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News Released:
February 21, 2008
Bridgeport, Connecticut
Do you want to be the next Chosen
One?
Looking for a place to show off your top work? The
NBA and Midway are looking for YOUR Chosen One entries.
It's time to fire up Photoshop, get creative,and
get ready to compete with NBA Fans around the world.
Showcase your CHOSEN ONE now through April! The
top three entries will win eternal glory and cool
prizes.
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News Released:
February 12, 2008
Cincinnati, Ohio
Are you a designer, illustrator,
photographer, artist, student or a creative person?
Listen up!
HUGO Fragrances just announced the launch of a new
creative challenge, HUGO Create. In 4 rounds, participants
are challenged to turn the iconic HUGO Green bottle
into something innovative, irreverent or otherwise
exceptional.
HUGO Fragrances invites emerging talents from all-over
the world to participate in HUGO Create, a brand
new creative contest. The main aim of the HUGO Create
challenge is to stir up creativity and to create
a high-profile platform for emerging talents.
HUGO Create is open to graphic design, illustration
and photography (still images only, no animated
entries). The prizes of the first round include
10 x 500 US-$ cash. The artwork of the round winner
will be published in i-D Magazine.
You can see the briefing & technical specifications
on the Hugo Create website: www.hugocreate.com.
Timeline & Themes
Round 1: February 5 – March 5, 2008. Theme:
The Skyline Is The Limit.
Round 2: March 6 – May 5, 2008. Theme: Guaranteed
Urban Thrills.
Round 3: May 6 – July 5, 2008: Inner City
Sounds.
Round 4: July 6 – September 5, 2008: City
Scapes & Fragments.
Theme Round 1: The skyline is the limit
For the first round of the HUGO Create contest,
there is almost no limit to how far you can go.
You can chose the technique(s) you enjoy the most:
pixel, vector, photo, hand drawn, painted, …
The urban skyline in your artwork can be inspired
by an existing or imagined mega-city, metropolis
or metropolitan area. The iconic HUGO Man bottle
should play a central role in your urban story.
The rest is up to you!
You can download the HUGO Man Bottle footage from
the HUGO Create website (Photoshop PSD and Illustrator
vector files).
HUGO Create Generator
Create your own design with the help of the HUGO
Create Generator. Everyone can be creative, even
if you don’t have a technical background.
Make your own custom illustration with the HUGO
Generator design tool and win some amazing prizes.
Fun & easy to do!
Surf to the www.hugocreate.com
website & go to the Generator section. Select
some of 1300 design elements and drag & drop
them to your artwork. You can easily adapt the size
and rotate the elements. Once you have finalized
your design, you can save it on your computer, send
it to your friends or enter your artwork to the
HUGO Create design contest. Each round, there are
5 special prizes in the Generator category.
About HUGO Fragrances
People who wear HUGO have fun and enjoy life. They
don't care about rules but live their own life with
a certain irreverence and are ready to take risks.
They are independent and unconventional. They enjoy
exploring and having fun with others; creative people
who are on the move. For them, there are no limits
and no compromises!
More information: www.hugocreate.com
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News Released:
February 1, 2008
San Francisco, California
KEVIN BEAN
Paintins: I am a Group Show
January 29 – March 8, 2008
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Left:
Winter Light, 2002, Oil on canvas. 60 x
50” Right: Geometric
Abstraction, 2007, Oil on canvas, 70 x 76”
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Charles Campbell Gallery is pleased to announce
an exhibition of paintings by Kevin Bean. This
is a survey show featuring figurative and abstract
works done over a twenty-year period.
The artist suggested the title, “I am a
Group Show”. It reflects his interests in
exploring color, composition, surface handling
and the painting process itself - within a context
of various approaches to both abstract and figurative
painting. His subjects may be serious or silly,
or a combination thereof. Either way they provide
an insight into the artists’ sense of humor
as well as his appreciation for the historical
and awareness of the contemporary - as expressed
by Kevin Bean. Abstract works may be atmospheric,
geometric or otherwise, while most of the figurative
pieces are photo based - yet not photographic.
