recent shows
2010
Cut and Paint / Justseeds projects at Philagrafika 2010 (March 2010)
Install photos of a red-clay mud stencil for the Medium Resistance show at the Ice Box (Crane Arts). Medium Resistance is an independent project that is associated with Philagrafika 2010. The image is by Alec Icky Dunn (included in the Cut and Paint zine), the technique was inspired by Jesse Graves, and the mud stencil crew was Nicolas Lampert, Colin Matthes, Josh MacPhee, Erik Ruin, Emily Abendroth, and the fine folks at Crane Arts who provided incredible assistance every step of the way.
Link to more images:
http://www.justseeds.org/blog/2010/03/the_city_is_yours.html#more
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2009
Mud stencil action for Wisconsin Books to Prisoners (October, 17th)
On Saturday, October 17th, 6’ by 9’ stencils reading “Why Deny Used Books to WI. Prisoners?”, “Books Liberate”, and “Missing: 2.3 Million Americans” were sponged in mud by 40 volunteers throughout downtown Madison, the UW campus and spots such as the Dane County jail, DOC headquarters, the Federal Court House, Camp Randall, the Governor’s mansion and public libraries.
The mud-stenciling action was designed to draw attention to the used book ban imposed by Dan Westfield, Security Chief of the DOC, in November 2008, interrupting a free book service that had been provided to prisoners by Rainbow Bookstore for years without incident.
The action was coordinated in Madison by Sarah Quinn and Camy Matthay and teams of 3-4 people hit various parts of the city.
link to more text and images:
http://www.justseeds.org/blog/2009/10/madison_books_to_prisoners_mud.html
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“Nicolas Lampert: Machine Animals, Meatscapes, and Public Interventions” at the Allen Priebe Gallery at UW Oshkosh. October 8th – October 28th.
link to more images:
http://www.justseeds.org/blog/2009/10/machine_animals_and_meatscapes_1.html
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TAMMS Year Ten / Justseeds / Jesse Graves mud stencil action (June 2009)
On Saturday, June 6th in Chicago, local artists partnered with the Tamms Year Ten coalition to protest state-sanctioned torture at the supermax prison in Southern Illinois. And they did it with mud. Artists from Chicago and Milwaukee engaged in a non-destructive type of public messaging called “mud-stenciling.” More than 30 volunteers stenciled their message “End Torture in Illinois” in the afternoon on walls and sidewalks around the city offering fact-sheets about TAMMS supermax prison to curious pedestrians. The teams hit spots such as Navy Pier, The Chicago Art Institute, the Museum of Contemporary Art, the Jane Adams Hull House, Hyde Park Art Center, the Logan Square skate park, the Chicago Zoo, DePaul University, as well as sidewalks, underpass walls, and numerous other locations.
Mud as a medium is especially sensible for artists and activists who want to work outdoors with a non-toxic substance to reach a large public audience. Moreover, city governments and law enforcement agencies have little precedence in dealing with mud stencils so there is a gray area on whether it is legal or not. For if it is illegal, is it also illegal for kids to write with chalk on the sidewalk? Is it illegal to build a snowman in a park or for dirt from ones garden to touch the sidewalk? And, is it illegal to stencil with mud when the rain will wash it off?
That said, none of the 30 volunteers who mud stenciled on June 6th in Chicago were arrested or even questioned by the police.
link to article and more photos:
http://www.justseeds.org/blog/2009/06/illinois_torture_publicized_wi.html
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“Night Work”, Armoury Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
The Justseeds install in Milwaukee inspired me to try my hand at turning some of my prints into large-scale paintings and five new images are currently up at the Armoury Gallery in Milwaukee. The exhibition “Night Work” includes two collaborative teams, Nathaniel Stern & Jessica Meuninck-Ganger and Shana McCaw & Brent Budsberg, as well as new 2D work by myself and recent work by Sonja Thomsen.
