Gary A. Bibb Art Exhibit in Denver, CO

Confluence - a collaborative art project by Gary A. Bibb and Carlene Frances was featured at Space Gallery in Denver, CO.
Exhibition Calendar: Nov. 6 - 30, 2009

The complete project portfolio can be viewed here: bibbandfrancesart.blogspot.com

















"Confluence - 57/100"
Mixed Media on paper w/ collage
©2009 Gary A. Bibb


















"Confluence - 36/100"
Mixed Media on paper
©2009 Carlene Frances


















"Confluence - 99/100"
Mixed Media on paper w/ collage
Collaboration - ©2009 Gary A. Bibb and Carlene Frances

Gary A. Bibb Exhibits at the Queens Museum of Art - NYC, NY

"Memento Mori - 87/500"
©2009 Gary A. Bibb

An exhibition of A Book About Death was presented at the Queens Museum of Art, Queens, NY.
Exhibit calendar: November 1 - 15, 2009.
Memento Mori number's 81 - 98 were included.

Gary A. Bibb Exhibits at Otis Collage of Art - Los Angeles, CA

"Memento Mori - 449/500"
©2009 Gary A. Bibb

A significant follow-up exhibit of "A Book About Death" was featured at the prestigious Otis Collage of Art and Design in Los Angeles, CA.
Exhibition dates: October 11 - 31, 2009.
Momento Mori numbers 445 thru 497 were included.

The website dedicated to the Memento Mori series: garyabibbmemento.blogspot.com

"Memento Mori - 495/500"
©2009 Gary A. Bibb

"Memento Mori - 497/500"
©2009 Gary A. Bibb

Gary A. Bibb Art Exhibit at the Emily Amy Gallery (Atlanta, GA)

"Nota Bene - 522"
Mixed Media Collage
©2009 Gary A. Bibb


















"Nota Bene - 524"
Mixed Media Collage
©2009 Gary A. Bibb

Contemporary Collage: Paper's Many Forms

“Collage is the 20th Century’s greatest innovation.” ~Robert Motherwell

EMILY AMY GALLERY is pleased to present our fall exhibition, Contemporary Collage: Paper’s Many Forms, featuring gallery artists Paul Rousso and Cecil Touchon and first hand selections from the permanent collection of the International Museum of Collage, Assemblage and Construction. Selected works include collages and assemblages from fifteen countries as well as new pieces from invitational artists: Gary Bibb, Robert Mars, Joan Schulze, Caroline Waite. The artists featured are loosely associated by collage’s inadvertent conjuring of history. By utilizing recycled printed matter, both the distant and not-so-distant past are recalled with words, icons, fonts, and colors that could only be of a certain time. In their newfound form, these materials come to life and are forever immortalized by the artists who seek to revive them.

Exhibition Calendar: September 11 - October 12, 2009

Gary A. Bibb Exhibits Art in Atlanta

Photo - ©2009 architecturetourist.blogspot.com
Special thanks to Terry Kearns


















Photo - ©2009 Emily Amy Gallery

Here's a sneak peek from the Contemporary Collage exhibit at the Emily Amy Gallery which opens tonight and will be on view through mid-Oct. More info and pics to follow.

Gary A. Bibb - Art in NYC

.The exhibit "A Book About Death" opened in NYC last night at the Emily Harvey Foundation Gallery to an overwhelming reception. Matthew Rose was the organizer/curator and host. A live webcast of the event revealed a capacity audience and an announcement was made that several hundred more people were outside waiting to enter. If only we had that amount of interest in all of our exhibits! A special thanks to everyone involved and to all who attended.

My 500 piece "Memento Mori" was a part of the exhibit. (See posting below from June 11, 2009 for more details.)

Addendum -

Number 264 is now archived in the permanent collection at the Museum of Modern Art - NY, NY. (MoMA)

Number 306 was acquired by the Fluxmuseum - Ft. Worth, TX for their collection.

Number 444 has become part of the permanent archived collection at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art - LA, CA. (LACMA)

A national radio interview about this exhibit was broadcast in late 2009. The curator, Matthew Rose discussed the concept of the exhibition and commented on my artwork.

Yoko Ono and Gary A. Bibb Exhibit Art

Images: ©2009 fluxmuseum.org

These photos are from the Fluxhibition #3 opening.

Gary A. Bibb Exhibits Art with Yoko Ono and Cecil Touchon - Fluxhibition #3

"Share The Air" 2009
Gary A. Bibb
Image: ©2009 fluxmuseum.org











"We're All Water" 2005
Yoko Ono
Image: ©2009 fluxmuseum.org













"Stack Blocks - 1958 (realized 2009)"
Cecil Touchon
Image: ©2009 fluxmuseum.org


International Fluxhibition #3: Thinking Inside of the Box (Fluxus Boxes, Cases, Kits and Containers)

With more than 100 works of art and over 15 nations represented, this exhibit unites the global community of contemporary artists. Of special note: Yoko Ono, an original member of the 1960's Fluxus art movement, has graciously contributed one of her recent pieces to be included in the exhibition.

