Press Release – CHANDLER, AZ
For more information contact Yvonne Villareal-Torres at 480-782-2695
For the 2015 – 2016 Visual Arts Gallery Season
September 4 – October 30, 2015
Opening Reception Saturday, September 5, 2015 2 – 4 PM
BLOW UP explores the imaginative ways that artists use air as a tool for creating
large-scale sculpture and includes imagery that is figurative and abstract.
Accessible, yet rich with meaning, these pieces use perception of space to
open a dialogue about pop culture and social norms.
Organized for the Lesher Center for the Arts by the Bedford Gallery Curator
Carrie Lederer, BLOW UP features several large-scale artworks by a diverse roster
of internationally renowned artists. “Inflatable structures connote fun and
whimsy, and challenge our everyday, feet-on-the-ground perspective. The show
creates a spectacular, immersive environment and taps into our fascination with
inflatables with artworks that are surreal, humorous and poetic,” says Lederer.
BLOW UP Artists include: Claire Ashley (Chicago, IL), Lee Boroson (Brooklyn, NY),
Lewis deSoto (Napa, CA and New York, NY), Patrick Flibotte (Brooklyn, NY), Billie
G. Lynn (Miami, FL), Guy Overfelt (San Francisco, CA), Momoyo Torimitsu (New
York, NY), BLOW UP will also include a video component featuring
documentation of inflatable works by Christo (New York, NY) and JeanneClaude (1935-2009) and Joshua Allen Harris (New York, NY).
BLOW UP will open at the Vision Gallery on Saturday September 5, 2015
What: BLOW UP! An Exhibition of Inflatable Art
Where: Vision Gallery, 10 East Chicago Street, Chandler AZ 85225
When: January 15 – March 5, 2016
Opening Reception: Saturday, September 5, 2015 2 – 4 PM
More information: Yvonne Villareal-Torres at 480-782-2695
Sample images available on request.
BLOW UP National Tour: Bedford
Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA
Vision Gallery, Chandler, AZ
Huntsville Museum of Art,
Huntsville, AL
Schneider Museum of Art,
Ashland, OR
Benton Museum of Art at
UCONN, Storrs, CT
Elmhurst Art Museum, Elmhurst, IL
Muskegon Museum of Art,
Muskegon, MI
Loveland Museum, Loveland,
CO
April 26 – June 21, 2015
September 5 – Oct. 30, 2015
December 1, 2015 – January 31,
2016
March 1 – May 1, 2016
June 1 – July 31, 2016
September 1, 2016 – January 29,
2017
March 1 – April 30, 2017
June 1 – August 20, 2017
More information: Yvonne Villareal-Torres at 480-782-2695
Sample images available on request.
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