BRIAN GUIDRY |
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The colors I use in my work have been sampled from the environment and are matched on site. The samples are taken into the studio where larger amounts of matched colors are mixed. Reflections from water, festering storm clouds and September's exhausted foliage are among the seasonal colors sampled from nature. Analogue ~ Digital - This series of paintings uses sampled colors from the natural environment compressed into lines of color information. The structure of these paintings maintains a polarized organization. The optical and aural effects of purling water, the cross section of sediment and the droning oscillations of summer cicadas are among the alias composites of these landscapes. I start composing a painting with a single horizontal line as a strip of color information. The rest of the lines unfold intuitively thereafter following the internal structure defined by the paintings geometry. |
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Black Gold hand-lined acrylic gouache on canvas 78" X 60 " 2009 |
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Something in the Water hand-lined acrylic gouache on wood 37" X 29" 2007 |
November Archive hand-lined acrylic gouache on wood 37" X 29" 2007 |
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FULIGINOUS TRUMP acrylic on shaped wood 38" X 30" |
LYCKA TILL
acrylic on shaped wood 29" X 23" |
This body of work is an interpretation of colors sampled from the environment combined with forms that reference authoritative power and balance. Though the surface of these shaped works are entirely flat, the illusion of three dimensionality creates a multifaceted portal which reference not only the specific forms found on various bank notes and international currency, but also forms found in nature. I am interested in the forces and processes that produce and control the phenomena of the material world. The colors I use are sampled from the landscape where I am currently working in South Louisiana. Reflections from water, menacing storm clouds and Septembers exhausted foliage are among the sources from which I reference. power ~ manipulation |
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KLAVERSPATHE |
NEPOTIST BUTTE acrylic & graphite on shaped wood 35" X 30" |
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VICTORY OVER THE SUN |
SIROCCO JARGON acrylic & 24KT gold on shaped wood 30" X 25" |
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Interpersonal Conflict
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The Librarians are Smoking Again |
Cat Came Back acrylic on wood 37" X 29" |
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Separation Anxiety |
Unilateral Fix acrylic on wood 37" X 29" |
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Near St. Claude Ave. acrylic on wood 39" X 39" 2009 |
Under the House acrylic on wood 39" X 39" 2009 |
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Something in My Eyes acrylic on wood 39" X 39" 2009 |
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SURGE November 1, 2008 - January 31, 2009 | Washington Artillery Park SURGE --site-specific, public installation set between the backdrop of the Mississippi River and Jackson Square. The painted objects used in the installation were extracted from various bodies of water throughout South Louisiana including the Mississippi River and Vermilion River. The color used for this installation was sampled from dried Johnson Grass (Sorghum Halepense) . Speakers placed throughout the objects brodcasted a 40 minute looping laughtrack edited to mimic the ebb and flow of the waters edge. 24 hour view.
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SLIPSTREAM | view installation -QuickTime |
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Vivarium --painted objects extracted from the Vermilion River. The color used for this installation was sampled from dried Johnson Grass (Sorghum Halepense)
Kingdom --edited video; running time 43:06 minutes. |
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installation video stills |
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