Marc Moss Art

A huge sucess. See the photoset here

GO HAVE A LOOK.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Contact: Marc Moss, artist; Zoë
Contact People: Marc Moss, Fran Wolff
Company Name: Zoë
Telephone Number: Marc Moss: 546.3855; Zoë: 541.9400
Email Address: marc.moss.art@gmail.com
Web site address: http://marcmossart.blogspot.com
ZOE TO HOST “WRESTLING WITH DEMONS AND ANGELS” – original paintings by local artist Marc Moss
Missoula, Montana, 12.10.2005 — Marc Moss will open his “Wrestling with Demons and Angels” exhibit of paintings at Zoë July 7, 2006 – First Friday.

Missoula artist Marc Moss is proud to announce the opening of an exhibition featuring his original paintings at Zoë, 229 East Front Street, Missoula, Montana, 59802. The evocative abstract paintings span the course of several years’ work for Marc, and include oils, acrylic and watercolor. Light refreshments will be served.


For information: http://www.marcmossart.blogspot.com or
Contact: Marc Moss: marc.moss.art@gmail.com or 546.3855
Zoë: 541.9400

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Been busy framing and matting paintings in preperation for the July show at Zoe. More to come on that front soon.

In the meantime, sold a print of the below photo. Wich makes me think I'll do a photo exhibition soon. Probably in November at the latest.

The show was a smashing success. Have a bite on one piece. Sold two others. Great turnout, great people. Ran some glitch-hop electronica out of the iPod. Fun was had by all.

Thanks to all who attended, thanks to those who purchased art.

Special thanks to Stacy J and to Jess (both of them) for the work done to prepare for the show, and for modeling.

On to the next show in July. Abstract paintings to be shown @ Zoe.

Updates as they occur.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Contact: Marc Moss, artist;
Contact People: Marc Moss, Jessica Letke
Company Name: Portico Real Estate
Telephone Number: Marc Moss: 546.3855; Jessica Letke: 327.8787
Email Address: marc.moss.art@gmail.com
Website address: http://marcmossart.blogspot.com
PORTICO REAL ESTATE TO HOST “404: NOT HERE” -- original found object collage/mixed media works by local artist Marc Moss
Missoula, Montana, 06.02.2006 — Marc Moss will open his “404: NOT HERE” exhibit of computer parts and tastefully displayed nude photographs at Portico Real Estate June 2nd, 2006 at 5PM– First Friday.

Missoula artist Marc Moss is proud to announce the opening of an art exhibition which features of his original found object creations at Portico Real Estate, 319 E Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802. The creations feature salvaged computer parts and nude photographs layered with vellum paper. Light refreshments including wine and beer will be served.


For information: http://www.marcmossart.blogspot.com or
Contact: Marc Moss: marc.moss.art@gmail.com or 546.3855
Jessica Letke:

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After the January show at Gold Dust, I haven't spent a lot of time making much art. My landlord moved most of my things out of my garage and into a storage shed while I was gone over Christmas break, so I had nowhere to work as far as framing and matting the art I do have. My good friend, the Original Gimp off erred to allow me to use his garage. Sweet.

I finally moved my tools and table into his garage. I still use mine a little for sanding on occasion, but his is where I will do the bulk of the work. Right now, I'm finishing some more windowframes, and I'll expect that the next show will feature paintings, not collages. I have the paintings chosen, and will have to complete some more of them in order for the show to happen. I hope to have something together for June.

If I get a June show and can score a July show, I'll be doing photographs in July. I also may have a concurrent show somewhere, for I am in the process of working on five new pieces incorporating computer parts, a photographic print, and collage with text and vellum.

The reception opening last night was wonderful. A grand turnout. Ran out of wine twice, (and Adelaide was kind enough to go out for more), the music was excellent, the people were great. We even had tea lights.

For those of you who missed it and would like to see the art, the Gold Dust Gallery will be having gallery hours Mondays from 1PM to 6PM. Please drop by and have a look (and don't forget to sign the guestbook).

HUGE THANKS goes out to Adelaide Moire for all of the hard work she did in helping to promote the show, to Nikki for plastering Missoula with flyers, to Lonnie for hanging the show, to Agent Bones for laying down such an excellent set of music, to John over at Ear Candy for the sound equipment, and to everyone else who had a hand in helping pull it all together. It would not have been successful without all of your combined help.

