CUT UP | CUT OUT Opens at the Bellevue Arts Museum

BELLEVUE ARTS MUSEUM

510 Bellevue Way NE, Bellevue, WA 98004

Preview Party: Cut Up/Cut Out

• Thursday, June 29, 2017:
• 6:30 - 8:30 PM
• June 29 thru October 22

Join us for an exclusive preview of the transformational exhibition Cut Up/Cut Out. 

Cut Up/ Cut Out features national and international artists who explore the captivating methods of decorative piercing and cutting.

Francesca Pastine, ArtForum 50, Hindsight, 2015
ARTFORUM magazine, Plexiglas, screws

Cut Up/Cut Out

2017-2020 National Tour

Cut Up/Cut Out features approximately 100, 2-D and 3-D works by a dynamic roster of national and international artists who explore the practice of “cutting” in various ways – from cut paper to plastic to metal.
The art of cutting paper dates back thousands of years, with early artworks coming from 6^th Century China. The artists of Cut Up/Cut Out explore the many methods of decorative piercing and cutting, but extend their media to include paper, cloth, metal, wood, rubber and much more. The transformative nature of cutting into and through a surface provides endless possibilities for converting the material from opaque to transparent, from flat to sculptural, from rigid to delicate, and from ordinary to exquisite. The artist might retain the plane of the surface and incise it to create lace-like imagery, or use thousands of intricately cut pieces to build a sculptural object or atmosphere. The process and precision required for this method of art-making is laborious, technically demanding, and always astonishing.

artists include:

James Allen, Ana Bidart, Lucrezia Bieler, Tord Boontje, Nathalie Boutté, Claire Brewster, Robert Brinker, Rogan Brown, Sarah Burgess, Michael Buscemi, Charles Clary, Adriane Colburn, Wim Delvoye, Lorenzo Durán, Mounir Fatmi, Hillary Waters Fayle, Adam Feibelman, Carmen Lomas Garza, Margaret Griffith, Mayumi Hamanaka, Adriene Heloise, Meg Hitchcock, Justine Khamara, Kyong Ae Kim, Will Kurtz, Lauren Kussro, Cal Lane, Bovey Lee, Simone Lourenço, Karen Margolis, Chris Natrop, Amy Oates, Francesca Pastine, Irène Pijoan, Nikki Rosato, Donna Ruff, Rob Ryan, Lyndi Sales,  Gabriel Schama, Brian Singer, Andy Singleton, Xin Song, Jen Stark, Janna Syvänoja, Yuken Teruya, Kako Ueda, Annie Vought, Mark Wagner, Maude White, Barbara Wildenboer, Ty Zemelsky

exhibition schedule

Bellevue Arts Museum, WA
June 30 - October 22, 2017
Huntsville Museum of Art, AL
November 19 - February 11, 2018
Pensacola Museum of Art, FL
March 2 - June 17, 2018
Ellen Noel Art Museum, TX
July 19 - October 14, 2018
Foosaner Art Museum at the Florida Institute of Technology, FL
November 10 - February 3, 2019
Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, WI
March 2 - May 26, 2019
Amarillo Museum of Art
July 6 - September 15, 2019
Art Museum of West Virginia University, WV
October 12 - September 8, 2019
image: Margaret Griffith, Coringa, 2012, hand cut paper, 114 x 48 x 46 inches

I am happy to be included in cut Up/cut Out at the Bedford Gallery.  The exhibit opens Sunday, December 18 from 3 to 5pm

ARTFORUM MASK SERIES, Francesca Pastine

 

 

December 18 - March 5, 2017

Organized by the Bedford Gallery and will travel nationally. 

 

This winter the Bedford Gallery presents Cut Up/Cut Out, an exhibition of local, national, and international artists who explore the captivating methods of decorative piercing and cutting, using a wide range of media from paper and plastic to metal and rubber. The transformative nature of cutting into and through a surface provides endless possibilities for converting the material from opaque to transparent, from flat to sculptural, from rigid to delicate, and from ordinary to exquisite. The process and precision required for this method of art-making is laborious, technically demanding, and always astonishing. Organized by the Bedford Gallery, Cut Up/Cut Out will travel nationally through 2020.
The art of cutting paper dates back thousands of years, with early artworks coming from 6^th century China. Originally a decorative handcraft for women, Chinese paper-cutting eventually expanded into rural areas, becoming a staple at religious ceremonies and festivals. By the 14^th century, paper-cutting spread to the rest of the world bringing in a new wave of folk art traditions. Cut Up/Cut Out honors both innovation and tradition with a selection of over 50 artists representing diverse styles and techniques.

BEDFORD gallery Lesher Center for the Arts • 1601 Civic Dr. Walnut Creek, CA 94596 925/295-1417 •galleryinfo@bedfordgallery.or

THE SKULL SHOW AT THE BEDFORD

Closing our season, the Bedford will narrow its focus to the physical and historical world of the skull. The Skull Show examines the role that skulls have played in the historical register, as memento mori, traditional religious icons, and vanitas themes in still life paintings. The Skull Show will also highlight the role the skull has played in the contemporary arts, exploring its appearance in counter cultures such as skate, surf, tattoo, as well as urban graffiti projects.
 

artists

Helen Altman
Chuck Anderson
Robert Arneson
Donald Baechler
Shawn Barber
Andres Basurto
Shaun Beaudry
Tony Bevilacqua
Tim Biskup
Jamey Brzezinksi
Rachel Caldwell
Enrique Chagoya
Lisette Chavez
Bill Claps
Kim Cogan
Melissa Cooke
Matthew Cox
Ben Cuevas
Fred Dalkey
Boo Davis
Merek Davis
Marc D'Estout
Brian Dettmer
Lorenzo M. Durán
Fred Einaudi
Esque Studio
David H. Everett
Jeremy Fish
Jeremy Fisher
Coco Fronsac
Jiri Geller

