Artist Information:
April Bending
George Town,
Cayman Islands
Member Since: Nov 2008
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Artist Statement:
Please go to You Tube and type
in April Bending to view a
video discussion on my work.Or
www.aprilbending.com
Statement for recent solo show
in NYC
Limiting the palette allows
the viewer to focus on the
image rather than be
distracted by a myriad of
colours; much as a black and
white photograph requires a
different mind set to view
than a colour photograph does.
But colours do envoke
emotions, so I use simple
monochromatic schemes to set
the moods of the paintings.
The black under painting
provides a backdrop that can
become somber or serene.
Texture is also important. It
allows me to use the surface
of the canvas to diffuse light
and create vagaries and
ambiguities as additional
layers of paint are applied.
Those ambiguities require the
viewer to participate in
deciphering the piece through
personal interpretation.
Often viewers see different
meanings in my paintings. This
pleases me because it means
that people are referring to
their own unique experiences
to understand my work. And,
even though one painting can
be interpreted in many ways,
those ways are limited to our
communal experiences which are
all part of the human
condition.
One might expect to ...
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Artist Exhibitions:
www.aprilbending.com
Upcoming Exhibitions
Art Fair Tokyo 2010
Exhibitions 2009
Istanbul International Art
Fair 2009
Florence Biennale (Invited by
the selection committee)
Florence, Italy December
5-13, 2009
Affordable Art Fair NYC
New York City, USA
The Armory Show at Bridge Art
New York City, USA
Art Basel Miami ...
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Artist Galleries:
www.aprilbending.com
Milan, Italy Ars
Italica Galleria d’Arte
Ferrara, Italy
Trevisan Arte Contemporanea
New York City, USA Monkdogz
Urban Art
New Orleans, USA Carol
Robinson Gallery
Victoria, Canada Sooke
Harbour House Gallery
Cayman Islands The
Kennedy Gallery. Pure Art
Gallery
Montreal, CAnada
Arteria
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Artist Reviews:
www.aprilbending.com
To read articles click on
"further information" and
scroll down:
Modern Painters
December 2009
ARTnews Top
Collectors issue summer 2009
Studio & Gallery
Feb/March 2009 page 12
NYarts Magazine March
2009
ARTnews March
2009
Modern Painters March
2009
Cayman Net Newspaper January
2 2009 page 18
Modern ...
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Collections:
www.aprilbending.com
1- National Gallery of the
Cayman Islands.
2- Eight paintings were
featured in Orlando Bloom's
movie "Haven".
3- Paintings from the "Sails"
series were chosen for banners
for National Heroes Day 2008
in Cayman.
4- Andreas Ugland Collection
5- Private collections in
Italy, Japan, USA,
Switzerland, ...
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Commissions:
Coming Soon!
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April Bending's Free Artist Portfolio
Welcome to April Bending's Portfolio.
Please go to You Tube and type in April Bending to view a video discussion on my work.Or www.aprilbending.com
Statement for recent solo show in NYC
Limiting the palette allows the viewer to focus on the image rather than be distracted by a myriad of colours; much as a black and white photograph requires a different mind set to view than a colour photograph does. But colours do envoke emotions, so I use simple monochromatic schemes to set the moods of the paintings. The black under painting provides a backdrop that can become somber or serene.
Texture is also important. It allows me to use the surface of the canvas to diffuse light and create vagaries and ambiguities as additional layers of paint are applied. Those ambiguities require the viewer to participate in deciphering the piece through personal interpretation.
Often viewers see different meanings in my paintings. This pleases me because it means that people are referring to their own unique experiences to understand my work. And, even though one painting can be interpreted in many ways, those ways are limited to our communal experiences which are all part of the human condition.
One might expect to ... |
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