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SUMMARY:pLopLop Vol. 14 Submission Form
DESCRIPTION:Are you a writer? Have something to say? Want to put it in print? Submit your work to PLopLop! 100 word limit. Submissions are due by August 1.\npLOpLop is an “Antholozine” of Poetry\, Prose and Artwork published by Indianapolis\, IN based visual artist\, Big Car co-founder and writer John Clark since 1992.\npLopLop has published the work of writers like Kurt Vonnegut\, Charles Bukowski\, Jack Kerouac\, Fielding Dawson\, Eileen Myles\, Gerald Locklin and more.\nInfluences: Surrealism\, Dada\, Henry Miller\, Patchen\, lo-fi indie rock\, DIY activities\, indie publishers and bookshops\, British Invasion\, mimeo-revolution\, underground writers\, garage rock and improvisation.
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SUMMARY:Drea Cofield: All At Once
DESCRIPTION:Alla prima is the Italian term for the material technique of wet on wet painting\, and literally translates to “at the first”\, but I prefer to read “all at once” as it denotes a kind of urgent submission to the sensorial subject that parallels the sublimation of my more libidinal imagery into the touch of the landscape. Like a lover lost in the realms of desire\, a pendulous breast or glistening ass becomes the wet slip of a brushstroke\, the resonant touch of two tones\, and other things unnameable. How does a stand of trees relate to the figure? How does the midday sun relate to my state of mind? Temperature and speed become tantamount in the lived moment as I try to consume everything with my eyes. Less time to think for more time to feel the shifting light and twining trees mirrored in the creek. Most of the paintings in this body of work were created in one sitting. \nAbout the artist \nDrea Cofield is an artist currently working between Indianapolis\, IN and Brooklyn\, NY. In 2013\, she received her M.F.A from Yale School of Art (New Haven\, CT)\, and in 2008\, her B.A from DePauw University (Greencastle\, IN). She has exhibited in the U.S. and internationally including New York\, Los Angeles\, Philadelphia\, Portland and Italy. Most recently she exhibited in the Armory Show with 1969 Gallery in New York. Her work has been featured in the Brooklyn Rail\, Artnet News\, Juxtapoz\, Blouin Art Info\, and in Suzanne Hudson’s latest issue of Contemporary Painting (World of Art). She is the recipient of an Elizabeth Greenshields Grant and the Yale University Gloucester Painting Prize. Residencies include the Guild of Adventure Painters SWAB Mobile Residency in 2019. She is the Founder and Director of Bomb Pop-Up\, a pop-up Art & Music initiative that focuses on providing visibility in exciting contexts to emerging and established artists and musicians; working with other 200 artists from all over the world and collaborating with institutions such as the National Academy of Design. Cofield has been a visiting artist at Cooper Union\, Pratt Institute\, and the School of Visual Arts. She is currently an Assistant Professor of Art at DePauw University in Greencastle\, Indiana. \nImage :”Hole” 60 x 50 inches\, oil on canvas\nThis exhibition was made possible by the Arts Council of Indianapolis\, The City of Indianapolis\, The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts and The Allen Whitehill Clowes Charitable Foundation.
