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Artist Statement:
Stream of consciousness artist
whose use of landscapes
promotes psychological
manipulation and promotes the
viewer to think different, be
creative and explore one's own
identity through the work.
Dominant themes include
Nature, freedom, minimalism,
abstraction, surrealism and
alienation. Including
aesthetic theory of the
grotesque, Romanticism --
abstract expressionism,
Dadaism, Pop-Art, Graffiti,
and various classic and
absurdist literature.
Organic Cubism is the newest
art theory concieved by the
artist, and composes a
philosophy of, "We are living
in a cubic world" but we are
natural. Check the site:
http://www.geocities.com/organi
c_cubism/ for more information
(before I upload it all to
this area in the near future.)
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Artist Exhibitions:
Goodwin & Worts Distillery Art
Show - grand opening to the
public (first time in 140
years) August 2002. Became a
professional painter. Markham
Theatre - August 2000
Amnesty International 2002
Show at the University of
Toronto
Promise Party 2001 -- video
editing
Capps (Humber College) 2001
Harbourfront Community Centre
2000
DJ SPECIAL EVENTS...
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Artist Galleries:
Weekly showing at Fez Batik, a
trendy nightclub downtown
Toronto, (corner of Richmond
and Peter) every Saturday
night.
Permanent Art Collection at
Harbourfront Community Centre
Toronto, Ont. Which includes
two major works exclusively by
Allon, and two group works
commissioned.
Homepage:
http://www.geocites.com/allon_a
rt/...
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Collections:
Coming Soon!
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Commissions:
Coming Soon!
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Toronto Artists.net
Artist of the Month
http://www.torontoartists.net/pages/welcome.html
This month's artist is Allon Schemool. Here are his responses to a few questions he was asked.
Q: When did you decide you first wanted to become an artist, and why?
A: For as long as I can remember I doodled. I drew on everything, while in school, in coffee shops, the subway, talking on the phone. I always kept a pen on hand and played with my drawings, building them up and creating works. I became an artist because while in school, I only had teachers who looked down on their students. Anyone with a different view of art or anything outside of the conventional way of doing things were given bad marks. This angered me, causing myself to rebel in all forms. Mainly, i would paint with plain Bic pens instead of the supplies provided by the teacher. I drew small, yet highly detailed work, again something the teachers loathed. And I used mixed media (layering pen/pencil/paint/photos) before it was acceptable in schools. (Now mixed media is quite the rage, especially with computer and graphic technologies.)
Q: Who is your favourite artist?
A: Marcel DuChamp was my first great influence. Not only did he create the greatest painting and greatest title Nude Descending a Staircase but his next artistic shift was the movement Dadaism, creating the Readymades (found objects deemed art because of the artist's decision). The melding of sculpture and cubism of the Dadaists influenced Surrealism and DuChamp's next masterpiece The Large Glass, or the bride stripped bare by her shoulders. An epic sculpture/painting that many books have been written to attempt to explain. (And an entire suitcase filled with notes by DuChamp displayed in the Philadelphia Museum of Art (Yes, Rocky's great ascension of stairs). DuChamp was a humble artist of whom decided to devote his life to playing and writing about chess. This fascinates me.
Q: Do you do your art for a living (if not what do you do?), or is it a hobby?
A: Luck and timing had everything to do with it, but yes, I am making art for a living. I work with the Mural Design Crew in which, with grant from the city of Toronto and Crime prevention mobilization unit sponsors the crew to make large public art galleries in various parts of the city. Right now we are working on the alleyway at the Green Room in the Annex (Between Bathurst and Spadina on Bloor St. W). The site is styled and influenced by the Spanish artist and architect Antonio Gaudi and resembles a dripping and melting apartment block in bold contrasting colours.
Q: Where do your inspirations come from?
A: Nature and regeneration of life, especially the mixture and growth of organic matter fascinates me, as it relates to the ever-changing urban landscape, urban planning, and graffiti. Travelling as well is a great inspiration to me. Leaving comfortable, safe ground and exploring places. I was especially influenced by the city of Berlin and its dramatic use of covering all blank public spaces (of buildings/apartment blocks) with large cultural and community murals. Zurich as well, was filled with local artists expressive bench art and murals, of which created the essence of the city.
Q: Did you go to school for art or take any courses?
A: No. Couldn't afford it. But I did and still gallery hop and independent research at libraries/ the internet and visit as many art and culture institutions as possible. I visited Humber College and York Universities graduating portfolio displays this past month and am greatly impressed with the young talent churning out of Toronto and its suburbs.
Q: How have you seen your art expand in the last few years, and where do you see it heading?
A: First and foremost, size has been the greatest expansion of my work. In a pop culture world like we have today, bigger is better. Mouths drop at larger works and with the advent of newer technologies, computers, projectors, this is getting much easier to do and more representational of the world we live in.
In the future, I hope to learn sculpture and incorporate structural elements to my paintings.
Final remarks: I also meet as many artists as I can and listen to their influences and views on art and wish to bring the artistic community closer and more communal. Feel free to email me for general Toronto Art discussions. I attempt to be as objective as artistically possible.
aschemool@hotmail.com
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