hi guys,
so you know how i'm trying to work all the angles to find out what they've got planned for JavaOne (the surprise fun stuff is what i'm after... sessions and the master schedule are already published... still haven't published the keynote speakers and i'm working that angle hard...)
anyway... i got more scoop... this is, again, a MaryMaryQuiteContrary EXCLUSIVE
Live Art at JavaOne.
No kidding.... the conference organizers have invited four Bay area emerging artists to create their own expressions of the Java vision and they'll be doing this ON THE PAVILION FLOOR!!
So we'll be able to watch the "spectacle of the creative process" to quote one source who has no idea that i got my hands on the email he wrote about this. (Do you think they'll have nude models?)
The pieces will be made available for purchase by event attendees through a silent live auction and the proceeds will benefit local causes to support art and technology in Bay area schools.
is that neat, or what?
i'm going to profile everybody who buys the art in my blog. so bring your checkbooks to JavaOne, people. because you'll have the opportunity -- in one fell swoop -- 1. to purchase your own original Java art; 2. support a really good cause; and 3. get free publicity in my blog.
(by the way, i take my kids to galleries. i want them to have an appreciation for art and music. my rule: you don't have to like it but you have to consider it. so, i'm a white middle class suburban female. you'd think i'd have no idea what it feels like to be profiled. au contraire mon frere. i go into these galleries with three kids -- and all the guards start tailing me. number three is nothing but trouble... he went up to a Picasso last weekend (it was a sculpture in an outdoor garden, OK... there was really no way for him to destroy it) and he just starts banging on it. the guards went nuts. i really try to keep them in line, i do... but sometimes with three of them i'm just out-numbered...)
So you think that's all, do you?
Oh no, my lovelies... I secured the artists' names and bios!!! (do i work it, or what?)
DAVID DEROSA
David DeRosa is a classically trained painter, who had the first public showing of his work earlier this year. As a 4th generation student of Auguste Rodin, David takes his craft quite seriously – this is a guy who used to sneak into medical school lectures to learn more about the human body!
According to David,
My work is an attempt at reaching the masses; to help them listen and start to see the world that's beyond the boundaries of an ever narrowing scope of perception. There is something beautiful in everything and everybody. As an artist, I strip my subject down to its bare essentials - Beauty Simplified. I juxtapose these images with scarred and cracked surfaces because even in beauty, there is imperfection.
David has recently started offering commissioned portraits in his signature AFTER IMAGE style, and is currently working on paintings for a number of acclaimed actors, musicians, and professional athletes.
And watch for David’s first solo show coming to SF July…
http://www.artprimadonna.net
NOME EDONNA
Nome Edonna is a self-taught artist born in California. His art "education" comes from his first-hand experience of underground youth culture and fifteen months of extensive travel and study in Europe. NoMe returned to California to pursue a career in the arts and moved to San Francisco in 1999. Since then, NoMe's work has shown extensively, and he has undertaken commissions and installations worldwide. NoMe also worked for over a year on the Post-Graffiti Project with photographer Aliza Rand, transforming the 'buff-outs' that clutter city walls into political, sometimes comical and often fantastic images, and continues to transform paint splotches and spills on pavements all over San Francisco.
NoMe's work ranges from oils to collage, acrylics and aerosol, often all seamlessly combined within the same piece. His artwork is most often created on found wood, and incorporates common objects and detritus of urban life. This aspect of his work reflects the strong influence from electronic music and dj culture with their techniques of 'sampling' and re-arranging previously existing elements to create something entirely new and unexpected. A further list of influences might include: Surrealism, Art Nouveau, Hip-hop & skateboard culture of the 1980's and the underground 'rave' scene of the '90s, as well as the spiritual experiences of psychedelic vision. NoMe's work is a byproduct of urban life in a rapidly changing world in which the lines between nature and technology become more blurred each day and questions of adaptation and survival challenge humanity as a whole.
http://www.NomeEdonna.com
KELLY TUNSTALL
Kelly is a Painter of things careful, beautiful and eloquent.
Take a moment to spy on the ladies who sit or play or lie or lounge in Kelly’s work and you might be surprised to see something unfold right before your eyes. Though the thin lines and watercolor-like strokes make these decorous damsels seem quite 2-dimensional, a step forward and a dead stare into their eyes tells a different story. “They’re presented like old-time portraits, though I feel like I capture them in pensive, private moments of consideration, which maybe why their eyes are so bright. I really do think they’re alive to some degree, that they can see you back. They’re just frozen to be admired, then run off and play at night.” Kelly loves that her works aren’t so esoteric that one needs to study up before one “gets it”. That’s not to say her works are that simple or dumbed-down, either. She references a lot of common iconography and culture, making them a bit of a puzzle. Meaning, although they might seem quite basic initially, as time goes by her whimsical lovelies become more interesting and complex, and completely captivating. It’s the mystery everyone loves – the subtle mysteries these ladies keep to themselves and use to tease their voyeurs.
Represented in numerous national and international private collections, Kelly has exhibited in LA, San Diego, London, Tokyo, Portland, and has upcoming art shows in Detroit and London.
http://www.KellyTunstall.com
SIRRON NORRIS
In early 1999, inspired by his work creating characters and animations for children's educational software, Sirron's subject matter and style emerged. Dubbed Cartoon Literalism, Sirron's style of painting juxtaposes an adult's yearning expressiveness over a child's seamless imagination. Later that year, Sirron had his first gallery show, and has been showing extensively ever since.
Sirron's work is a performance and a documentary of our time. Is this art? Would it still be art if he put it on a subway wall or a bathroom stall door or a piece of discarded wood as he moves through life? When you look will you judge art through old eyes or young ones? What began as art on cave walls is where Sirron says we all began to express ourselves, to perform and document our lives. Each piece aims to challenge the viewer with the complexity that life offers, twisting the eye with cartoonish noir and a layer of texture and movement.
In addition to his acclaimed work on canvas, Sirron received four artist in residencies from the De Young Museum of San Francisco, fulfilled numerous commissions for murals in San Francisco's mission district and created character identities for Lego, USWeb/CKS and Red Gorilla.
http://www.SirronNorris.com
I'll eat you up, I love you so. But Max said No!
mary
