Light and Vision by Jeff Curtis

Incorporating words, phrases, and lettering as an intrinsic part of the visuals in my drawings, I am influenced by the history of graphic design as a means of visual communication, and further using visual representations of language as a means of enhancing, augmenting, and sometimes subverting verbal expression.  My reinterpretations of classic book covers and elements from the books themselves give me a chance to explore the processes of graphic design, and to draw out my own subjective reactions and extrapolations of these works of popular culture.

Opening Night performance by Iron Oxide.

St Malachi by Ora Coltman

The Cleveland School has garnered attention over the years for the turn of the century painters it produced and influenced throughout the midwest/Great Lakes region of the United States.    The WPA Projects employed some of these artists, work by Ora Coltman is still on display at the main branch of the City of Cleveland Library.

The Cleveland School eventually became the Cleveland Institute of Art.

This exhibit contains work by three Cleveland School painters, as well as of several paintings subsequent to the Cleveland School period.

Hombre painting by Bruno Casiano

As a child growing up in the Island of Puerto Rico, I encountered the wild rural life of a small town called Juana Diaz. Since, this has been the motivating factor of my artwork, composed of sub-conscience interpretations of mountains, mangos, ceiba trees, caves and the awareness of being on an island. This is the key part of the process of my work, which dips into these memories seen through the eyes of a young kid, where depth of a brilliant sky becomes entangled with leaves, branches, water, colors, forms and high contrast.

This euphoria of the creative process finds the measuring place in the tangible material. Two parallels, man and material interact concurrent to such objective, called art. The complexity of its continuous resurrection repeats itself in many stages throughout the entire existence in which materials are being manipulated. By these undetermined or determined allusions, composed by the surreal and real, singular and plural thoughts which constantly recall stages of  my human experience.

This subjectivity and visual pursuit for the “truth” is which gives birth to the process and creation, and continues to break esthetic interpretations, which results into my final art work.

As a child growing up in the Island of Puerto Rico, I encountered the wild rural life of a small town called Juana Diaz. Since, this has been the motivating factor of my artwork, composed of sub-conscience interpretations of mountains, mangos, ceiba trees, caves and the awareness of being on an island. This is the key part of the process of my work, which dips into these memories seen through the eyes of a young kid, where depth of a brilliant sky becomes entangled with leaves, branches, water, colors, forms and high contrast.

This euphoria of the creative process finds the measuring place in the tangible material. Two parallels, man and material interact concurrent to such objective, called art. The complexity of its continuous resurrection repeats itself in many stages throughout the entire existence in which materials are being manipulated. By these undetermined or determined allusions, composed by the surreal and real, singular and plural thoughts which constantly recall stages of  my human experience.

This subjectivity and visual pursuit for the “truth” is which gives birth to the process and creation, and continues to break esthetic interpretations, which results into my final art work.

As a child growing up in the Island of Puerto Rico, I encountered the wild rural life of a small town called Juana Diaz. Since, this has been the motivating factor of my artwork, composed of sub-conscience interpretations of mountains, mangos, ceiba trees, caves and the awareness of being on an island. This is the key part of the process of my work, which dips into these memories seen through the eyes of a young kid, where depth of a brilliant sky becomes entangled with leaves, branches, water, colors, forms and high contrast.

This euphoria of the creative process finds the measuring place in the tangible material. Two parallels, man and material interact concurrent to such objective, called art. The complexity of its continuous resurrection repeats itself in many stages throughout the entire existence in which materials are being manipulated. By these undetermined or determined allusions, composed by the surreal and real, singular and plural thoughts which constantly recall stages of  my human experience.

This subjectivity and visual pursuit for the “truth” is which gives birth to the process and creation, and continues to break esthetic interpretations, which results into my final art work.

Bruno

]]> http://www.brandtgallery.org/bruno-casiano-in-november/469/feed 0 http://www.brandtgallery.org/tremont-history-project-tremont-artwalk-friday-october-14th/1488 http://www.brandtgallery.org/tremont-history-project-tremont-artwalk-friday-october-14th/1488#comments Thu, 13 Oct 2011 22:43:25 +0000 jean http://www.brandtgallery.org/?p=1488 Continue reading →]]> The Tremont History Project will be kicking off its fall schedule at Brandt Gallery.   The history project consists of people with a little more history in Tremont than ArtWalk and Tremont West.   This is an on-going project, photos and events are always being added to the timeline, as they work to vet out the rich 150 year history of this always diverse, and until quite recently, blue collar working class neighborhood.

The history project will be featured at Pilgrim Congregational Church for the  November ArtWalk.

Saturday October 8 the monthly Russell Vidrick open mic poetry will feature the contributors to his BRANDT21 poetry anthology published in conjunction with the BRANDT21 anniversary show.

Poetry begins at 3 p.m.

Barbecue begins at 5 p.m. we supply fire and some light beverages, you bring food for the grill and to share!

I work mostly with found and acquired objects to create sculpture and installation work.  I also make paintings.  I have shown in galleries and in juried shows since graduation from Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, in 1987.  I have also taught visual art between the years 2003 – 2008, both at Cuyahoga Community College and at The Cleveland Institute of Art.  At Tri-C I taught classes in Visual Design, Photography, and Art Appreciation.  At CIA I taught classes in Foundations Painting and also a class I was able to design myself in the David Lynch television series Twin Peaks.

previous Brandt Gallery exhibits:
Olde Stuff – A Retrospective, September 1990
Minor Art, July 1992
Alibi by Jesus H Christ, December 1993
St. of Kine, October 1994
5yrS – Socks, October 1995
Sleeps with Angel Food Cakes, July 1996
Spaces – sculptures, September 1997
The Gene Durst Show, February 1998
New Work, March 1999

previous Brandt Gallery exhibits:
History/Hystery, May 1998