2009

Current:

“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.

http://www.gescheidle.com

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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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Machine-Animal tattoos!