices.  The detailed approach renders the objects unidentifiable.  The “Ph” in Photographed was changed to an “F”, so that the title of the series plays with the idea of UFOs.  The objects could be things we may not recognize, but may be aspects of our everyday humdrum world.  In addition, the title seeks to convey that these objects could also be unknown or foreign to us.  Through this means of depiction, we experience them first as their essence.  Should we ever find these objects in real life we could build a picture of them from the inside out.

Unidentified Fotographed Objects Series 1

Unidentified Fotographed Objects Series 2

These photographs were taken using a blue walled children’s viewing toy.  The shape of the “Blue Looking Glass”  informs each of the images by creating a border of varying hues around the central circular viewing space.  Intimate, interior spaces were photographed through this man-made funnel to give a picture of how safe places could look through altered sight - a possibly tenuous defect for humans. (Though not necessarily for other creatures, who are equipped to see the world differently.)  Some of the photographs mimic a Cubist approach to fracturing space, though the color palette of the Blue Looking Glass series is more rich, varied, and inviting.

Blue Looking Glass Series

The Underneath the Sheets series was inspired by the premise of a Westmont College Reynolds Gallery exhibition entitled Interior Spaces.  The photographs explore a space that is typically overlooked: those small slow moments of light and color that filter through the sheets.  Sheets were moved and lit, but no other visual devices were used to distort their documentation.  A decision was made to make the images melt by keeping them out of focus. Without glasses or contacts, this is how I see those little spaces - blurs of light and color that are soft, warm and seductive.   This unfocused treatment references the way this space is inhabited and viewed by humans regardless of their visual acuity: in sleep, dream, or drugged seduction.  Only two shots include skin in them, however, some of the shapes emulate body parts, which adds another clue to the subject of this series.

Underneath the Sheets Series

I am about to make my own light tent with bleached muslin.  While researching this project I came across the following website, which could be a great resource for experimenting with making your own diffusion filter/softboxes/etc.
DIY Lighting Techniques