Ari Lankin Time Lapse Painting, Oil on Canvas from Ari Lankin on Vimeo.

This is one of my latest paintings completed for the upcoming show.  I captured its process with this time lapse video.  You will see me in the frame in the beginning to get a feel for how I work.  Later in the video I focus just on the painting so you can see the painting morph before your eyes.

You can see this painting and others in person on May 22nd at the opening gala for Painting Resurrected.  The show will also feature the work of BORBAY, and Jeremy Penn.

Show Details – May 22, 2010, 6-9PM, 393 Broadway, 3rd Floor, New York NY

SUPERNATURAL EVENT: PAINTING RISES FROM THE GRAVE ON MAY 22, 2010

NEW YORK, NY–Many listless art critics have glibly declared: “painting is dead.” Another offered $10,000 for proof of expiration. On Saturday, May 22, 2010, BORBAY, Jeremy Penn and Ari Lankin offer evidence to the contrary. Opening for one-night-only in TriBeCa, Painting Resurrected will exhume eighteen contrasting paintings, supernaturally confirming – the demise of painting has been greatly exaggerated. Myths will be shattered, precedents will be set and cocktails will be served.

Find out more on the official event site, and RSVP on Facebook.

Location: 393 Broadway, 3^rd Floor, New York, NY 10013 | TriBeCa

Date: Opening Gala: Saturday, May 22^nd, 2010 | 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM; Private Viewings by Appointment: Sunday May 23^rd, 2010 – Tuesday May 25^th, 2010

Admittance: Open to the public

About Jeremy Penn

Jeremy Penn was born in 1979 in New York and studied Fine Art at both the University of Maryland and Pratt Institute. Penn’s paintings are best known for using color to elicit an emotional response. His works have been exhibited internationally and have gained acclaim from curators at museums such as The Museum of Modern Art, New York and The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. In 2009, Penn was honored as the “Featured Artist” for New York’s first Freedom Week. In 2010, Penn’s art was awarded both ASFD’s Pinnacle Award and the ADEX Gold Medal. His works have been prized by notable collectors, including the Crown Prince of Dubai. Energized by the caprices of popular culture, Penn’s recent work explores the evolution of celebrity.

About Ari Lankin

Ari Lankin was born in the suburbs of Philadelphia in 1980. He received his BFA in Painting and Economics from Brandies University. Although a wide traveler and avid road tripper, it is Manhattan that has been his home and inspiration as an artist, fueling his investigative and intuitive approach to painting. His concerns with systems, dreams, chaos and order, realities, and relational flow can be read in his work. The flux of these influences affords multiple interpretations, and allow for both moments of recognition and uncertainty. Ultimately he is concerned with risk taking, wisdom, process and chance rather than emulating a preconceived final image.

About BORBAY

Voted Time Out New York’s Most Creative New Yorker in 2009, Upper East Side artist BORBAY has painted famed landmarks around the world. On display will be BORBAY’s collage paintings, comprised of New York Post headlines and layer upon layer of acrylic paint. Driven to capture the actuality of society, this series visually displays the paradox of love, lust, murder, sex, sports, betrayal, triumph, religion, rape and politics in one place… concepts any person reading a daily newspaper will see juxtaposed without a second thought. His works have been acquired for private and corporate collections around the world.

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Contact: Jason Borbay | info@paintingsresurrected.com | Phone Number Provided Via Email

I will be performing in this on Monday, April 19th. A concept from the mind of Rory Scholl, ARTPROV combines creativity from varying disciplines into one big show. Join me and the crew of Artprov this upcoming Monday for a night of improv hilarity, live music, and yours truly painting. I will be wildin’ out on the canvas for the duration of the show. When the improv stops, I stop. The interesting part is they will be doing improv skits based on my paintings that they have never seen before, and I will be painting something inspired by their improv.

From the creator of Artprov:
Artprov brings artists from different mediums together to inspire each other to create new works of art. On Monday, April 19, the improv troupe Creative Outlets (with MAC award winning comics from Broadways Next Hit Musical, BTK Band and Chicago City Limits) will perform scenes based around artist Ari Lankin’s pieces. In turn, Ari will paint a new piece based on the scenes based on his paintings. Circle of life sort of thing…

Guest Artist: Ari Lankin
Cast: Debbie Rabbai, Jeff Scherer, Rory Scholl, Ann Scobie, Greg Triggs
Pianist: Eric March

Date:
Monday, April 19, 2010
Time:
8:00pm – 9:00pm
Location:
The Peoples Improv Theater
Street:
154 w 29th Click here for map

Click here to buy tickets in advance here for $5

ENIGMATICA from Kit Webster on Vimeo.

I just saw Kit Webster’s work online (thanks to Adrienne Adar) and felt it was worthy of a post.  He is a self-described “new media installation and composer,” from Melbourne.  His work harmoniously utilizes space, light, and sound. It’s a liquid, spatial, psychedelic soup held together with a geometric backbone. Can’t wait to experience it in person. Tickles the brain via the eye.  A wonderful exploration of synesthesia and new media.  The Bauhaus is smiling and so am I.

Morphology – (an earlier work)

MORPHOLOGY from Kit Webster on Vimeo.

I entered the path of faces at about number 1,860. I knew this because Felix Morelo was kind enough to write the number and his name every 10 faces. Every once in a while he circled an area and designated it a “good luck spot.” Check out the pictures for the good luck spot after face 1,205 and other numerical milestones. Come to think of it I even saw them somewhere else earlier in the day, but was in too much of a hurry filming with Seamus Brown to stop and photograph them.

After the film shoot I hurried over to Cheim and Read for a glorious viewing of Donald Baechler’s most recent work. The work was sexy, refreshing, and bold. Huge layered/collaged paintings and epic bronze metal sculptures. I should probably write another blog post just on that show. Go check it out!

Thanks Felix.

Ripped into this sucker for an average of 10 hours per day for a week straight. I wasn’t always rolling the camera. 1 picture every 30 seconds; 24 pictures for every second of film.  The still image is from my cell phone, and not the finished image.  High res final painting will be posted in the near future.

It’s great when you hear about an artist, look them up, and then are totally into the work. I just formally met the late (1930-1999) Lee Lozano via the world wide web. I was particularly interested with this image. I want to thank a kind curator for suggesting I take a look after I showed her some of my recent plug paintings.

Lee Lozano
Untitled
1963
Picture courtesy of artnet.com