Opening Reception:
Friday, March 27th 6:00 – 10:00 pm
Show runs: March 27 – May 2
Gallery Hours: Saturdays 12:00 – 5:00 pm
1718 N. 1st Street, Milwaukee, WI
414-265-2806
www.thearmourygallery.com
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“Which Side Are You On?” Justseeds Radical Artists’ Cooperative
March 5th-April 3rd
Union Art Gallery, UWM, Milwaukee, WI
gallery hours: Mon-Sat. noon-5 (Thursday noon-7pm)
link to images of the show:
http://www.justseeds.org/blog/2009/03/more_photos_from_the_which_sid.html
MILWAUKEE, WI — From March 5 through April 3 the UWM Union Art Gallery will present Which Side Are You On?, featuring the work of 20 plus artists who are part of the Justseeds Radical Artists’ Cooperative. The exhibition reception is on Thursday, March 5 from 5-8pm. An exhibition preview will take place on March 3 at 5pm. All events are free and open to the public.
Justseeds (www.justseeds.org) is a decentralized radical art cooperative consisting of 20 plus artists who live in Brooklyn, Detroit, Pittsburgh, Portland, Milwaukee, and other cities across North America. Together they work on a myriad of projects where art is used as a tool to serve social justice movements. Justseeds is best known for their political prints, a blog that serves as a home for socially engaged street art and news, their group installations, and a recent portfolio project in honor of the 10-year Anniversary of Critical Resistance (a grass roots organization committed to opposing the prison-industrial complex.)
In early March, the Justseeds Radical Artists’ Cooperative will create a massive floor-to-ceiling, all encompassing installation that combines elements of street art, sculpture, video, and other mediums. Which Side Are You On? examines the use of walls as physical and mental barriers that create de-facto segregation, whether it is the walls that divide nation states, the streets that separate one side of town from the other, or the barriers that separate humans from the environment. Which Side Are You On? challenges these barriers while envisioning a more just and sustainable future.
At 5pm on Tuesday, March 3, an exhibition preview will take place at the Union Art Gallery. Stop by for a chance to see the Justseeds installation in progress. During the walk through, meet and talk with the artists involved in the installation.
In conjunction with this exhibition, Union Programming is hosting an evening with Justseeds founder, Josh MacPhee, on Monday, March 2 at 7pm in the Union Fireside Lounge. In his talk, The Walls Are Talking: Street Art and Social Movements, MacPhee will present an in-depth discussion about street art and graffiti and their role at four historical times, between 1968 and 2003. The lecture is free and open to the public. Josh will also lead a printmaking workshop in the Union Studio Arts and Craft Centre on Saturday, March 7 from 12:30-3:30pm. Call 229-5535 for information on the fee and to register.
Which Side Are You On? is cosponsored by UWM Students for a Democratic Society.
Gallery hours are Monday thru Wednesday 12-5pm, Thursday 12-7pm and Friday thru Saturday 12-5pm. The Gallery is located in room W199 on the Campus Level of the Union, 2200 E. Kenwood Boulevard.
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My “Attention Chicken!” sculpture was included in
Street with a View – a super creative Google Street View project by Robin Hewlett and Ben Kinsley that took place last Spring in Pittsburgh.
To view the project’s website, please visit:
http://www.streetwithaview.com/
To view, a short documentary film on the project by Laura Klein. please visit:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnHWokZrVd4
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Recently closed:
Wunderkammer: A Century of Curiosities July 30–November 10, 2008. Museum of Modern Art, The Paul J. Sachs Prints and Illustrated Books Galleries, second floor .
http://moma.org/exhibitions/2008/wunderkammer/
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Nicolas Lampert-Hybrid Visions, Alice C. Sabatini Gallery, Topeka and Shawnee County library, Topeka, Kansas
Flickr site for the show and children’s workshop:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/topekalibrary/sets/72157605452363426/
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Seeing Green: Art, Ecology and Activism in Milwaukee, Woodland Pattern, Milwaukee, WI.
http://seeinggreenartshow.wordpress.com/
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Nicolas Lampert: Machine-Animal Collages: New Work, Gescheidle, Chicago.
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Interviews:
Artslant: interview by Abraham Ritchie
http://www.artslant.com/global/artists/rackroom/24533
Just Seeds interview by Meredith Stern:
http://www.justseeds.org/blog/2008/03/nicolas_lampert_interview_from.html
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