 Melissa Brown: One Hundred Dollar Choplogic Melissa Brown, Anthony Campuzano, Amy Wilson Bellwether is pleased to present "Choplogic", a three-person exhibition featuring more than 30 works on paper by artists: Melissa Brown, Anthony Campuzano and Amy Wilson. On view by Melissa Brown are three recto-verso currency denomination prints. These oversized woodcuts were printed using a steamroller and feature screen-printed metallic accents. The images are a satire of the new ten and twenty dollar bills and mimic gradient color choices, metallic strips and iridescent inks on the updated United States notes but replace the traditional historic portraits and emblems with contemporary figures and quotations. Smaller versions of the prints reveal biting and comical visual puns when folded to create a new image. The works of Anthony Campuzano included in this exhibition are entitled: "A Bigger Story", "Barricaded Door/Arabian Nights", "UN Meditation Room #2", "After the Day After", "Extricate", and "Stay The Course". Campuzano is focused on making pictures derived from an examination of the current US administration's global posture and military actions in accordance with the artist's desire to make paintings whose end result seem like drawings. Influenced by the history of protest posters, this suite of works updates the role of artist as visual voice of the people, challenge to the establishment and force for change. Amy Wilson's latest series of watercolors are entitled "Museum Visits." In this body of work Wilson's Dargeresque girl and goblin characters go to various museums and interact with famous works of art. In the process they talk about the work as they relate to our specific moment in history, the war in Iraq, the presidency of George Bush, and the importance of images and how they are taught and explained to the public. Culling writings from a variety of sources, including selections from "War is a Force That Gives Us Meaning", "Envisioning the Enemy", "The Shape of a Pocket", and others, including her own journal, Wilson's work continues to be visually disarming and verbally biting. Melissa Brown's work was most recently exhibited at "Interstate: The American Road Trip" at Socrates Sculpture park. Brown holds an MFA in Painting and Printmaking from Yale School of Art and a BFA in Printmaking from Rhode Island School of Design. Anthony Campuzano's work was exhibited in 2006 in "The Police Are Here!" a solo show at Fleisher/Ollman Gallery in Philadelphia. Campuzano also exhibited in the White Room at White Columns in New York in 2005. Amy Wilson has been exhibiting widely since her solo show, "The Global Appeal of Liberty" at Bellwether in April 2005. Most recently her work was included in, "The F Word" at The Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh, PA. Exhibition: June 29 - August 11, 2006 Gallery hours: Mon-Fri 11 am - 6 pm Bellwether Gallery 134 Tenth Avenue (between 18th and 19th Streets) USA-New York, NY 10011 Telephone +1 212 929 5959 Email becky@bellwethergallery.com www.bellwethergallery.com |
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