Kyle Fischer, Stephen Haynes & Mike
Prather
Print, Paint & Ceramics
May 8 - 29, 2010
Please join us for the opening reception on Saturday May 8, 2010 7
- 10 PM.
Kyle Fischer presents a series of digital prints of pin-style
vignettes that bridge and merge both aesthetic and symbolic
themes. The scenes that are created in the series are
representational of his battle of with heart disease. The pin-ups
characters are metaphors for the positive energy used to combat
his illness. They are empowered angles with an empowerment to
control their world and the birds and narwhals that inhabit it.
As a practicing artist in Pittsburgh, Fischer maintains an active
curatorial presence with private galleries and non-profit
organizations. As a founding member of and as the current
Executive Director of Research and Development at Mox Box
Consulting, a community driven and artist centered creative
partnership, he creates public art projects. Fischer ’s artistic
achievements include exhibiting his work on both national and
international levels. He recently received a Juror’s Merit Award
as well as an emerging artist grant in conjunction with the 2008
Three Rivers Arts Festival, a Best of Show award in the 2008
Sacred exhibit at Boxheart Gallery.
Stephen Haynes creates paints characters with elongated necks,
corpulent bodies, tattoos, scars and genetic malformations. They
are devoid ofmouths who, with their eyes and expressions are able
to say much. His characters can be seen as both humorous and
conspicuously serious. The“Corpulents”, when looked at in shape,
resemble a drip of liquid. There is a kinetic energy in a drip of
liquid, the pretense that the drip is going to drop in an assured
movement. There is a similar flow and pretense to the characters,
a motion, not yet described. Also, precarious in their ability to
exist. As in a drip of water, there exists and imbalance, unequal
proportions, creating drama and tension. Haynes’s paintings and
illustrations have been exhibited in solo and group shows in the
United States including Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International
Airport in Atlanta, Ga; The Warhol Museum inPittsburgh, PA; Loose
Leaf Gallery in Tulsa, OK and The Three Rivers Arts Festival in
downtown Pittsburgh, PA. He was most recently featured in Modern
Formations Spring Salon in Pittsburgh, PA and Mac Worthington
Gallery in Columbus, OH.
Mike Prather generates his work from the human condition, and
often from his own personal condition. He allows the clay to
express itself as his hands serve as the mediator between the
two. He prefers to hand build my pieces. It is important for
him to literally be in touch with the clay and with limited tools
to help transfer his mood and feelings more directly. As his
energy transfers through the clay, the clay in return transfers
its own energy back to him.
It is mentally and physically therapeutic for Prather to work
aggressively and it helps to communicate his ideas more clearly to
the clay without interference. Because he am dealing with
subjects that are emotionally charged, it is important for him to
work in a related matter. Prather was born in 1969 and grew up
mainly in Erie, Pennsylvania. He currently lives in northwestern
Pennsylvania in a place called Edinboro. He is married and has
two children. Prather and his family live in a house built in
1801 that was once part of the underground railroad system. His
studio is right next door. The 2000 sq ft. barn was built a few
years ago and he has been remodeling it since they moved in
2009. Prather is an art teacher at Millcreek Schools.
We will
resume regular gallery hours Tuesday - Friday 12 - 6 PM and
Saturdays 11 - 4 PM, beginning May 11, 200.
Looking forward to seeing everyone in the upcoming weeks!
Contact:
28
West Second
Gallery & Studio Space
28 West Second St
Greensburg, PA 15601
www.28westsecond.com
28westsecondgallery@gmail.com
724.205.903