You can view a slideshow of some of the featured art in the Windows show here.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

Contact: Marc Moss, artist; Gold Dust Gallery
Contact People: Marc Moss, Lonnie White, Adelaide Moire
Company Name: Gold Dust Gallery
Telephone Number: Marc Moss: 546.3855; Lonnie White: 860.3813, Adelaide Moire: 360.7452
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Email Address: marc.moss.art@gmail.com
Website address: http://marcmossart.blogspot.com

GOLD DUST GALLERY TO HOST “WINDOWS” -- original collage, paintings and sculpture by local artist Marc Moss

Missoula, Montana, 12.10.2005 — Marc Moss will open his “Windows” exhibit of collages and paintings at Gold Dust Gallery January 6, 2006 – First Friday.

Missoula artist Marc Moss is proud to announce the opening of an exhibition which features thirteen of his original collages and paintings at the Gold Dust Gallery, 330 North First Street. The collages feature homemade paper, salvaged objects and mixed media, and are accentuated by his evocative abstract paintings. Light refreshments including wine and Kettlehouse beer will be served.

For information: http://www.marcmossart.blogspot.com or
Contact: Marc Moss: marc.moss.art@gmail.com or 546.3855

Adelaide Moire 360.7452

Lonnie White 860.3813

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...The auction features a collection of artwork created by local found-art artists and some more spontaneous pieces created during a contest held at Home Resource earlier this fall.

The contest was called Spontaneous Construction. For four hours, Home Resource became a haven for the artistic mind as people from all different walks of life raced around the business looking for the perfect piece to complete their work of art.

“We had about 35 people show up,” said Hisel. “They included professional artists, architects, builders and families. They all had four hours to create something using whatever they could find in the yard.”

The idea had been to sell those pieces after they were completed, but the event wound up attracting far more artists than bidders, said Hisel.

“So we kept these pieces together and added some additional work by local found-object artists for this upcoming auction,” he said. “We have an additional 25 pieces or so from professional artists for the auction.”

The auction will include work by some of Missoula's best known found-object artists, including Bobby Tilton, Jason Gutzmer, Tom Robinson, Karen Slobad and Marc Moss.

Benefit Art Auction 6PM-9PM at the Fireplace, 241 West Main Street 12-10-05

Full story here.

The text below is what displays below ENTER HERE.

Media agencies and corporate media have expended large amounts of
money and time creating an art form which takes things out of context
to manipulate viewers. We, the viewers, are bombarded with imagery
and words until we become numb to their contexts and meanings.

I take what this media gives us and build new contexts from it.
Disjointed juxtaposed images with contrasting meanings work together
forming new concepts, fresh ideas and layers of meaning. The
emotional landscapes of my paintings compliment the collages to build
a cohesive collection of recycled renewed ideas, thoughts and feelings
from the discarded.

Windows

I'll update later with dimensions and more photos (hopefully).

Gearing up for the show in January. Julia was nice enough to design a sticker for me:

And last night, I finished the postcard.

(front)

(back - to be printed in BW)

All of the art is framed in rescued window frames I've re-furbished. Trying a different marketing approach. None of the art in the show will appear in any of the marketing materials. We'll see how it goes. I'll be uploading some of the featured artwork soon. Hope to see you at the show.

From the Missoulain

Missoula police arrested Brian David Gunderson on Wednesday, alleging he played a major role in the unprovoked beating of two 21-year-old University of Montana students Oct. 15.

Police are still looking for another primary suspect, James Steven “Joby” Kelly, 18.

Let's hope it doesn't take too long to find him.

In other good news....

Under withering attack from conservatives, President Bush abandoned his push to put loyalist Harriet Miers on the Supreme Court and promised a quick replacement Thursday.

(from Yahoo! news)

Sunday night while I was on the radio and unbeknownst to me, a good friend of mine lay in a hospital bed with a broken jaw and a split tooth. Wally Catton and Marcus Chebul were singled out Saturday night by a group of allegedly teenage thugs because of their appearance, and were attacked and beaten by these unknown assailants.

