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Jonathan Ferrara Gallery presents Glidepath by Paul Villinski
April 16, 2010
Jonathan Ferrara Gallery presents Glidepath by Paul Villinski
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Jonathan Ferrara Gallery presents Glidepath by Paul Villinski
April 23 - May 31, 2010
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 14, 2010 (New Orleans,
LA) Jonathan
Ferrara Gallery is pleased to present
Glidepath, a solo exhibition by
New York artist Paul Villinski. The
exhibition explores metaphors of flight and
transformation through a delicate meditation
on found objects, showcasing Villinski's
well- known metamorphosis of discarded
materials into evocative forms. Glidepath
travels from the explosive energy of birds in
flight made from old LP records through
sinuous and serene streams of hundreds of
ultramarine blue butterflies crafted from
discarded aluminum cans.
Of the found materials for which he is known,
Villinski says "I am drawn to humble, yet
evocative materials; in this case, crushed
aluminum cans from the streets of New York -
every one of them once raised to someone's
lips. My process of "recycling" them into
images of butterflies is a quiet physical
meditation, a yoga of tin snips and files and
finger, then, they want to gather into a
certain shape, or fly off on a particular
tangent, and I let them. They function both
as marks in these abstract, three-dimensional
"paintings," and as actors in curious
narratives."
In Glidepath, the energy of flight is
harnessed in works like Diaspora, which
debuted recently in Never Can Say
Goodbye, an
exhibition at the former Tower Records store
in New York City. Emanating from a vintage
turntable, 150 birds made from the artist's
own collection of LP records radiate
outwards, each with its unique identity and
headed to its own, unknown destination.
Informed by a poetic, and sometimes quirky,
"Magic Realist" quality, many works employ
Villinski's signature butterfly imagery, as
super-saturated blue butterflies wind their
way through found objects including an old
Army tank driver's helmet; a vintage flight
suit; and a salvaged glider instrument panel.
In On Final (for Saint Ex), butterflies
accompany a small blue airplane in the
artist's tribute to Antoine de Saint Exupery,
pilot and author of The Little Prince.
Himself a licensed glider pilot, Villinski's
ethereal compositions re-invent mundane,
cast-off materials, transporting viewers with
their sophisticated and thought-provoking
beauty, and suggesting the immense
possibility of transformation through creativity.
Paul Villinski
Paul Villinski (born 1960) has lived and
worked in New York City since 1982.
Glidepath
is the artist's second exhibition with
Jonathan Ferrara Gallery. His work has been
exhibited extensively in shows including
Prospect.1 Biennial (LA); The Museum of Arts
and Design (NY); Rice University Art Gallery
(TX); Ballroom Marfa (TX); Wesleyan
University (CT); The Hillwood Art Museum
(NY); the Ogunquit Museum of American Art
(ME); The Hunterdon Museum of Art (NJ); The
Arizona Museum for Youth; and Morgan Lehman
Gallery (NYC). He received a National
Endowment for the Arts Fellowship grant, and
has been an Artist-in-Residence at the Millay
Colony (NY); the Ucross Foundation (WY); the
Djerassi Foundation (CA); Villa Montalvo (CA)
and the Serenbe Institute (GA). He is a
frequent panelist for conversations about art
and the environment, most recently
participating in a discussion at the Pulitzer
Foundation for the Arts in St. Louis.
Villinski's work is in numerous collections
including Fidelity Investments; Beth Rudin
DeWoody; Microsoft;
New Orleans Museum of Art; Progressive
Insurance; The Museum of Arts and Design;
Tommy Hilfiger; Arkansas State University;
New York Life; University of Michigan; and
The Ritz Carlton Highlands.
His work has
been widely reviewed in publications
including ARTnews, Art In America, Artforum;
The Art Newspaper; The New York Times;
Sculpture Magazine; Elle Italy; Metropolitan
Home; The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review; The
Houston Chronicle; The International Herald
Tribune; The Los Angeles Times; The New York
Sun; The Times-Picayune; The Village Voice;
The Wall Street Journal; and The Washington
Post.
Jonathan Ferrara Gallery
Jonathan Ferrara Gallery is a collective
environment of creative visions. A commercial
gallery with a public conscience. Artist,
activist, and entrepreneur Jonathan Ferrara
opened the gallery in 1998 to give artists a
greater voice. Since its inception, the
gallery has focused on cutting edge works by
local, national and international artists
with a sense of purpose, mission, and message.
The exhibition is on view from April 23
through May 31, 2010 with an opening
reception on Saturday May 1st from 6-9pm.
To preview the exhibition, please
For more
information and images, please contact
Jonathan Ferrara Gallery at 504.522.5471 or
info@jonathanferraragallery.com
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