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 Kate Breakey: Recent Work / Stephen L. Clark Gallery / Breakey's hand-colored photographs of flora and fauna are back. Her exuberantly colored and wildly popular large (32" x 32") prints are limited to editions of 10. These are a continuation of her Small Deaths series, discussed in the book Small Deaths: Photographs by Kate Breakey with an introduction by A. D. Coleman, which is also available for purchase. Also now on view are smaller works depicting still lifes, including items such as lemons, apples, a Chinese bowl, and fish. Clark says they were inspired by a trip to European museums and are homages to masters including Rembrandt, Manet, Zurbaran and other artists including, Austin's own, Will Klemm. Since 1980, Breakey's photography has appeared in over thirty one-woman exhibitions and in over thirty group exhibitions in the United States, Australia, Japan, and France. It is also held in numerous public collections, including the San Diego Museum of Photographic Arts, the Houston Museum of Fine Arts, the Center for Creative Photography, Tucson, Arizona, the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center at the University of Texas at Austin, the Australian National Gallery, the Art Gallery of New South Wales, and the Art Gallery of South Australia, as well as various private collections. Breakey lives and works in Tucson, Arizona. |
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Migration Uno / May 27 - July 2, 2005 Gallery Shoal Creek and new neighbor Vin Gallery have teamed up to present an ambitious exhibition uniting the work of artists René Alvarado, Sandra Fernández, Ana Fuentes and Gustavo Torres. Alvarado and Fuentes paint; Torres casts bronze sculptures; and Fernández makes mixed media works, combining photography and materials like basketry and weaving. In the exhibition Migration Uno, the viewer is encouraged to explore ideas about why these artists (and others) migrate, geographically and artistically. Of course there are both practical and personal reasons behind these artists' moves. Alvarado, Fuentes and Torres left Mexico in search of artistic freedom and opportunity, while Fernandez fled Ecuador to avoid political persecution. Collectively, their work displays similar themes. Throughout, deep feelings of nostalgia, familial ties, and connections to place are evoked. Yet each artist's work is also highly individual. They have their own very personal stories to tell, which inform their chosen mediums, the imagery and symbolism they employ, as well as how they think about and relate to where they came from, and where they are going.
Bruce Tinch: New Work / May 14 - July 2, 2005 Paintings by Bruce Tinch are highlighted this summer at f8 Gallery. In addition to an M.F.A. from Southern Methodist University, Tinch has had a successful career in private art consulting. He has advised Willie Nelson, Reba McIntyre and Trammel Crow on their art collections Currently being presented is his latest series Living Colors as well as five new works from his Nova series. His paintings are often abstract, colorful and geometrically influenced. They focus on exploring the painting's surface qualities and its possibilities. Tinch achieves weathered textural effects reminiscent of aging phenomena seen in nature. In 1996, Lady Bird Johnson became interested in Tinch's painting while completing her new National Wildflower Research Center in Austin, Texas. Tinch was awarded the distinguished honor of representing the National Wildflower Research Center for all the graphic communications and merchandising materials. He donated all rights and proceeds back to the center In addition to the Tinch exhibition, Richard D. Griffin's photography is on view at f8. 
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