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John Casey Collaboration

Crystal — Sat, 03 Sep 2011 23:58:41 +0000

Wonderful artist and friend, John Casey, will be having a show at Swarm Gallery this October. He had the great idea of collaborating with fellow artists to make a series of drawings that all started with hands and pants he had drawn. This is where I ended up!

I can’t wait to see all of the final works!

10/1/11 – 11/6/11: Tall Tales: Collaborative projects by John Casey & Friends

John will be showing a project of collaborative works with 30+ artists titled “Hands & Pants.” The exhibition will also feature a collaborative project with Mary Kalin-Casey titled “Call & Response,” which will feature a limited edition companion book for sale.

Openings Saturday, October 1st, 6-9pm.

Protoform: Drawings by Sculptors

Crystal — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 15:09:13 +0000

03.22.10

Press Release: group-art exhibit

Protoform

Drawings by Sculptors

Artists in show

Carrissa Bowman

Brük Dunbar

Crystal Morey

Lucien Shapiro

Curator, Obi Kaufmann

The SWEE(t)ART Drawing Gallery

1167 65^th Street

Oakland, California

Show Runs April 17^th -May 23^rd, 2010

Opening Reception Saturday, April 17^th, 6-9pm

First Friday Reception Friday May 7^nd 7-10pm

Tea (Last Sunday of Show) Sunday April 16^th 3-6pm

www.oaklandsweetart.info

Swee(t)Art Drawing Gallery has moved and this is the opening show of 2010!

This show is based around sculptors and ceramicists’ drawn work as art in and of itself. The gathered roster includes emerging and established artists from a regional and national level who have built their careers on exploring their voice in three dimensions. This show explores their never before seen works at their creative genesis, as drawings. How does the sculptor relate to only two dimensions? Is their a tactile element that is maintained? How much of form is simply illusion.

Oakland curator Obi Kaufmann and artists/gallery owners Matt and Lena Reynoso continue their partnership with the side-project of the Compound Gallery, The Swee(t)Art Drawing Gallery. Now in its new location around the corner from its old spot, the Compound Gallery opens once again in April and is proud to host this unique Bay Area gallery.

Mission

The Drawing Gallery operates philosophically from a place near the origin of visual art. As a force in the world, Drawing separates humanity from all other terrestrial life-forms with its mysterious ability to transmit rudimentary information about beauty, mortality and emotive trans-generational divinations. Modern Art has subdivided itself into a million nodes of fashion and commodity and still there remains this mark-making impulse that ties us to the beginning of all art which begat then language: writing, theater, the visual arts, et al. The Drawing…the first beautiful word of the hand, the first dance, where the mind meets the eye and the creative spark is kindled and kept.

Swee(t)Art? Yes. It used to be a magazine,and then a website…now a gallery. Mixing both the Sweet and the Tart, Swee(t)Art has always been about the many flavors of contemporary Oakland. Although the gallery is committed to showcase regional and national art and the focus is on the local community, the scope of the work is not provincial and the themes, craftsmanship and presentation of all the high-concept shows at Swee(t)Art are of the highest aspiration in both presentation (of the individual) and cohesiveness (of the group).

CONTACT

OBI KAUFMANN

Phone 925-951-7501

Email: obikaufmann@msn.com

This Long Road Opening!

Crystal — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 21:16:09 +0000

The opening was really wonderful and hugely attended! Thank you to everyone who made it out for the evening and showed their support!

This Long Road IÂ

This Long Road II

This Long Road VI

Detail

Crystal Morey and Derek Weisberg Detail

Shane and Crystal

Team Clay

This Long Road Progress Update

Crystal — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 01:45:54 +0000

We Have been working really hard in the studio and the collaborations are almost Â finished! Here are a few pictures in the process.

DEREK WEISBERG * CRYSTAL MOREY * BEN BELKNAP
(September 9-October 11, 2009)

Opening Reception: Saturday, September 12, 6-9pm

Afternoon Tea: Sunday, September 20, 3-6pm
Closing Reception: Friday, October 2, 7-10

Folklore Collaboration

Crystal — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 19:41:49 +0000

Lena Reynoso and I have finished our ‘Folklore’ collaboration and the pieces are on their way to 126 Gallery in Galway, Ireland. Here are a few more finished frames there are ten in the series!

Mythologies

August 20- Sept 10, 2009

126 Gallery, Galway Ireland

www.g126.eu

This Long Road

Crystal — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 15:32:53 +0000

This Long Road is a show of individual works as well as collaborative pieces, made by Ben Belknap, Derek Weisberg, and Crystal Morey. All three artists were schoolmates at the California College of Arts and Crafts where a relationship began rooted in the love of figurative sculpture. Each artist has their own interpretation and style of the body as well as emotional content behind the work. In “This Long Road’ the artists will each represent their own work, and then explore the wonder, innovation, and trials of working together on a larger project.

Opening: Saturday, September 12Â

Afternoon Tea: Sunday, September 20, 3-6pm

Closing Reception: Friday, October 2, 7-10

I will be documenting the collaborative pieces in progress and posting them here. Enjoy!

Day One: July, 13 2009

Collaborations with Lena Reynoso

Crystal — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 16:14:17 +0000

It looks like we have a home for our collaboration, just a short amount of time to make them! I like nothing more than a time restraint! We are making 10 framesÂ by August 1st, sculpted, glazed, fired, and painted! The sculpting must be done within the next few days so they can dry. I’ll keep you posted!

Art In A Box

Crystal — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 16:05:58 +0000

Art In A Box is a perfect way to grow your art collection with good work, at a wonderful price. It has also been great exposure for all of the artists participating. Each month you receive a new piece of original art by a different artist for as little as $30 a piece!

Subscribe to The Compound Galleryâ€™s Art in a Box!

Some wonderful particapating artists:

Collaborarations with Lena Reynoso

Crystal — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 18:02:59 +0000

I have been working on some collaborations with wonderful artist,Â Lena Reynoso. The process started in a very organic manner, our studios are right next store, LenaÂ is a wonderful painter, and making sculptural frames seemed like a great project. First I make the frame out of clay, then I add imagery that I like and that starts to build a narrative. The interesting part comes in how LenaÂ responds to the piece — she has studied, and has extensive knowledge of Indonesian and early American folklore.

I will post more pictures as we make them!

New work in my studio

Crystal — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 07:16:43 +0000

I am in a three person show in September at the Compound Gallery and am working on some new pieces! I will be showing with two long time friends, and school mates, Derek Weisberg and Ben Belknap. I am really looking forward to it!