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Perihelion Arts
Presents
Two Solo Exhibitions:
RACHEL BESS
"Divining Nature"-
(new paintings and drawings)
and an exhibit of paintings by
CHRIS MARS
Opening Reception
First Friday, May 1, 2009
6-10 p.m.
Third Friday Reception
May 15, 2009
6-10 p.m.
VIEW THE SHOW ONLINE AT
WWW.PERIHELIONARTS.COM
Part of Artlink's Monthly First Fridays Art Walk
About Chris Mars:
Chris Mars is a Minneapolis-based artist whose work is included in numerous public collections including The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, The Longview Museum of Art, The Tweed Museum, Erie Art Museum and The Minnesota History Center. His debut monograph TOLERANCE, a green a fair-trade book, was released in September by Billy Shire Fine Arts Press/Last Gasp Publishing. View work and learn more at: www.chrismarspublishing.com
Artist Statement
I learned it first from my Brother. He didn't teach me; I watched it. They will pin a word on your chest and use it against you. They will create a word that's excuse to take your humanity away. I saw it happen to him.
And everyday, this: A word to make you serve, and one to make you grateful for it. There is a label out there just for you. This will make you easier to categorize, and sell to. There is a word for the man next to you that makes you comfortable with the fact that you have so much more than he does. There is a word for you that tells you what to settle for.
There are the voiceless, who cannot speak for themselves. These are the easiest ones to shrink down. There are words for the non-conformers, simple words that can be quickly acknowledged by those that buy in. Crazy. Faggot. Gang. Rich. One is sinful, one is lazy, one is violent by nature and one is always, always good enough.
It's such a precious thing that no one wants you to have it. You can't be trusted with it. It's such a delicate thing that it turns to something different in different hands. They might bury it but you can dig it up. You are strong enough for the Truth.
From my hands, my mission: To free the oppressed; to champion the persecuted, and the submissive; to liberate through revelation the actualized Self in those proposed by some to have no self at all. It's in every single one of us, somewhere underneath that word on our chest.
In my hands, my version: All art is political in some sense, be it through conformity, reflection, propaganda or rebellion. My paintings are rallies and trials, photographs of a moment when Truth was made public, and Mercy known.
Question why a villain is villainized, a victim martyred. Ask why a group is demonized, and the motives for control. See for yourself what the truth looks like in your hands. Dig it up and hold it for a while.
This work you see, it's my Truth. But please don't take my word for it.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
Museum Exhibitions, Solo
2010 Erie Art Museum, Erie PA
2009 The Phipps Center for the Arts, Hudson, WI
2009 Longview Museum of Fine Arts, Longview, TX
2005 Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MN
2004 Erie Art Museum, Erie, PA
2000 Steensland Art Museum, Northfield, MN
Museum Exhibitions, Group
2008 Ruby Green Contemporary Art Space, Nashville, TN
2008 Mesa Contemporary Art, Mesa, AZ
2008 Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA
2007 Haas Fine Art Center, Eau Claire, WI
2006 Art Center South Florida, Miami Beach, FL
2006 Longview Museum of Fine Arts, Longview, TX
2002 American Visionary Art Museum, Baltimore, MD
2001 Frederick Weisman Art Museum, Minneapolis, MN
2000 Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MN
Other Solo Exhibitions (Abridged)
2009 Billy Shire Fine Arts, Los Angeles, CA
2008 Billy Shire Fine Arts, Los Angeles, CA
2007 Jonathan LeVine Gallery, New York, NY
2006 Billy Shire Fine Arts, Los Angeles, CA
2006 Jonathan LeVine Gallery, New York, NY
2005 Copro Nason Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2004 Kelly Rae Theiss Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
2003 Fuse Gallery, New York, NY
2003 Tin Man Alley, Philadelphia, PA
2002 Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
2001 Cocker Bell College, Hartsville, SC
2001 Swizzle Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2000 Macalester College, St. Paul, MN
2000 St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, MN
2000 University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
Public Collections
Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Longview (Texas) Museum of Fine Arts
Erie Art Museum (Pennsylvania)
Tweed Museum of Art (University of Minnesota, Duluth)
Minnesota History Center (St. Paul)
About Rachel Bess:
Artist Statement
My paintings portray a scene as though you are looking though a peephole and you may be looking at some type of sacred event that contains a touch of the surreal. Instead of the usual images in sacred paintings I use elements from the natural world, often elevating them to the focal point of the scene and either altering or entirely replacing traditional iconography. The paintings contain this scientific element because of my deep love for biology, botany and natural history. These bits of the sciences carry a thread throughout my work about people's desire to understand and manipulate the world around them. I believe this desire can be explained by the thought that if people can control other aspects of nature, then maybe they have a shot at controlling the heavy hand of natural fate and overcoming what nature eventually has in store for all of us.
www.rachelbess.com
Education
B.F.A. in Painting from the Barrett Honors College at Arizona State University, 2001.