This may well be one of the most significant exhibits of its kind - certainly of the early 21st century. There are a small handful of established international exhibitions designed to showcase the current state of the arts, such as the Venice Biennale; however, what's amazing about Fluxhibition is that it's not organized by a major institution (along with the inherent politics), but rather, it is curated by artist Cecil Touchon and a group of artists who truly are in life's trenches - where the "real world" interfaces with artistic expression. Although it revolves around Fluxus concepts, the exhibit is more of a summation, clarification and redefinition of all the previous artistic ideologies regarding tangible objects as pertinent to subjective content: Duchamp, Cornell, Rauschenberg and beyond. This is a global art statement by a group of prevailing "cultural canaries." From personal idiosyncrasies to social commentaries, Fluxhibition #3: Thinking Inside of the Box, is a treasury full of artifacts from the grand adventure of artistic exploration.

Gary A. Bibb


Exhibition calendar: July 1 - 31, 2009. The E. H. Hereford University Center Gallery at the University of Texas, Arlington. Arlington, TX. Public reception on Friday July 10 from 6:00 to 8:00 PM.

Additional information and online exhibit - click here: fluxmuseum.org/fluxhibition-3/fluxhibition3.html

Yoko Ono website - click here: imaginepeace.com
A specific archive for this exhibit on Yoko's site: imaginepeace.com/news/archives/6745

Cecil Touchon website - click here: cecil.touchon.com

Yoko Ono receives the Lifetime Art Achievement Award at Venice Biennale 2009

Photo: ©2008 shanghaiist.com

Detailed info: imaginepeace.com/news/archives/6133

Emily Harvey Foundation Gallery - NY, NY (Sept. 2009)

©2009 Gary A. Bibb - Memento Mori: A Book About Death -
500 visual notations about life and death.

An international group of artists participate in an exhibition entitled: A Book About Death at the Emily Harvey Foundation Gallery (Sept. 10 - 22, 2009) www.emilyharveyfoundation.org

To view the on-line exhibition, click here: abookaboutdeath.net/

Memento Mori

©2009 Gary A. Bibb
Memento Mori: A Book About Death - page 500/500

Click here: garyabibbmemento.blogspot.com to view the collection.

A dedicated website listing follow-up exhibits of Memento Mori along with a collector's log is available here: garyabibbmemento2.blogspot.com

Fluxhibition #3 - University of Texas, Arlington (July 2009)

"Sapphire Box"
Found Object Sculpture
Gary A. Bibb ©2009



























"Vortextus"
Mixed Media Construction
Gary A. Bibb ©2009



Vortextus - vortext, vortextual. A spiraling process of the mind by which various concepts, and their corresponding terms, are contemplated until a concise idea is formulated.

Gary A. Bibb
 

This exhibition of international Fluxus Art is co-sponsored by the FluxMuseum - Ft Worth, TX.
Click here for the online exhibit: fluxmuseum.org/fluxhibition-3/fluxhibition3.html

Art News DFW article review - click here

Gary A. Bibb to Jury Art Exhibition

I'm pleased to announce that I've been retained by the faculty of the Community College of Aurora to be the sole juror of their Student Art Exhibit. The exhibition will be featured on campus May 2009.

A special thanks to all involved for this opportunity to assist in the mentoring process!

Gary A. Bibb - Art and essay in new exhibit book!

Exhibition:
Longview Museum of Fine Arts - Longview, TX - Spring 2009
Co-sponsored by The International Museum of Collage and Assemblage - Ft. Worth, TX

(First Edition available online at www.collagemuseum.com or www.lulu.com/content/6047891).

Artists were asked to make a work in honor of one of the artists that they consider as influential on their own development and to make an additional work in their own typical way of working. This international exhibition has participating artists from, Denmark, Italy, Portugal, Switzerland and the USA.


Essay excerpts from the Under The Influence book -

The Redemption of Rubbish

by Gary A. Bibb

"Utilizing found-object materials in the construction of Fine Art has long been regarded as visually and metaphorically viable. For nearly a century, artists have collected non-art objects with the intent of incorporating them within their compositions. The results have repeatedly proven that the creative process of selection, signification and organization can elevate even the most humble scraps of human detritus into beautiful, majestic forms ....

Incorporating collected items, along with various media and techniques, expands my visual vocabulary and adds an objective dimension to my art. Therefore, the ideas expressed are not merely limited to the realm of ethereal thought but also enter into the viewer’s tangible reality".

