an installation shot from the gallery

crow on the fence

Will the transformation. Oh let your spirit be enchanted by the
flame,
Which draws to itself that thing within you, where transformations
abound;
That designing spirit which masters these earthly things,
Loves nothing more within the figure’s trope than the point of the
turn.

(Sonnets to Orpheus…Rainer Maria Rilke)

this pic offers a good sense of scale on this guy, who stretches to ten feet across,
and stands at four feet. The image is separated into four individually framed units,
and, thanks to the gods, was recently sold to a cool guy (who has guaranteed visitation rights), and thus rescuing the drawing from the dusty grave which my studio becomes for other less fortunate pieces!

Model supplied by...don't ask...you can't afford him.

"a naked seed"

There are lonely cemeteries,
Graves full of bones without sound,
The heart passing through a tunnel,
Dark, dark, dark,
As in a shipwreck we die from within
As we drown in the heart,
As we fall out of the skin into the soul.

Death Alone, Pablo Neruda

Finally! Some thumbnail pics from the show, hot off the desk of Vladimir Antaki, the mastermind behind Artistic Agitators! Check his work out at http://www.artistic-agitators.com

More to come soon, as like a kid on Christmas eve, I'm in eager anticipation of the high-res images from the man, allowing me to go full bore into catalog production! Promise to keep the details flowin' on this page...

VLADIMIR ANTAKI

ARTISTIC AGITATORS | 3818 Berri | MONTREAL, H2L 4H1

C: 514 963 8523 | E: vl@dimirantaki.com | W: artistic-agitators.com

another "sneak" preview...some animation from the coming show...enjoy! A little warning however...sideways video, for reasons yet to be disclosed...may cause need for neck adjustment post viewing pleasure. Sorry folks, but sometimes its worth the work.

Show prep is coming along fast and furious...deep into the framing stage at this point. A couple of nights ago, put the 'polish' on the largest frame of my yet young life, 6'x9'...a beast by any standards. Takes two strong men to move the thing while blowin' hernia action all over the place. I'll include some pics of the ordeal and the end product...


My lovely assistant, the infinitely patient and wise master carpenter/framer/cat around town, Pierre Daigle (with blue plastic)



and another shot to give scale...big boy!

This show is coming up right around the corner...this coming week in fact! I'll be offering up a piece or two through Galerie Pangee, and am looking forward to what should be a pretty interesting collection of works on paper ( I can vouch for the medium whole-heartedly!).

"For the second consecutive year, the Contemporary Art Galleries Association (AGAC) will be presenting the Montreal fair PAPIER 08, from October 23 to 26, 2008. This fair dedicated to art on paper, the only one of its kind in the country, will be open to the public from noon to 6pm and entrance will be free of charge."

For more info...http://www.agac.qc.ca/papier?lang=en

Of other interest, this is a show coming up at Galerie Pangee in a couple of days. This guy is a pretty interesting cat, with enormous talent in both the visual and musical arts (a quick google search oughta net a good haul for more info on the man, or check out the sidebar link to Pangee). Promises to be a good one!

some images from the coming show...enjoy