Mike Giant
Magnus Gjoen
Grady Gordon
Scott Greenwalt
Quinn Gregory
Andres Guerrero
Ali Gulec
Dana Harel
Joshua Harker
Molly Hatch
Stephanie Henderson
Ester Hernandez
Pete Hickok
Stephanie Hirsch
Evan Hobart
James Hopkins
Iggy & Lou Lou
Beto Janz
Paul Johns
Angie Jones
Erik Jones
Jules Julien
Vance Kelly
Joji Kojima
Chase Kunz
Ben Kwok (Bioworkz)
Hervé Lewis
Markus Linnenbrink
Gabriel Londis
Brian Luong
Kate MacDowell
Robert Mars

Karl McDade
Frodo Mikkelsen
Ryan Milner
Portia Munson
Gordon Parks
Francesca Pastine
Chris Peters
Beverly Rayner
Jim Riswold
Matt Ritchie
Phil Roberts
Laurel Roth
Anthony Santella
Amy Sarkisian
Gerrel Saunders
Noah Scalin
Bryan Schnelle
Lucien Shapiro
Richard Shaw
Maureen Shields
Jim Skull
Laurel Skye
Mike Peter Smith
Hunter Stabler
Andy Stattmiller
Clayton Thiel
Derik Van Beers
Winnie Truong
Beth Van Hoesen
Derik Van Beers
Ben Venom
Jake Watling
Todd Ryan White 

BEDFORD gallery • Lesher Center for the Arts • 1601 Civic Dr. Walnut Creek, CA 94596 • 925/295-1417 • galleryinfo@bedfordgallery.org 

blast from the past

I recently found this review on line from Beholding Beauty at the Bedford Gallery.

Unbound: A Brief Survery of Book Art

I am in an exhibit at the Bedford Gallery that opens on July 15 between 6 and 8pm: Unbound: A Brief History of Book Art

Unbound
A National Exhibition of Book Art
July 11 - September 19, 2010

Sir Francis Bacon said, “Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested.” The artists in our summer exhibition Unbound: A National Exhibition of Book Art have other ideas in mind. This show features 65 artists who tear, paint, puncture, and sew the pages, covers, and spines of books to create new two and three-dimensional works. Some of the artists recreate the book form in ceramic or fabric and others create one-of-a-kind books that pop up, fold out, or hang on the wall.

Regardless of the popularity of the electronic book, Kindle, iPad, etc., the traditional book form of paper between covers has a protected place in the hearts of readers. The book has been the body of human thought for many centuries and those who cherish the written word also cherish the book. Many artists in Unbound have produced books that are creatively hand-built and bound, while others have embraced the book as medium to repurpose its shape and content into meaningful objet d’art.

Although the work in this show is extremely diverse, the artists all seem to be borrowing the intimacy and profundity of the book into their personal works. At times the objects might be barely recognizable as book parts, but they still provoke nostalgia for those portable, private companions we love to hold in our hands. Unbound includes artworks in every media from drawing, painting, and printmaking to ceramics, photography, and video.

Bedford Gallery presents Unbound concurrently with the grand opening of the new Walnut Creek Downtown Library. The library will house several art works purchased and commissioned by the city including Christian Moeller’s Portrait in 12 Volumes of Gray, Marta Thoma’s Journey of a Bottle, and other works by Lorene Anderson, Jennifer Bain, Amy Blackstone, Catherine Courtenaye, Guy Diehl, Don Farnsworth, Sheila Ghidini, Peter Goldlust, Susie Grant, Joyce Hsu, Norie Sato, Gina Telcocci, and Peter Tonningsen. Guided tours of the library art will be offered by Bedford Gallery docents beginning in July. The Walnut Creek Downtown Library opens to the public with a celebration on Saturday, July 17th.

- Carrie Lederer, Curator of Exhibitions

This exhibition has been generously funded by a Lesher Foundation grant and Diablo Regional Arts Association. Thank you as well to our media sponsor, Contra Costa Times.

artists

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Kim Anno • Richard Baker • Kelly Ball • Cara Barer • Michael Bartalos • Tony Bellaver • Doug Beube • Squeak Carnwath • Macy Chadwick • Julie Chen • Sas Colby • Claire Dannenbaum • John DeMerritt • Carl Dern • Marie Dern • Lauren DiCioccio • Arián Dylan • Marcel Dzama • Daniel Gonzalez • Susannah Hays • Lisa Hasegawa • John Hersey • Charles Hobson • Lisa Kokin • Richard Lang • Hung Liu • David Mamet • Mary Marsh • Emily McVarish • Tucker Nichols • Abner Nolan • Catie O'Leary • Lisa Onstad • Francesca Pastine • Pamela Paulsrud • Nora Pauwels • Emily Payne • Stan Peterson • Nigel Poor • Maria Porges • Laura Raboff • Ehren Reed • Jim Rosenau • Luz Marina Ruiz • Ed Ruscha • Dickson Schneider • Ward Schumaker • Nancy Selvin • Tim Sharman • Richard Shaw • Helen Stanley • David Stein • Inez Storer • Travis Summerville • Erin Sweeney • Robert The • Peter & Donna Thomas • Andie Thrams • Jina Valentine • Andy Warhol • Allison Weiner • Gail Wight • William Wiley • Alison Yates