Now, I don't know Marcus, but Wally is a friend of mine. He's a is a student at The University of Montana, and an expert on graphic novels. His drawings are incredible, and he has never hurt anyone. He exists for the sole purpose of bringing beauty into the world, and is an amazing human being.

Violence is making more regular appearances in our community, and when we are silent, we are allowing it to occur. We can be silent no longer. Missoula police are looking for leads about the beating on Saturday. If anyone has any information about the attack, please call the Missoula Police Department 24 hours a day at (406) 523-4777 or Monday through Friday 8AM-5PM at (406) 258-4672. The suspect vehicle was described by witnesses as a red sport utility vehicle, with a partial license plate beginning 4-B925.

If you or someone you know is a victim of violence, the Student Assault Resource Center (SARC) can help. They have a 24 hour hotline at (406) 243-6559, which is staffed by trained SARC advocates who provide confidential information and peer counseling over the telephone. Advocates can also refer you to other resources to help in dealing with violence on campus or within the Missoula community. SARC is located at the Curry Health Center on the University of Montana Campus at 634 Eddy Street.

This is not the first time an assault of this nature occurred. Stop the violence.

I have an art show coming up in January. By January, many will have forgotten the attacks that have been occuring in Missoula. Wally and Marcus, and their family and friends will not have forgotten. And their medical expenses will not have gone away. I will be donating 50% of the proceeds from the sale of any of my art in January's show to help defray the costs of Wally and Marcus' medical expenses.

Wally and Marcus -- Our thoughts are with you. You are beautiful.

The Portico show has come down. Thank you to my family for their support as i went insane learning how to cut mats and build frames. Thanks to Julia for her support. To friends and neighbors who let me use their tools (saws, clamps, etc). Thanks to The Art Hang Up for all of the help they provided. Thanks to those who helped cart the art around and to those who let me borrow cars when I needed one and did not have one. I couldn't have gotten it together without any of you.

I have been busy matting and framing pieces for the upcoming show at Gold Dust Gallery, located near the beautiful housing development of the same name. The show opens on First Friday, January 6, 2006. I'll be posting images to be included in the show soon. Also to be included in the Gold Dust show is my first sculpture made from a plaster cast, an old lumber mill saw and various other found objects.

I have been thinking about it for a while. I mean, Willie Nelson is a legend and all, but I am not established enough to blow off a gallery reception. I will be there tonight from 5PM-7.30PM. Hope to see some of you there.

Please peruse the page at your leisure. If you'd like to see all of the works in one place, and are unable to stop by Portico, browse here.

For anyone who missed the opening last week, there will be a second opening this week 09.09.05. I, unfortunately, will not be in attendance, as I will be at the Willie Nelson concert.

My artist statement
Paint collage photography
Order in chaos.

I'm kidding, of course. A haiku won't fly as an artist statement. People seem to like little soundbites that are easily digestible. Art, however, is not like that. Layers of paint or paper, sometimes both, create meaning and emotion that must be turned over and digested with great care.

It's a lie.

No thought required at all.

It's just paint and brushstrokes and glue and paper.

Most importantly, whatever art is, it cannot be written about, at least not accurately. Art must be experienced, touched eaten. It must be all-encompassing, and it must, no matter what kind of art, evoke a feeling, an emotional response.

We humans trick ourselves into believing that we can bring order out of chaos. We can only take snapshots of the chaos and re-work them in order to better understand the chaos and our part in it, be it through art, music or writing.

The show is hung, and it is well hung. Most of the pieces have been represented on this site. I will try to get images up of the other pieces as I get time. The show opens 9/2 and will hang for three weeks.

Hallucination; 33 x 36; collage, acrylic

Piscean Reverie; watercolor 16 x 14.5

Leo Eats Pisces; original photographic print, dragonfly, acrylic, Polaroid, collage

EDIT: This piece will not be in the show as the rabbit cut on the frame was too shallow and the glass was cut too small.

We Two Are One; collage, homemade paper, moth wings, peacock feather; 33 x 27

You know you want to buy this as a wedding gift for someone. ;)

Consume; collage, acrylic; approximately 16"x 21" unframed, if memory serves

EDIT: The white tear - looking part of this piece has been painted over. also, thie piece will not appear in the show due to technical difficulties.

Media has glorified consumption, be it food, material goods, whatever. Most of it, we don't need, and the constant want for "more" is damaging to us physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually; and damaging to our environment.

