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Water and Stone
Jeff Robinson and Michael Rutherford
January30th-March 3rd
Reception: Saturday, Feb 2 (7-9pm)
Artist Talk: 8pmIn the book, What Painting Is, James Elkins defines painting as a combination of two
ingredients: water (medium) and stone (pigment). The action of painting is a process
of negotiating the two. Water and Stone presents two artists whose work necessitates
material functions. Abandoning the image, these works make visible the central role of
color and substance in producing sensation. In Michael Rutherford’s work, the support
on which the paint is applied performs as a prominent character in the piece, asserting
equality between a colored shape and the curl of the paper. Jeff Robinson’s work organizes
relationships between paint and non-paint; requiring the viewer to consider the difference
between the canonical art material and the detritus of human consumption.Jeff Robinson received his MFA in painting from Illinois State University in 2011. In addition to
his studio practice, Jeff teaches full-time as an Instructor of Art and Visiual Arts Gallery Director
at the University of Illinois Springfield. http://www.jeffrobinsonstudios.comMichael Rutherford is the creator and editor of Painter’s Bread.com and its companion site,
Postmodern Toaster. He was born and raised in Iowa and was introduced to art while working
as a guard at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth. In 1999, he graduated from Buena Vista
University with a Bachelor of Arts Degree.
http://michaelrutherfordstudio.blogspot.com/Mechanical Trope, wood, mixed media, $1000.00 (Robinson)
Exclamatory Painting, acrylic on canvas, $550.00 (Rutherford)
Upshot Shimmer, acrylic on canvas strips with staples, $300.00 (Rutherford)
Scrapped Red with Yellow Dogleg Painting, acrylic on canvas scraps, $300.00 (Rutherford)
Hang Nothing, acrylic on canvas swaths, $300.00 (Rutherford)
End Sheet, acrylic on canvas swaths, $300.00 (Rutherford)
Subtle Radiance, mixed media, $750.00 (Robinson)
Green Totem, mixed media, $500.00 (Robinson)
Skips, Pops, and Scratches, acrylic on canvas, $1200.00 (Rutherford)
Follow the Leader (top), mixed media, $750.00 (Robinson)
Versed in Light #5 (bottom), mixed media, $500.00 (Robinson)Please direct all inquiries to: Mary Laube (curator) Ph: 847.602.3782 | email: laube.mary@gmail.com
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When I Was Your Age
December 2012 - Reception: Friday December 7th 8-10 pm
Storytelling as collaborative knowledge making
Storytelling is a fundamental source of knowledge and agency. To tell a story is to remember, contemplate, question, interpret, and ultimately voice a particular history. When I was Your Age is a collaborative project that uses storytelling to explore the relationship between artists and their elders. Participating artists asked their mother, grandmother, or like-figure to share a story from their past. Each pair constructed a piece of text reflecting the life of the elder when she was the age of the artist. Each artist created a visual response to complete the piece. The following pages present a dialogue between generations, where the residue of the past is deeply felt in the present and maintained by one’s willing imagination.Collaborators:
Mary Coats and Shari Coats
Zoe Hawk and Phyllis Hawk
Elizabeth Davenport and Paul Davenport Jr.
Cheryl Robinson and Maryjane Robinson
Andrea Dejong and Margaret Dejong
Jared Wittenmyer and Ruth Wittenmyer
Sarah Smith and Kathi Smith
Danielle Kimzey and Jean Alys Lindow Huey
Mary Laube and Edmund LaubePlease direct all inquiries to:
Mary Laube (curator)
Ph: 847.602.3782 | email: laube.mary@gmail.com
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Fish Nor Fowl - Ty Smith & Ken Dubin
November 2012 - Reception: Friday, November 30th, 8-10pm
Fish Nor Fowl features the work of Ty Smith and Ken Dubin in an exhibition that envelopes absence, presence, and everything in between.
Ty Smith was born in Montgomery, AL in 1979. He received his BFA in painting from the University
of Alabama in 2001 where he worked with Professor Alvin Sella. In 2006, he moved to Tulsa, OK
where he completed his MFA and began teaching at the University of Tulsa. This past year he has been
teaching as an Adjunct Faculty for Auburn University and has recently taken a new position as
Museum Preparator at the Jules Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art, Auburn, AL.Ken Dubin's paintings have been exhibited in solo and group exhibitions throughout the United States and abroad. He has participated in a number of residencies including the Ragdale Foundation and the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. Dubin received an MFA from the University of Illinois, Chicago. He was born in Chicago, Illinois and moved to Iowa in 2009.
Please direct all inquiries to: Mary Laube (curator) Ph. 847.602.3782 | laube.mary@gmail.com
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New Day - Michael Wille
October 2012 - Reception: Friday October 19th 8-10pm
The Times Club is pleased to present the work of Michael Wille in the exhibition New Day.
Michael Wille was born in Pontiac, IL and currently lives and works in Normal, IL. He received an MFA in painting from Bowling Green State University and a BFA from Milikin University. His work has been exhibited at the Space Art Gallery in Pittsburgh, Hoffman LaChance Contemporary in St. Louis, Resolution Gallery in Johannesburg (South Africa), and many others. In 2007 Wille was featured in Mapping the Terrain: New Directions in Abstract Painting in Louisiana and has been featured in New American Paintings many times. He has lectured about his work in places such as Temple University in Tokyo, Japan and the University of KwaZulu-Natal in Pietermaritzburg (South Africa), where he was an artist-in-residence in February 2009.
In addition to keeping an active studio practice, Wille is an Associate Professor of Art at Illinois State University in Normal, IL. He teaches a wide range of courses to undergraduate and graduate students within the Painting and Drawing curriculum.
please direct all inquiries to: Mary Laube (curator) Ph: 847.602.3782 - laube.mary@gmail.com
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