Feathers as in feather pillows--but not made into a mattress of a bed...
And Lemons as in lemon the fruit--but not just lemonade...
(photo credit: Wiki - lemon)
No--there are mattresses like look like pills...
And lemons that are sliced, made into lemonade & then sewed back together...
Such is the art or is it performance art of Stephanie Patton...
See her art at AcA - at least the feathers & the lemons...
And heard her speak at Freetown Studios tonight, before the lightening started flashing...
(photo credit: Freetown Studios invite, smart phone photo of)
Link to Freetown Studios - Thank you Susan David...
http://freetownstudios.org/
Link to AcA...
http://acadianacenterforthearts.org/At-The-Center
(Stephanie's pieces are in the Southern Open 2012 - in the main gallery & also in the lobby to the right of the main desk on the wall by the elevators...)
"The AcA is excited to announce the artists that will participate for Southern Open 2012. Seventy-five pieces of art created by 31 artists will be showcased in the Main Gallery.
The Southern Open is a competitive juried exhibition featuring artists from the 5 southern states of Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida. Taking place in the Main Gallery at the AcA, Southern Open 2012 includes all types of original media: painting, drawing, sculpture, installation, photography and video/DVD provided by visual artists over the age of 18.
Congratulations to the following artists who have been selected to participate!
Southern Open 2012:
Chad Aldridge, Richard Armendariz, David Armentor, M R Barry, Kathy Baus, Heather Bause, Joe Bennett, David Bogus, Sesthasak Boonchai, Matthew Broussard, Shanna Dantonio, Lee Deigaard, Keith Dorwick, Troy Dugas, Kurt Dyrhaug, Terry Grow, Sandria Hu, Weston Lambert, Colin Miller, Emee Morgan, Stephanie Patton, Pat Phillips, Alex Podesta, Akasha Rabut, Alice Raymond, Gregory Reuter, Cynthia Scott, Trish Simonite, Brian St Cyr, David Sullivan, Jonathan Vaughan
Each year the AcA curator chooses a single juror who then selects which artwork will be included in the Southern Open. This year, juror Rene Barilleaux, Chief Curator and Curator of Art after 1945 at the Mcnay Art Museum in San Antonio, Texas, sifted through 750 pieces of artwork submitted by over 150 artists to select the finalists.
During a reception being held on May 12 during the May ArtWalk, a juror's pick of $1,000 and two $500 honorable mentions will be announced. The artist receiving the juror's pick will also receive a solo exhibition as part of the AcA Side Gallery Series during May 2013."
Blue Pill
Dream
Link to YouTube to see her - Stephanie (that's her)/Dream video in amongst the feathers singing...
http://youtu.be/NLoo4BEd5FI
(it looks like to me that Reggie filmed this while visiting the General Hospital art installation at The Front in NOLA - if I were to guess, as there are voices in the background of people in the gallery space...maybe he should try this again at AcA when nobody's around in the main gallery--hint, hint... Link to Reggie Michael Rodrigue's Art Blog - he's from Lafayette, LA: http://louisianaesthetic.com/ )
Friends Forever
Heal
Link to her webpage...
http://www.stephaniepatton.com/
Taking special note of what I like most from her presentation at Freetown Studios - on her webpage also - these two items...
Navigation
a photo of herself on the right in a white shirt resembling school uniforms
and of a younger self on the left (which we were told is her niece I think, who is said to look a lot like the artist when she was that young...) also in a white shirt that could be very well a school uniform shirt...
the backdrop for the photo, a piece in the vinyl she sews & stuffs with batting, one such piece in particular she calls Protection...
Diffuse
a video - in full perhaps 17 min's, I think she said, but in brief a clip at a few minutes...
of the artist in white plastic shoes, bought at Sears was it, walking on egg shells - could only imagine the time it took to construct the backdrop for this & then to film it, which she did her self in a most ingenious fashion... (something along the lines of necessicity being the mother of invention kind of storyline...)
And made out of the idea of "walking on egg shells" - when dealing with certain people... how many times have we heard that & never come to the same conclusion as this piece, as she says there is humor in it, I think perhaps humor is her muse - but in the way to deal with the pain, as laughter being the best medicine kind of idea is...
Link to The Front...
http://www.nolafront.org/pages/artistframeset.htm
Link to The Front - Stephanie Patton...
http://www.nolafront.org/pages/artistframeset.htm
When you click on Stephanie Patton's name up come 2 videos/video clips you can watch of hers, 1st starts with a painting of a reclining leather sofa like in a living room - called Relocation Beige & then 2nd is the 'walking on egg shells' - called Diffuse...
After that a photo of "Life Saver" installation - with Diffuse in the background & the bronzed comfortable shoes of her Grandmother in the foreground (done by a company that I'm sure does baby shoe bronzing, back when that use to be something to do - then came a time when they were made into photo frame stands or ashtrays...)
Ending with a series of photos you can click on to enlarge--she did I notice show us her Olympia...
(would copy the photos off the webpage, but am always worried with artist's am I allowed? so just go see the fun for yourself...)
Link to a YouTube about The Front & Stephanie Patton is in it...
http://youtu.be/ePMoVCceU8E
(see if you can spot her--not the little 4 legged furry one with the horns mind you?!)
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