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LOCATION:Contemporary Art Museum of Indianapolis (CAMi)\, 1125 Cruft St.\, Indianapolis\, IN\, 46203\, United States
CATEGORIES:Garfield Park,Shelby St. Corridor,Visual Art
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SUMMARY:Juan Chawuk: Iridiscencia Cultural
DESCRIPTION:Juan Chawuk invites viewers to experience his home state of Chiapas\, Mexico through paintings\, photography\, sculptures and murals. As part of an ongoing series\, this work shines light on the multicultural citizens of Chiapas\, how they’ve coexisted for centuries\, and how conflict there has fostered new ways of creating.\nAs an indigenous Maya Tojobal artist\, Chawuk’s photographs show how cultures fuse together a shared iconography including some imposed by outside cultures with what remains from traditions of the past — including from the land’s ancient cultures. These icons generate dialogue and reflect emotional colors and shapes\, leading to surprises. The series of small paintings are more mythical with a touch of the magical realism often linked with Latin American art and literature. Featuring live models and jungle animals\, the paintings’ brushstrokes suggest the magnificent handicrafts of the Chiapas region. And the sculpture is made of mud and fibers from the jungle that the Lacandones people once used for tunics. This piece encourages viewers to experience the Chiapas cultures and their nature.\nChawuk’s interpretations transform perceptions of Chiapas and allow viewers to experience the creative iridescence (a reflection of various colors\, similar to a rainbow) that his senses capture in these works.\n\nThe exhibit is a partnership with Arte Mexicano en Indiana and curated by its founder\, Eduardo Luna. Luna is a social practice artist\, cultural promoter and advocate for Mexican identity and Latina/o/x culture. Luna hails from the state of Guerrero\, the city of Acapulco\, in the Costa Chica region of southern Pacific Mexico. Since 2012\, he has been curating events featuring artists of Mexican and Latina/o/x heritage for diverse Indiana audiences. Eduardo is a co-founder of Nopal Cultural\, La Sardina Gallery\, and Radio Calaca (formerly Espanglish Night)\, and has served for many years as Big Car staff artist. Arte Mexicano en Indiana was founded in 2020\, with a mission to encourage and promote Mexican art\, music\, and culture in Indiana through collaborations and by organizing and promoting public events. “Our vision is that people of Mexican heritage develop pride in their cultural heritage\, and that native Hoosiers develop a richer perspective on the Mexican people and the culture we contribute to Indiana\,” says Eduardo. He is a member of the international Mexican Cultural Art Alliance (MCAA)\, a group of Mexican and Mexican-American arts administrators started by Carlos Tortolero\, founder of the National Museum of Mexican Art.\n\nJuan Chawuk: Iridiscencia Cultural\nLa percepción de la cultura de Chiapas se transforma con las interpretaciones. Ahí surge la iridiscencia (Reflejo de colores distintos\, generalmente como los del arco iris)creativa que captan mis sentidos y que se manifiesta a través de estas obras.\nEn esta muestra de tres series\, hago referencia a esas interacciones en el tiempo que muestran a Chiapas como hogar de varias culturas milenarias en gran agitación global\, con una identidad en constante conflicto que se expresa en nuevas maneras de crear.\nLa serie de fotografías es una muestra clara de una combinación de filosofías y creencias religiosas; la interpretación de las imágenes impuestas por una cultura externa con lo local\, el pasado remoto de una cultura milenaria\, pero que en la actualidad tienen interlocución y genera los prismas que reflejan colores emocionales y formas que sorprenden a la vida diaria.\nEsta serie de fotos se hizo reflexionando sobre las emociones que provoca las fusiones de iconografías.\nLa serie de obras pequeñas es más mítica y su toque de realismo mágico identifica a Latinoamérica con los procesos creativos\, desde modelos en vivo hasta animales de la selva. Sus pinceladas recuerdan las energías de la naturaleza que se mezclan con las magníficas obras artesanales de la región Chiapaneca.\nAsimismo\, la serie de piezas de barro y fibras de la selva que antes utilizaban los lacandones para túnicas\, juega con las estampas de los textiles sin ser tan obvias pero pretende llevar al espectador a rememorar un Chiapas que\, si ya lo conoce\, se transforma en experiencia que revive. Y si aún no lo conoce\, transporta al espectador a Chiapas y sus textiles en un contexto contemporáneo\, fantástico y creativo que invita a una experiencia de vida con estas culturas y su naturaleza.\nQue esta muestra sea una manera de conocer una parte de México que se identifica con lo global contemporáneo pero con una raíz muy valiosa de su pasado milenario.\n\n\nMade possible by Arte Mexicano en Indiana\, The Arts Council of Indianapolis\, The City of Indianapolis and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts.
URL:https://www.bigcar.org/event/juan-chawuk-iridiscencia-cultural/
LOCATION:Contemporary Art Museum of Indianapolis (CAMi)\, 1125 Cruft St.\, Indianapolis\, IN\, 46203\, United States
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