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Artist Exhibitions:
SOLO EXHIBITON:
2006 - "MADONNA SERIES" TRIBES
GALLERY, NY, NY
2004 - "OMNI SERIES, Art and
Genetics in a Digital Age,
TRIBES GALLERY, NY, NY
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2006 - "DIGI 06, SCIArt"
organized by Art and Science
Collaborations, Inc. NY Hall
of Science, NY, NY
2006 - "AMERICAN DEMOCRACY
PROJECT, CMSU Art Center, ...
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Artist Reviews:
Art in America
March 2007
Chris Twomey at Tribes
Chris Twomey's "Madonna"
series, consisting of works
from 2006, is based on her
photographs of fellow moms
holding young children.
(Twomey herself is a mother of
three.) In some cases, the
photos were in-jet printed at
large scale and ...
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Collections:
MONA Museum of New Art,
Detroit, MI
RHIZOME, New York, NY
Many private collections...
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Commissions:
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Artist Statement for Chris Twomey
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The post-human future is here. What kind of post-humans will we be? Our origins, our self-identity, and the ramifications of genetic discoveries are my themes. Please see "The Scientist" http://www.the-scientist.com/news/display/25404/
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – TRIBES GALLERY 285 East 3rd Street, NYC
CHRIS TWOMEY
“MADONNA SERIES”
November 2, 2006 – November 30, 2006
Opening reception: Thursday, November 2, 6-9 p.m.
A Gathering of the Tribes Gallery is pleased to present “MADONNA SERIES,” a multi-media installation by Chris Twomey, who re-samples a classical theme to mine history, religious tenets, and genetic identity.
Modeled after paintings of the Renaissance, Twomey uses an eclectic palette to depict a diverse group of contemporary mothers and children as 21st century icons. Through DVD, paintings, and prints, the iconography of a worldview is updated and past is joined to present through ancestry genetics. The DNA mutation numbers show our path through evolution and offer a source for our commonality and our individuality. The continuity of the human spirit is found in the relationship between mother and child, merging humanity with science to suggest a new paradigm for the idea of mortality and self.
The group of women/children Twomey has used, reiterate the idea of place and history, for they are people in Twomey’s life; people with whom Twomey has shared a personal moment in time. Each Madonna is singular in personality, but each also reflects a particular genetic Haplogroup spun off from other groups during evolution. Ghostly distortions and colorizations lead to thoughts about how we will use this genetic knowledge.
The ancient DNA number tracings conjure up profound meditations about our shared origins and the complexity of choices we must make for our future.
This is Twomey’s second exhibition with TRIBES GALLERY.
Chris Twomey is an artist living in New York. Awards include a Ford grant, CAPS, the Kitchen Center, and Experimental TV grant and American Film Institute Directing Internship. Since 1999, Twomey has exhibited widely in group art exhibitions around the USA and has work in the permanent collection of the Museum of New Art, Detroit, Rhizome Artbase, and other private collections. Currently, “Madonna Series: Haplogroup B” can be seen at “DIGI’ 06” at the New York Hall of Science. Prior to 1999, Twomey originated an art performance group called “Performance People” as well as worked in film/TV. Twomey attended Reed College, received a BFA with honors from Ramapo College, NJ, and MFA in “New Forms,” at Pratt Institute,NY. www.christwomey.com
The gallery is open Tuesday – Sunday, 12 – 6 p.m., or call for an appointment.
Tribes Gallery, a non-profit space, is located at 285 East Third Street (between C and D) New York, NY 10009. F train to the 2nd Avenue stop or 6 train to Bleecker and walk east. For more information please call 212-674-8262, or email info@tribes.org. www.tribes.org
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In the "OMNI SERIES, Art and Genetics in a digital age," I have photographed the gesture of the umbilical cord, the navel, which was the source of our closest human bond and also contains the stem cells, holding our unique DNA data. Stem cells are able to differentiate into multiple cells types, creating and re-creating parts of our body. For each of these navels I have created a unique filter that rearranges the source photographic information to create a new image.
My other work has used digitized photography mixed with paint on canvas, vinyl,or plastic, my film/computer background provides a background inspiring manipulated, serial, or edited imagery that can visually depict the concept of time in flat space. It is a space where I am able to explore the conventions of post-modern narrative.
The use of photography and computer manipulation with hand work is integral to my concept. The interface between the data-based output of photographic or digital imaging and the hand derived personality of the human gesture is, in some ways, emblematic of our struggles of how to use science to best serve humanity.
OMNISERIES Pressrelease:
CHRIS TWOMEY
OMNI SERIES, Art and Genetics in a Digital Age at TRIBES Gallery
June 3 – July 30, 2004
A Gathering of the Tribes gallery is pleased to present CHRIS TWOMEY’S new media installation, “OMNI SERIES, Art and Genetics in a Digital Age,” celebrating diversity and our shared humanity as we reflect on our genetic future.
Twomey’s installation includes 70 images of navels that are digitally re-coded from their photographic source, obtained at last August’s HOWL Festival in the East Village. A hand written, unbroken line of text and data about recent genetic developments threads through the images, and leads the viewer to the gallery garden, where an 11 foot sculpture completes the experience. “OMNI SERIES” refers to “Omphalus,” another word for navel and in Greek mythology, a totem regarded as the center of the earth.
“The umbilical cord was once the core of our existence/nourishment and our most profound human bond,” says Twomey. “It also contains the stem cells that help shape our destiny with their unique genetic code.”
At the opening, a live camera collected new image samples of people/navels to enrich the exhibition source. These new images of navels were digitized so that one person is seen through another’s filter, suggestive of genetic cloning and in keeping with Twomey’s interest in our self-identity. A DVD displays the metamorphosis of navels to universes as a reflection of the infinite diversity of the stem cells. This process is ongoing. Through www.christwomey.com, more people continue to be invited to pick filters and join the OMNI SERIES.
A related panel discussion, also entitled, “Art and Genetics in a Digitial Age,” took place on Friday, May 21, 2004, at Artists Talk on Art. Chris Twomey moderated this discussion, which also featured artist and author Suzanne Anker, artists Steve Miller and Kevin Clarke, and Columbia U. geneticist Dr. Max Gottesman.
Chris Twomey has exhibited widely throughout the United States, and received awards from the Ford Foundation, Creative Artists Project Service, Kitchen Center, Santa Fe Art Institute, and American Film Institute. She recently exhibited at the International Print Center in New York City, and will be in a September show at the Paul Mellon Arts Center in Wallingford, CT. Chris received an MFA from Pratt Institute and a BFA from Ramapo College, and also attended Reed College.
10% of the proceeds from the OMNI SERIES show will be donated to stem cell research.
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