Primal Primate

 Vincent monkeyin' around! What he does best.

©2009 Gary A. Bibb


Remember the old adage? If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck and sounds like a duck - then it's probably a duck!

The same can be said about artists and other creative people. Not that you can always tell by the way we look or the clothes we ware, but rather because we are always going about being who we are. "Creatives" (regardless of their art form) have a heightened perception and tend to notice things most people are oblivious to - so we are always observing, listening, taking things in; and most of all, pondering. Contemplation is an important component of a creative person's life. We have to internalize all the sensory data we've been exposed to - we mentally catalog it and then try to make some sense of it all. No wonder we are often accused of "being in our own world".

In addition to our acute perception, we are also busy being creative. Most Creatives have diverse avenues of expression, so we are usually engaged in some form of artistic endeavor; whether it be art, music, literature, dance, theater - cinema, photography or a number of other forms. The point being - we have so much to say, we just can't hold it in.

If you are reading this post and don't consider yourself creative; I suspect you are more creative than you realize - most people are. You may not consider yourself an artist, musician or author but you may enjoy carpentry or home decorating - or perhaps singing in the shower, the car, or along with the congregation in church - or you may find that you really enjoy keeping in touch with loved ones via email, or that good old lost art of letter-writing. Regardless, most people gravitate to an artistic form of expression that satisfies a deep need. That is the human trait of giving a creative voice to the soul in a manner that touches another soul.

So the next time you do something creative, no matter how personal - rejoice in that expression. And, if you know someone who is a bit of a misfit because they are a "Creative" - tell them you appreciate their artistic gift; along with their sacrifice, dedication and effort. A hug would be nice as well.

Comments from a Creative -

Gary A. Bibb

Abstract Origins

"01-13-09" Mixed Media Assemblage
©2009 Gary A. Bibb
garyabibb.blogspot.com

Although I wasn't cognisant of it when I was working on this piece, upon further review, there is a correlation between the imagery and the early origins of abstraction. Once again, it reveals the role of an artist's subconscious input and the universal, trans-generational, trans-cultural language of human expression.

Gary A. Bibb

(Note - To those interested, I started with a smooth surface and built layer upon layer to achieve the textural effects in this piece of art.)

Ancient Abstract Artifact

Image: �SCIENCE, 2002

"For all the attributes that humans share with other animals, there is a trait that clearly sets us apart: our reliance on symbolism. Exactly where and when in our lineage this and other aspects of modern human behavior emerged, however, have proved difficult to pinpoint. Now new findings may help to close that gap. According to a report published online ... by the journal Science, excavations at a South African cave site have turned up two pieces of ochre bearing symbolic engravings that date back ... to the so-called Middle Stone Age (MSA)".

"Ochre, a form of iron ore, appears relatively frequently among the scraps of culture left behind by our Stone Age predecessors.... But the newly discovered pieces bear unequivocal signs of use as symbolic objects. Christopher S. Henshilwood of the Iziko Museums of Cape Town and his colleagues report that both specimens bear cross-hatched markings that appear to have been produced through a deliberate sequence of choices".

"'The Blombos Cave motifs suggest arbitrary conventions unrelated to reality-based cognition ... and they may have been constructed with symbolic intent, the meaning of which is now unknown' the authors note. 'These finds demonstrate that ochre use in the MSA was not exclusively utilitarian and arguably, the transmission and sharing of the meaning of the engravings relied on fully syntactical language.'"

Ancient Engravings Push Back Origin Of Abstract Thought, Kate Wong, www.sciam.com, January 11, 2002

Origin of Abstract Images

"All Knotted Up"
Encaustic Collage
©2009 SM Gibbons


SM Gibbons had some interesting comments about tracing abstract imagery to the simplified cave art of early man as well as other "primitive" cultures (by Western standards). No doubt abstracted images have long been a part of mankind's desire/compulsion to express/communicate ideas.

Thanks for the input!

Check out some of SM Gibbons' art and commentary - smgibbons.blogspot.com

Ahhh... Amore' - Vincent's Valentine

Hello Ladies!

Vincent Gets Personal

Up-close and personal!!!

Abstract Art - Passe'?

Vincent was browsing the web and asked a provoking question: Is abstract/non-objective art passe'? Has that form of pictorial imagery already been explored to the point where there is nothing more to say?

Hmmmm. I replied with another question: Has realism been fully explored? If so, why has neo-realism and its variations remained attractive to contemporary curators? Hasn't realism in one form or another been considered valid for several thousand years?

Abstract Fine Art has only existed for 100 years; which is roughly 3 or 4 generations. How could it possibly be exhausted as a viable language? We have only begun to explore the depths of abstract imagery and its effectiveness as a form to express the human condition.

Gary A. Bibb