SURFACE PATTERN, a group show featuring works by Dean Monogenis, Pepa Prieto, Misato Suzuki, Thomas Spoerndle, Morgan Blair, Lucas Martell, John Guthrie, James Roper, Jessy Nite, Eddie Villanueva, Books Bischof, and Maxomatic opens May 12, 2012 at Circuit 12 Contemporary.

Within this survey of abstraction, each artist examines the rich complexity of form, color, and line; defining and reinventing the surface of each composition.
Departing from representational accuracy, pre-existing forms are exaggerated or simplified; challenging the audiences perception, transforming visual language, and posing meaningful contradictions. From fluid and organic to geometric and methodical, each surface is carefully structured to reflect an array of visual stimulus. Some works are playful and inviting, others meditative or incongruous; yet all fixating and enticing the viewers neurological attraction.

The goal of each pattern is to exist without reference from the visual world. The goal of each surface is to amplify or displace each pattern, transforming otherwise disparate images into carefully constructed visual stimuli.  Methodical, meditative, intuitive, visceral, and calculated. As Arshile Gorky so eloquently put it, “ ..Abstract art enables the artist to perceive beyond the tangible, to extract the infinite out of the finite. It is the emancipation of the mind. It is an explosion into unknown areas.”

On view until June 16th, 2012, SURFACE PATTERN features a select group of artists from across the country and around the globe. For more information, contact Dustin or Gina Orlando at Info@circuit12.com or 214-760-1212 Gallery hours Tuesday- Saturday 11AM-6PM. Private viewings gladly upon request.

Sweet Article in Graffiti Art Magazine out of France about the history behind Wynwood, Primary Flight, and  Wynwood Walls. Get out your English>French Dictionary. Jouir.

First set of images from The Greenway Project in Greensboro, North Carolina. Great photos from the installations at Elsewhere. Enjoy

photography by Peter Vahan

The Primary Flight project is co-produced by The Downtown Greenway and Elsewhere–a living museum and international artist project set in a former thrift store on South Elm Street–who will provide a base of operations for these artists during their time in Greensboro. The new mural will cover the seven currently gray Spring Garden Underpass platforms that support the highway above with bright lines and colors inspired by a Bauhaus building in Greensboro and the “movement” theme for this section of the trail. Events (listed below) will share the depth and breadth of street art practices with Greensboro audiences and participants, broadening exposure and understanding of their collaborative public practice while bringing together four exceptional Greensboro non-profit creative initiatives.

A group of 15 high school students will work with the artists to complete the mural as part of Elsewhere’s CoLab after school
program, an initiative engaging high school students in civic actions that explore and beautify the public realm.
Volunteers from throughout Greensboro will support the crew and continue to maintain this section of the trail.
The opening event on May 6 from 2-5 will host Chairman Rocco Landsman of the National Endowment for the Arts, as well as music, a beer garden, a six-person bicycle, and an interactive section of the mural completed by visitors over the course of the afternoon.

MOVIE: Exit through the Gift Shop
Wed April 18 7:30-9:30 ($5 at door) Triad Stage Upstage Cabaret A French immigrant obssessed with street art rises to fame, a Banksy film

MOVIE: Beautiful Losers
Wed April 25 7:30-9:30pm ($5 at door) Triad Stage Upstage Cabaret A documentary following a collective group of DIY artists who affected the art world

LECTURE: Primary Flight
Thurs April 26 7-8pm Weatherspoon Art Museum A traditional artist talk exploring the work of these Miami-based artists

CONVERSATION: Primary Flight
Wed May 2 8:30-9:30pm Elsewhere. A sidewalk conversation with Primary Flight held inElsewhere’s front window theater, moderated by Stephanie Sherman (Elsewhere) and Barbara Peck (Downtown Greenway)

OPENING:
Sun May 6 2-5pm Downtown Greenway. Greenway at Morehead Park (Spring Garden St & Spring/Edgeworth overpasses) APRIL 5, 2012. Greensboro, NC (2 of 2) Miami-based Street Art Group Primary Flight visits Greensboro to create a new Mural for the Downtown Greenway

About Primary Flight
Primary Flight is a collaborative curatorial organization dedicated to the production of site-specific, street-level and indoor, murals and installations. Since its inception in 2007, Primary Flight has brought together more than 150 of the world’s most influential artists to install their work live. Primary Flight initiated the revitalization of Miami’s Wynwood neighborhood through a series of outdoor murals created during Art Basel Miami by globally renowned street artists including Shepard Fairey, Retna, and Aiko. While Primary Flight boasts an impressive repertoire of works in galleries, museums, and most prevalently on the sides of buildings around the globe, Greensboro is pleased to host Primary Flight for their first public commission. (primaryflight.com)

About The Downtown Greenway
The Downtown Greenway is a 4-mile long loop that links neighborhoods across Greensboro through public art, sustainable transporation, and unprecedented greenspace. (downtowngreenway.com)

About Elsewhere
Elsewhere is a living museum set within a former thrift store. Elsewhere builds new futures from old things through creative projects, education initiatives, public works, and imaginative collaborations global artists that enliven and inspire downtown Greensboro. (goelsewhere.org)