In fact, more often the figures in Beans’
paintings are not specific people. The viewer
is invited to experience the familiarity expressed
in the works, particularly those created between
1999 through 2004, achieved by subtle portrayals
of stance or gesture. They represent memories
and experiences that we identify as our own, rather
than the artists’.
The threads that weave continuity through the
works are Bean’s concern for composition,
his handling of the paint and his own, personal
offering of process and surface. The artist has
articulated his own description of his works,
referencing them as conversations between light
and color.
Bean completed undergraduate studies at Maine
College of Art in Portland, Maine. He has lived
in SF over twenty years, completing his MFA at
UC Berkeley in 1995. In addition to working in
his studio he has been teaching painting and drawing
for the past seven years at Stanford University.
This is Kevin’s second solo show with the
gallery. He has exhibited work nationally and
previously showed (exclusively abstract work)
with John Berggruen Gallery in SF. He has gallery
affiliations in New York, Connecticut and San
Diego.
Opening reception Saturday, February 2, 3:00 –
6:00 p.m.
We would also like to announce:
Sotheby’s Preview Exhibition
Charles Campbell Gallery will be hosting a special,
one weekend event March 1st and 2nd, 2008.
Gallery hours will be 11–5 pm, and we will
remain open on Sunday for this event.
Gage Opdenbrouw Silence and Distance paintings
at 50 Fremont Street
Reception Wednesday, January 30, 5:15-7:15, at
the 50 Fremont Street lobby, between Mission &
Market Streets, San Francisco.
Show is up until February 23 and can be viewed
during normal building hours, 8 am-6 pm.
Eileen Starr Moderbacher Danger Girl paintings
at Mission 17
Reception Friday, February 1, 6-9 pm at 2111 Mission
Street (at 17th), Suite 401, in San Francisco.
Show is up until March 8. Gallery hours: Wednesday-Saturday,
1-6 pm and by appointment 415.861.3144
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News
Released: February 1, 2008
San Francisco, California
If you've always
wanted to take a painting class, or if it is time
to take another one, a. Muse would like to recommend
this class taught by local artist Gage Opdenbrouw,
at our very own a. Muse art gallery & meeting
place.
Classes start February 6, 2008
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From the studio
of Gage Opdenbrouw:
I'm teaching a ten week painting class, beginning
February 6th, at A.Muse Gallery, a beautiful space
on Alabama St, between 18th & 19th Streets.
The class size will be limited to a maximum of
12 students, in order to ensure that everyone
gets all the attention they need, so sign up early!
The class is intended as a solid introduction
to painting, from the the ground up, with an emphasis
on fundamental concepts. The class will be focused
on oil painting (though students are welcome to
use other media if they prefer, as most topics
covered apply to all media), but, topics covered
will include:
Technical primer on traditional art materials
and their properties and proper uses and preparations,
including how to stretch a canvas, build a panel,
and priming, and more.
Observation
Value/Light & Shadow
Drawing, and how it relates to painting
Composition/Design
Basic Color Theory and application
Painting from life vs. Painting from photographs
and other approaches
Paint application
Approaches : Underpainting and more classical
approaches vs. Direct or "Alla Prima"
painting.
And more! Students will develop at least 2 paintings
through the course of the ten week period, and
have critiques and discussion pf their works in
class.
Easels will be provided, but students will need
to bring all materials to and from each class,
including paintings. There will be NO STORAGE
available.
The format of the class will be split between
lecture, for the 1st portion, and painting for
the second and third hours, with feedback, and
demonstrations from the teacher.
Class will meet Wednesday evenings, once a week,
from 6:30-9:30 pm, from 2/6/08, through 4/16/08
(class will not meet the night of 2/20). At $600,
the class is a bargain for anyone really interested
in learning about painting with a knowledgeable,
personable teacher, And it's less than half of
the cost of my private lessons! Tuition/Class
fees must be paid before the class begins. A suggested
materials list will be provided.
Please contact me if you have questions, or to
reserve a spot in class! Hope to see you there,
Gage Opdenbrouw
www.engageingart.com |
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