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!