Painting Physical Presence
July 31 through September 20
Erik Gecas | Ayako Ono
curated by Beate Kirmse
Special Events:
Opening Reception with Artist Talk: Thursday, July 31 - 6 to 9 PM
First Friday: Friday, August 1 - 6 to 10 PM
Pre First Friday Open Door: Thursday, September 4 - 6 to 9 PM
First Friday: Friday, September 5 - 6 to 10 PM
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CAC Gallery is pleased to announce a new exhibition exploring the physical presence in painting. The exhibition introduces two emerging local artists, Eric Gecas and Ayako Ono. As a result of their unique underlying conceptual ideas the works presented by Mr. Gecas and Ms. Ono are visually very different, one using figures the other empty monochromatic spaces as their tool to examine physical presence in their paintings.
Eric Gecas moved to Las Vegas as a non-figurative sculptor and naturally his paintings are built out of a sculptural concern for physical presence. Mr. Gecas uses his wife and children as models. All of the figures in his paintings are life size or a little larger.
Ayako Ono’s series “Trains & train stations” deals with the loneliness in public places. Ms. Ono uses a multitude of blue hues, and only blue hues , to create the physical presence of loneliness and a feeling of isolation that leads to reconsidering one’s identity.
When the curator Beate Kirmse brought both artists together to collaborate in this exhibition Eric Gecas’ first comment was when looking at Ms. Ono’s paintings that “The only color I never use in my paintings is blue and this is the only color Ayako is using in her paintings, this is amazing.”
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| Previous Exhibitions: |
Beneath The Neon - The Exhibition
June 24 through July 24
Exploring another side of Vegas
Installation by Brian Paco Alvarez
Based on a book by Matthew O'Brien
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Midway
Thursday, June 5th @ 6 PM - Closing reception opens and Mr. Sheppard performs
7 PM - Artist Talk and open discussion
8 PM and 8:45 - Screening of Midway - The Movie
Some impressions of the show |
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19th Annual Juried Show
Juror: Marjorie Vecchio
March 14th 2008 - April 26th 2008
Award Ceremony: Thursday April 3rd, 6-9pm
Some impressions of the show |
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Punch Line performance at 8 pm
at 7 pm & 8 pm,
Friday, March 7th 6 – 10 pm:
"Shift" performance art by UNLV students presented in our window galleries
Some impressions of the show |
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Whipped Up!
Curated by Diane Bush
January 31st through March 1st, 2008
Some impressions of the show |
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extra.ordinary
Curated by Zak Ostrovski | Grayson Ronk | Barret Thomson
January 4th through January 26th, 2008
Some impressions of the show |
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3Dementia
Curated by Miguel Rodriguez
December 6th through December 29th, 2007 Some impressions of the show |
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Words and Pictures
November 1st - December 1st
curated by Andrew Taylor
Some impressions of the show |
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