“Impossible Bottles” |
A group exhibition curated by Eric Medine
Opening Reception: Saturday, December 12th, 7-9pm
Gallery hours: by appointment.
PROJECT ROOM G3
Phone: 310.465.8135
www.projectroomg3.com
3601 South Gaffey Street, #G3, San Pedro, California 90731
Project Room G3 is pleased to invite you to “Impossible Bottles”, a group exhibition featuring work by Ralph Barton, Michael Brunswick, Jeff Foye, Justin Long, Captain Lincoln F. Sternn, and Rob Holland.
About the exhibition:
A “ship in a bottle” is a subset of the mechanical puzzle type known as “impossible bottles”. Such bottles are puzzles that are solved by a shift in perspective rather than the manipulation of a physical configuration.
The “ship in a bottle” is an odd duck of an art object, one that shares characteristics with many different traditional forms of craft and fine art, but ultimately has a function that places it outside the traditional location of art– that of the game or magic trick. An exhibition of interpretations of such “impossible bottles” has the potential to be another magic trick, that of localizing a shifty and slippery place, putting a round hole in a square peg.
About the Artists:
Justin Long: justinhlong.com
Justin Long was born into the sun and ocean of Miami, FL. His passion for the tropical waters of the Caribbean have summoned him home after CalArts MFA program. Being raised in a motorcycle shop, and a lifetime of working on boats and other vehicles, enable Justin to engineer and build all of his own work.
"Paradise in a Bottle", Justin Long, 2007, plastic bottle and poster board, 3"x10"x3"
Michael Brunswick: www.MichaelBrunswick.com
“I am a Canadian artist based in Los Angeles. My technique, process and the manner in which I endeavor to control paint are intended to absorb and reflect light creating movement and depth within my paintings, to draw the viewer’s attention to an ever evolving experience.”
"Pirate Ship in a Bottle", 2009, Michael Brunswick
Jeff Foye: www.Jeff Foye.com
“I could blame my fanatical love of movies on my parents, who fed me a steady diet of cinema, but the fact is, I ate it up. And now, as an artist I spit it out, reveling in the ubiquitous mediation of cinema while at the same time showing the seams of its construction — and for that matter, playing with and combining a variety of socially constructed forms that we take so much for granted.
My work takes the form of ambient and documentary videos, installation, and social practice performance. Through foregrounding the mediation always already present in many social situations I create spaces that invite investigation and dialogue while maintaining a healthy sense of play. The medicine of my work is always sugarcoated.
My goal is to develop a sustainable practice so I may continue to participate in the dialogue of art and greater dialogues of culture outside the confines of art. The dominant model I see to achieve this lies in alternative funding sources and an academic position from which to make my work independent of the concerns of gallery sales.”
"Rubik Bottle", Captin Lincoln F. Sternn, 2009
Captain Lincoln F. Sternn is considered “part Han Solo, part James Garner from The Great Escape“.
Ralph Barton (born August 14, 1891, Kansas City, Missouri, died May 19, 1931, New York City, New York) was an American artist best known for his cartoons and caricatures of actors and other celebrities. Though his work was heavily in demand through the 1920s and is often considered to epitomize the era, his personal life was troubled by mental illness.
“Treaure Me Map, Dude!” 2009, Ralph Barton