Selected Recent Solo/Duo Shows
2008
Central Arizona College, Casa Grande, Arizona.
CattleTrack Arts Compound, Scottsdale, Arizona.
2007
Trinity Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
2006
Modified Gallery, Phoenix, Arizona.
2005
Casa Grande Museum of Art, Casa Grande, Arizona.
Selected Recent Group Shows
2008
Art Fair 21 Cologne, Germany with Perihelion Arts
Crimes on Canvas, Hard Rock Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada
Transgression, Last Rites Gallery, New York, New York
The Museum Show, M Modern Gallery, Palm Springs, California
Nine, Modified Gallery, Phoenix, Arizona
2007
Bridge Fair with Perihelion Arts Gallery, Miami, Florida
Molten Brothers Deck Show Braggs Pie Factory, Phoenix, Arizona
Chaos Theory 8 Legend City, Phoenix, Arizona
Carnaval! Rio di Oba ASU Art Museum, Tempe, Arizona.
2006
Annual Group Drawing Show, Perihelion Gallery, Phoenix, Arizona.
Chaos Theory 7, Legend City, Phoenix, Arizona.
Saints and Sirens, Blue Space Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri.
Group Show, Chocolate Factory, Phoenix, Arizona.
2005
Chaos Theory 6, Legend City, Phoenix, Arizona.
Non Compos Mentis, Blue Space Gallery, Los Angeles, California. Curated by Perihelion Arts.
Selected Publications
944 Magazine, April 2008, writer Mindy Lee
Stretching Canvas Magazine (First Issue!), January 2008, writer Amy Young
Phoenix New Times, "Best of Phoenix" 2007
Phoenix Magazine, October 2007
Desert Living Magazine, March 2007
Phoenix New Times, November 2006, writer Clay McNear
Kansas City Star, September 21, 2006, writer Alex Schubert
Present Magazine, September 2006, writer Pete Dulin
Phoenix New Times (Cover Story), August 2004, writer Ashlea Deahl
Arizona Republic, January 21, 2002, writer John Villani
Art Papers Magazine, May/June Issue 2002, writer Kurt von Behrmann
Teaching
2001-2007: Drawing Instructor at New School for the Arts, Tempe, Arizona
Grants
Arizona Commission on the Arts Career Development Grant
Contemporary Forum Materials Grant
Phoenix Office of Arts and Culture Career Development Grant
Presents
Two Solo Exhibitions:
RACHEL BESS
"Divining Nature"-
(new paintings and drawings)
and an exhibit of paintings by
CHRIS MARS
Opening Reception
First Friday, May 1, 2009
6-10 p.m.
Third Friday Reception
May 15, 2009
6-10 p.m.
VIEW THE SHOW ONLINE AT
WWW.PERIHELIONARTS.COM
Part of Artlink's Monthly First Fridays Art Walk
About Chris Mars:
Chris Mars is a Minneapolis-based artist whose work is included in numerous public collections including The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, The Longview Museum of Art, The Tweed Museum, Erie Art Museum and The Minnesota History Center. His debut monograph TOLERANCE, a green a fair-trade book, was released in September by Billy Shire Fine Arts Press/Last Gasp Publishing. View work and learn more at: www.chrismarspublishing.com
Artist Statement
I learned it first from my Brother. He didn't teach me; I watched it. They will pin a word on your chest and use it against you. They will create a word that's excuse to take your humanity away. I saw it happen to him.
And everyday, this: A word to make you serve, and one to make you grateful for it. There is a label out there just for you. This will make you easier to categorize, and sell to. There is a word for the man next to you that makes you comfortable with the fact that you have so much more than he does. There is a word for you that tells you what to settle for.
There are the voiceless, who cannot speak for themselves. These are the easiest ones to shrink down. There are words for the non-conformers, simple words that can be quickly acknowledged by those that buy in. Crazy. Faggot. Gang. Rich. One is sinful, one is lazy, one is violent by nature and one is always, always good enough.
It's such a precious thing that no one wants you to have it. You can't be trusted with it. It's such a delicate thing that it turns to something different in different hands. They might bury it but you can dig it up. You are strong enough for the Truth.
From my hands, my mission: To free the oppressed; to champion the persecuted, and the submissive; to liberate through revelation the actualized Self in those proposed by some to have no self at all. It's in every single one of us, somewhere underneath that word on our chest.
In my hands, my version: All art is political in some sense, be it through conformity, reflection, propaganda or rebellion. My paintings are rallies and trials, photographs of a moment when Truth was made public, and Mercy known.
Question why a villain is villainized, a victim martyred. Ask why a group is demonized, and the motives for control. See for yourself what the truth looks like in your hands. Dig it up and hold it for a while.
