Peripheral Visions
sketchbook to the curb, works of fine art presented in public spaces
by Studio 207
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About the Book
Peripheral Visions has been referred to as sketchbook to the curb, works of fine art presented in public spaces. It afforded the artist an opportunity to showcase his art works in one large alternative neighborhood space, in this case Wicker Park on Chicago’s north side.
The works exhibited are original drawings, not copies or posters. The idea was to place the drawings in the public space in order to see how the elements and the general public would respond to them. The cover depicts the evolving process of Peripheral Visions. This image, drawn from the completed painting Lovers, lasted only a few days before someone tore it down. What was left was an expressionistic remnant with aesthetic qualities reminiscent of a Bitmead painting.
This is the first time that fragmented images and abstraction are combined in a most unusual Bitmead work. The original Lovers drawing, which Bitmead completed in the summer of 2008, was placed on the street October 17, 2008. The final result, the photograph, ends the process and creates the collaboration between Bitmead, Siska and the streets, resulting in the final documentation, the book you are reading right now.
The book, Peripheral Visions, includes three paintings and the drawings based on the paintings, as well as drawings which were not drawn from the paintings. There are also drawings that have not yet hit the street included in this book. The drawings that have not hit the street will be placed, documented and presented on the Studio 207 web site, www.studio207.tv.
Mark Siska
Studio 207
Gallerist
Features & Details
- Primary Category: Arts & Photography Books
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Project Option: Small Square, 7×7 in, 18×18 cm
# of Pages: 40 - Publish Date: Jan 06, 2009
- Keywords Studio 207, Wicker Park, Bruce Bitmead, Street Art, Mark Siska, Chicago
About the Creator
Mark Siska's Studio 207 is a Chicago based video documentary and film production company, shooting studio, sound recording studio and an art gallery concentrating on local and international art work. The gallery is currently representing artist from Belgium, Paris, Austria, Berlin, Chicago, Philadelphia, LA, and NY Studio 207 offers 24p digital video production, high definition, 35 mm and 16 mm services and production: From documentation of a story, to preserving and archiving digitally, to documentation of live events, shooting narrative films, encoding video for the web, content development, production , studio voice over sound recording, live event audio recording, pro tools, audio archiving, audio cleanup and mastering, distribution and management. Studio 207 gallery presents video/film programs, installation, painting and photography exhibitions. Studio 207 1000 square foot gallery space is equipped with high definition video projection.