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Lakeside Gallery15486 Red Arrow HWY Lakeside, MI. 49116 email: lakesidegal@triton.net |
Lakeside Gallery WEST
827 Franklin Square
Michigan City, IN. 46360
PH. 219.363.2750
Hours: Fri-Sun 12-3 or by appointment
Lakeside Gallery WEST:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEJOHN WILSON “In Black and White”
John Wilson received his BA from MSU, with his last credits coming from Haystack School of Crafts in Maine, where he was the assistant in the ceramic studio. He earned his MA from Notre Dame, studying sculpture with Mickey Melinadious. His new works are pots, as he has always been known as a "potter", but because of their size these new works take on a sculptural effect, with the stones from Lake Michigan embedded in the clay. This influence came from Bill Wyman, of Mass Art, an influential instructor at Hay Stack, who pounded many stones into his slab pots.
Wilson is best known for his many International ventures that include numerous International expositions at Navy Pier in Chicago, and hosting International Artists at his Lakeside Center for the Arts, in Lakeside, MI. Mr. Wilson's many programs also sent American artists on international exchanges, one of which was artist Greg Constantine, who shares the highlight with him in this exhibit
GREG CONSTANTINE ‘Tilted Paintings’
TILTED AND STRETCHED PAINTINGS by Greg Constantine--acrylic on canvas and wood. The "tilted images" (2005-6) are an attempt to violate the traditional picture plane by distorting well known masterpieces so they seem to recede back into the illusionistic picture space behind the imaginary 'glass wall' situated at the frame.
I have taught painting, drawing, and art history at Andrews University for forty-three years while conducting sixteen art history summer sessions for students in Europe. As my exhibition record reveals, I began exhibiting nationally in 1969, and since 1975, numerous one man shows including seventeen in New York City that have dealt with Art about Art. It is very possible that my involvement in the teaching of art history and the intensification of artists dealing with other artists' work have resulted in this similar theme recurring in my own art. The focus of my professional career has clearly been the exhibiting of my art in New York City, and as a result, a moderate reputation has developed.
PLEASE JOIN US FOR THE OPENING RECEPTION AND REFRESHMENTS
MEET WITH THE ARTISTS
for a little art history funLAKESIDE GALLERY WEST
[THE NEW SPACE IN MICHIGAN CITY] OPENING FRIDAY JULY 11, 5PM-8PM CSTSHOW CONTINUES THRU AUGUST
Previous Shows
:Triple Play Art Attack Weekend 2008
Lakeside Gallery West June 2007
Frank Stack and Nato Eristavi, Memorial Day 2006
Jane Adams, Memorial Weekend 2005
Steve Hanson and Neville Clouten, September 3, 2004
John D. Wilson Ceramics
Eva Kwong
Lia Bagrationi and Bruce Hawkins
Jia Mian and Lei Gong
Jim Monson
Richard Hunt
Muriel Rodolosse
Kenneth C. Burkhart
Greg Constantine
and Steve Hansen
Lakeside Gallery Goes POP
PRINT COLLECTION OF B.H. MUNDALE
Joe Hindley and Nora Ausriene
Zhou Brothers
Valerie Sury
Artist in Residence 2000