Brad Phillips and Fred Muram Open May 9th
LaMontagne Gallery is pleased to announce the opening of Brad Phillips, Journey into Whatever, and Fred Muram, Kissing the Ceiling, on May 9th. Reception: May 9th 6 PM to 8PM Show dates: May 9th to June 13th. Brad Phillip’s Journey into Whatever is a series of paintings, intended by the artist to read as a visual diary. Brad Phillips takes images from everyday life –women dressing (or undressing), house plants, interior scenes–and uses the familiarity of these circumstances to thread together this seemingly personal narrative. However, Brad Philips paintings cannot be interpreted so simply. Instead of giving us the whole story on each canvas, the artist maintains a level of obfuscation: revealing perhaps the ‘what’ and the ‘where’ of the story line, but leaving, the ‘who’, ‘why’ and ‘what for’ open-ended. This injected distanced between the artist and the images allows him to draw upon subject matter that is personal, sexy, and at times even erotic, while still being selective about what he chooses to reveal. Journey into Whatever is exactly what the title implies. The ambiguity of Brad Phillip’s paintings makes his own personal narrative irrelevant. The paintings are not about the artist, but rather about the viewer: the ideas/fantasies that the viewer projects onto each work. Journey into Whatever is a visual diary of a show, however the details depend on your own imagination.
Fred Muram, similar to Brad Phillips, is presenting the viewer with images taken from familiar circumstances in everyday life. The purpose of Muram’s photographs however, is not just to present us with these familiarities, but also to underscore the importance of our understanding of them. In a series of 12 photographs (a selection of which are on view), the artist has captured various people kissing the ceiling in, what we can only presume to be different areas of their homes. The artist makes the point that as a society, and as individuals, we so easily become disconnected from our surroundings. Kissing the Ceiling is a series of photographs about people paying homage to their ceilings: a place so easily forgotten, but so integral in our association with place.
Founded in 2007, LaMontagne Gallery is a 2,300 square foot exhibition space located in South Boston on East Second Street. LaMontagne Gallery was founded to create an environment in Boston for the display and sale of emerging contemporary artists. The gallery features visual, sound and performance artists based in Boston and beyond. Russell LaMontagne was previously co-Founder of LFL Gallery in New York City.
BUILD-A-HOUSE @ Howard House
April 30, 2009
MAY 7 – May 30, 2009
Opening Reception: First Thursday, MAY 7, 6-8 pm
FEATURING Arthur S. Aubry, Richard Barnes, Gretchen Bennett, Michael Byron,Donnabelle Casis
Cat Clifford, Mark Danielson, Tony de los Reyes, Sean Duffy, Ken Fandell, Karen Ganz,
Lauren Grossman, Jon Haddock, David Hartt, Mary Henry, Jenny Heishman, Sean M Johnson,
Ken Kelly, Zhi Lin, Carrie Marill, Cameron Martin, Fred Muram, Yuki Nakamura, Matthew Offenbacher, Matthew Picton, Jim Rittimann, Jason Salavon, Juniper Shuey, Mark T. Miller,
Patti Warashina, Robert Yoder and many many more!
These are the artists that helped build Howard House into the vital gallery it is today. And this is a great opportunity to see works that you may have missed and revisit works that moved you years ago.
Signal+Noise @ VIVO Media Arts Centre – April 23-27th
April 21, 2009
Jeffrey Allport * Sobhi al-Zobaidi * David Askevold * Brandon Blommaert * Nick Briz * Kevin Lee Burton * Chris Chong Chan Fui * Wayde Compton * Michael Bell Smith * Scott Billings * Sylvain Daval * Amber Dawn * Jason de Couto * Francisca Duran * Kevin Jerome Everson * Fastwurms * Leigh Fisher * Sara Gold * John Greyson * Robert Hamilton * Oliver Husain * R Kelly * Mike Kelley * Jeff Langille * Kalup Linzy * Fazail Lutfi * Daniel Menche * Julia Meltzer * Hannah Miami * Marianna Milhorat * Shana Moulton * Monique Moumblow * Fred Muram * Takeshi Murata * Organelle Design * Alison Pebworth * Portia Priegert * Geoffrey Pugen * Radical Software Group * Helen Reed * Vanessa Renwick * Emily Rosamond * Jay Rosenblatt * Naoko Sasaki * Semiconductor * Harlan Shore * Stephan Schulz * Guli Silberstein * Anju Singh * Althea Thauberger * David Thorne * Ryan Trecartin * Rafael Tsuchida
Geoffrey Pugen, Cloats & Jossger (2008). Courtesy of Angell Gallery, Toronto.
Cancelled Due to Lack of Gold
April 10, 2009
coffee cancelled due to lack of gold.
meeting cancelled due to lack of gold.
shower cancelled due to lack of gold.
computer crashed due to lack of gold.
personality cancelled due to lack of gold.
blog entry cancelled due to lack of gold.
girlfriend cancelled due to lack of gold.
bus route cancelled due to lack of gold.
face tattoo cancelled due to lack of gold.
Disney World Resort vacation cancelled due to lack of gold.
American newspapers cancelled due to lack of gold.
gold cancelled due to lack of gold.
gold-card cancelled due to lack of gold.
Bob Sagat cancelled due to lack of gold.
Elevation 7ft Above Floor Level (2009)
March 17, 2009
Best things about the economic recession.
February 27, 2009
if you have no money you can loose lots of weight.
if you loose your home you can go camping for months at a time.
tire fire.
big tire fire.
bigger tire fire.
no more double mocha chinos with whip.
even bigger tire fires.
outdoor screenings of Mel Gibson’s Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome staring Tina Turner’s burned up legs pre-burnup.
the Canadian Looney could become the currency standard.
higher returns on PBR investment.
rhinestones will be used to make mouth bling.
higher returns on rhinestone mouth bling investment.
Did I mention the tire fires?
Danger Box (2009)
January 27, 2009
Happy Birthday. Here Is Your Danger Box (2009)
January 27, 2009
Don’t Look to See What’s Down There Before Letting Go (2009)
January 23, 2009
We Can’t Drive Out the Way We Came In (2009)
January 22, 2009
