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🎨 See Rebekah Andrade‘s exclusive ARTSY online exhibition titled FULFILLMENT AMIDST FLUX presented by @MarkMooreGallery and immerse yourself in the transformative power of change. Join us at https://bit.ly/3URHjBv

Mark Moore Fine Art presents the second of our two solo exhibitions by REBEKAH ANDRADE for 2024 titled FULFILLMENT AMIDST FLUX as an exclusive ARTSY online exhibition opening May 23, 2024. @MarkMooreGallery Invites you to explore Andrade‘s newest work encapsulating the dynamic interplay between creative expression and life’s ever-changing landscapes. 

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🎨 See Rebekah Andrade‘s exclusive ARTSY online exhibition titled FULFILLMENT AMIDST FLUX presented by @MarkMooreGallery and immerse yourself in the transformative power of change. Join us at https://bit.ly/3URHjBv

Mark Moore Fine Art presents the second of our two solo exhibitions by REBEKAH ANDRADE for 2024 titled FULFILLMENT AMIDST FLUX as an exclusive ARTSY online exhibition opening May 23, 2024. @MarkMooreGallery Invites you to explore Andrade‘s newest work encapsulating the dynamic interplay between creative expression and life’s ever-changing landscapes. 

#FulfillmentAmidstFlux #RebekahAndrade #AbstractArt #Transformation #Change #ArtExhibition #ContemporaryArt #CreativeExpression #LifeLandscape #CharlotteArtists #NewArtShow #ArtShowcase #ContemporaryArtGallery #ArtInspiration #ArtJourney #ArtistsOfInstagram

Image: Mark Bennett, The Pritchett Family Plans (Modern Family), 2017 / Lithograph on Rives BFK paper / 29 × 40 in / Edition of 20 + 2AP

Capturing what feels like a lifetime in only 15-minutes, Matt Pizzano’s The Grass Is Always Greener On TV charts the life of Mark Bennett, who became famous for blueprinting every detail of the homes in the 1950s television shows he religiously watched as a child. An incredibly moving artist profile doc, the film’s glossy production and rich narrative arc echo much of the charm of the classic Hollywood that Bennett himself adored. In exploring one man’s attempt to escape into a fantasy world, Pizzano beautifully encapsulates the essence of an artist who must overcome his demons.

VIEW THIS FILM AT THE FOLLOWING LINK: https://youtu.be/_5UGXThye7M

The Grass Is Always Greener On TV uncannily juxtaposes the dark parts of Bennett’s life with the surreally perfect lives within the television shows he obsessed over. Using a combination of home video, talk show appearances, and interview footage (along with a bit of re-staging), Pizzano, alongside producer Nic Wehmeyer, build a story that feels like it should play on one of the old television screens where Bennett found so much comfort.

Accentuating the ironic comparison, the film was shot in the classic 4:3 aspect ratio, with a musical score that sounds just like something from decades past. As various clips from I Love Lucy and Leave It To Beaver play over Bennett’s confessions of a traumatic childhood, the effects of which would continue to plague him well into adulthood, Pizzano chillingly reveals the dangers of living in fantasy.

Pizzano’s greatest challenge was finding a way to bring to life both Bennett’s internal struggle and his vivid imagination, in a way that didn’t distract from the story. Motion graphics were therefore employed to illustrate Bennett’s work, with the help of the director’s creative partner and producer of the film Nic Wehmeyer.

As Bennett’s blueprints animate over the shows he studied so meticulously, Pizzano was able to translate the artist’s thought process to the screen. Coupled with stylish editing techniques, The Grass Is Always Greener On TV transcends the traditional profile doc and strikingly depicts a journey of a man who must overcome deep trauma and abuse.

Delightfully empowering and one of the most compelling real-life character arcs we’ve seen in a documentary, The Grass Is Always Greener On TV reminds us all how important it is to accept ourselves and others, flaws and all.

For more information on Mark Bennett, please contact: info@markmoorefineart.com

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Just Released: MICHAEL BATTY “THE WHITE PLAINS PORTFOLIO” 

In this new series of limited edition prints, artist Michael Batty explores the variations on these themes that led him to his major monumental painting commission for the White Plains Hospital in 2020. The WHITE PLAINS PORTFOLIO is a set of seven works – each an edition of ten with just two artist proofs. The first five sets of these works will be released today in pre-publication as a set of all seven pieces at a special price of $3150. for the entire portfolio.

CLICK HERE TO VIEW THESE WORKS NOW: https://bit.ly/3kvaWFk

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The Eric Orr documentary archive and papers are now part of Getty Special Collections

https://www.artsy.net/artwork/eric-orr-1939-1998-oceans-of-time

The photographs, slides, and negatives of paintings, sculptures, and fountains by contemporary artist Eric Orr have recently been acquired by the Getty Research Institute (GRI). The archive also includes schematic drawings and plans for Orr’s public works, as well as ephemera, clippings, and administrative files that detail his life and practice.

Eric Orr (1939-1998) is a key figure of the Light and Space movement in Southern California. Born in 1939 in Covington, Kentucky, Orr graduated from the Kentucky Military Institute in 1958 and spent his early years traveling across the United States and Cuba. He briefly attended the University of Cincinnati in the early 1960s, where he produced his first sculpture, Colt .45, a work later known as Saturday Night Special. The work featured a mounted pistol facing a chair; viewers could sit and control the pistol via a foot pedal. Orr participated in civil rights protests in Mississippi in 1964 before relocating to Los Angeles in 1965, where he began to produce performances, sound art, and perceptual installations, using the elemental qualities of silence, sound, darkness, and light as material. Among these works was Zero Mass (1972-1973), an immersive 38-foot-long installation made of paper, where up to five people could enter a dark oval chamber and, after 10 to 12 minutes, experience altered vision from the lack of spatial perception. Developing alongside both Southern California conceptual art and the perceptual-based installations commonly associated with Light and Space art, Orr’s work spanned a variety of artistic practices that challenged the definition of artmaking while also incorporating a broad range of cultural references, including space icons found in ancient religions and cultures, Egyptian symbolism, and Buddhist spiritualism. From the 1970s onward, Orr created a diverse body of atmospheric monochrome paintings using airbrushing and oil paint, wall-mounted sculptures, and public artworks which incorporated a variety of elements including fire, water, gold, volcanic ash, meteorite dust, and his own blood.Orr participated in a number of international exhibitions during his life, including documenta VII (1982), the Sydney Biennale (1986), and the Venice Biennale (1986). His work can be found in many public and private collections, including the Los Angeles County Museum of Art; the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; and the Centre Pompidou, Paris; Orr died in Venice, California, in 1998.

The archive will be open to researchers and is among numerous archives at the GRI related to the Light and Space movement and Southern California artists and curators, making it the ideal home for his legacy. 

Learn more about the Getty Research Institute Special Collections here:https://www.getty.edu/research/special_collections/

The archive is available for research here gty.art/orr_findingaid

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