This work you see, it's my Truth. But please don't take my word for it.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
Museum Exhibitions, Solo
2010 Erie Art Museum, Erie PA
2009 The Phipps Center for the Arts, Hudson, WI
2009 Longview Museum of Fine Arts, Longview, TX
2005 Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MN
2004 Erie Art Museum, Erie, PA
2000 Steensland Art Museum, Northfield, MN
Museum Exhibitions, Group
2008 Ruby Green Contemporary Art Space, Nashville, TN
2008 Mesa Contemporary Art, Mesa, AZ
2008 Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA
2007 Haas Fine Art Center, Eau Claire, WI
2006 Art Center South Florida, Miami Beach, FL
2006 Longview Museum of Fine Arts, Longview, TX
2002 American Visionary Art Museum, Baltimore, MD
2001 Frederick Weisman Art Museum, Minneapolis, MN
2000 Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MN
Other Solo Exhibitions (Abridged)
2009 Billy Shire Fine Arts, Los Angeles, CA
2008 Billy Shire Fine Arts, Los Angeles, CA
2007 Jonathan LeVine Gallery, New York, NY
2006 Billy Shire Fine Arts, Los Angeles, CA
2006 Jonathan LeVine Gallery, New York, NY
2005 Copro Nason Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2004 Kelly Rae Theiss Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
2003 Fuse Gallery, New York, NY
2003 Tin Man Alley, Philadelphia, PA
2002 Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
2001 Cocker Bell College, Hartsville, SC
2001 Swizzle Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2000 Macalester College, St. Paul, MN
2000 St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, MN
2000 University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
Public Collections
Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Longview (Texas) Museum of Fine Arts
Erie Art Museum (Pennsylvania)
Tweed Museum of Art (University of Minnesota, Duluth)
Minnesota History Center (St. Paul)
About Rachel Bess:
Artist Statement
My paintings portray a scene as though you are looking though a peephole and you may be looking at some type of sacred event that contains a touch of the surreal. Instead of the usual images in sacred paintings I use elements from the natural world, often elevating them to the focal point of the scene and either altering or entirely replacing traditional iconography. The paintings contain this scientific element because of my deep love for biology, botany and natural history. These bits of the sciences carry a thread throughout my work about people's desire to understand and manipulate the world around them. I believe this desire can be explained by the thought that if people can control other aspects of nature, then maybe they have a shot at controlling the heavy hand of natural fate and overcoming what nature eventually has in store for all of us.
www.rachelbess.com
Education
B.F.A. in Painting from the Barrett Honors College at Arizona State University, 2001.
Selected Recent Solo/Duo Shows
2008
Central Arizona College, Casa Grande, Arizona.
CattleTrack Arts Compound, Scottsdale, Arizona.
2007
Trinity Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
2006
Modified Gallery, Phoenix, Arizona.
2005
Casa Grande Museum of Art, Casa Grande, Arizona.
Selected Recent Group Shows
2008
Art Fair 21 Cologne, Germany with Perihelion Arts
Crimes on Canvas, Hard Rock Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada
Transgression, Last Rites Gallery, New York, New York
The Museum Show, M Modern Gallery, Palm Springs, California
Nine, Modified Gallery, Phoenix, Arizona
2007
Bridge Fair with Perihelion Arts Gallery, Miami, Florida
Molten Brothers Deck Show Braggs Pie Factory, Phoenix, Arizona
Chaos Theory 8 Legend City, Phoenix, Arizona
Carnaval! Rio di Oba ASU Art Museum, Tempe, Arizona.
2006
Annual Group Drawing Show, Perihelion Gallery, Phoenix, Arizona.
Chaos Theory 7, Legend City, Phoenix, Arizona.
Saints and Sirens, Blue Space Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri.
Group Show, Chocolate Factory, Phoenix, Arizona.
2005
Chaos Theory 6, Legend City, Phoenix, Arizona.
Non Compos Mentis, Blue Space Gallery, Los Angeles, California. Curated by Perihelion Arts.
Selected Publications
944 Magazine, April 2008, writer Mindy Lee
Stretching Canvas Magazine (First Issue!), January 2008, writer Amy Young
Phoenix New Times, "Best of Phoenix" 2007
Phoenix Magazine, October 2007
Desert Living Magazine, March 2007
Phoenix New Times, November 2006, writer Clay McNear
Kansas City Star, September 21, 2006, writer Alex Schubert
Present Magazine, September 2006, writer Pete Dulin
Phoenix New Times (Cover Story), August 2004, writer Ashlea Deahl
Arizona Republic, January 21, 2002, writer John Villani
Art Papers Magazine, May/June Issue 2002, writer Kurt von Behrmann
Teaching
2001-2007: Drawing Instructor at New School for the Arts, Tempe, Arizona
Grants
Arizona Commission on the Arts Career Development Grant
Contemporary Forum Materials Grant
Phoenix Office of Arts and Culture Career Development Grant