Imagine Love; collage, acrylic, exposed Polaroids, film negative; 38 x 27

As hard as it is, Love can be good. Or maybe it's just an invented emotion, an unrealistic ideal.

Through an Open Door; collage 37.75 x 28.75

Is the woman walking through the open door because it has been opened by the man in the picture? Is he trying to close the door? Is he reaching for her? Does she see him? Is he startled that the door has opened? Is she leaving? Is it difficult to breathe on the moon? What else, what else....

I formally invite anyone and everyone in the Missoula area to attend the show on Friday, September 2, 2005.

Two pieces are canvas and don't need frames. My intention is to have 15 total pieces in the show. I currently have five pieces matted and frames assembled. Two more matted and awaiting assembly. Two frames to build and three mats to re-cut. Looking to hang the show Tuesday or Wednesday. If I get that accomplished, I have a sculpture to assemble. Then threre's the maarketing. At my local friendly neighborhood 24-hour copy shop now downloading the flyers and postcards so generously provided by Madking. I did the design, he did the layout and color matching etc. Thank you Madking.

So, my bandsaw's too dull to cut miters right now, and I have been using the table saw. Seems to be less than accurate, and I'm worried that when I go to put the glass in, I'm going to have some trouble. I guess that's why I have a chisel.

Need more wood.

I've been out in the studio for three hours already today. I recently acquired a cutting mat, and it makes a HUGE difference when cutting mats. I had to re-mat a piece in order to fit it into the frame I have, and turns out, I double matted it, and it looks great. Fits into the frame and everything. So Reaching Out is basically finished. I need to clean the glass, polish the frame, and place the piece into the frame, then shoot it with brad nails.

Seems like it's turning into a productive day.

Successfully cut my first piece of glass yesterday morning. Now I just need to assemble the frame to which it belongs and see if it fits.

Sanded down two frames I found in an industrial dumpster, too. Stained them black, and they turned out beautifully. Now, I need to re-cut the mats for the pieces that will go into those frames.

A friend who runs a framing shop is headed out on vacation today, and let me use her brad nailer while she's gone, so that's one less thing I need to worry about, "How am I going to do that?" She also gave me some pointers on frame assembly and hooked me up with some glue. Excellent.

I also successfully cut all of the wood for the first frame that I'm building from scratch. Up to this point, I have been cutting down larger frames (39.5" x 60") that I acquired when some folks at the University of Montana were cleaning out a storage shed. I cut the wood to size, cut the rabbit for the glass, then measured and cut the miters. The pieces fit together better than some of the other frames I've cut.

But. I lost about 6" from each piece of wood when I cut the miters. Guess I learned something. And that's a good thing. My 'ole man always told me, "If you learn something, it's not a wasted day."

Meanwhile, in the "distractions" category, hung out with Ric Parnell, the drummer from Spinal Tap, on Saturday at Sean Kelly's. It was his birthday, and he had fun telling us stories about "back in the day".

On my first cup of coffee for the day. We've gotten some much needed rain, and, in fact, it's still raining. Headed out into the studio now to cut some glass, assemble some frames, and cut a few mats before heading into work.

Remix 12" x 16", acrylic, bolts, nails, string

Lignting Strike 12" x 16", oil

Speak No Evil, collage, acrylic. 16 1/2 x 19

EDIT: Speak No Evil will not be in the show due to conflict of interest. It will, however, be in January's show (more details to come).

EDIT: This piece will not be in the show, as it conflicts with this piece

Painful Enigma, collage, 11x13 SOLD

Spent last night chasing around town in a borrowed car looking for supplies. Got stain, got the correct sized sandpaper. Did not get the waffle staples or stapler I wanted, no one had them. Need to make some phonecalls today.

Did get a glass snip tool, which, when gently placed on the score on a piece of glass, will cleanly snap the glass on the score. It works. I successfully cut my first piece of glass this morning (for Painful Enigma, incidentally.)

It was dark by the time I arrived home, so I didn't do much work in the studio. Had pizza and Ginseng Pale Ale instead. Went to bed early.

Reaching Out. Acrylic, safety glass, peacock feather, collage. 39.5" x 60"

While two can be physically naked together, it is rare that they can be emotionally naked together as well. This idea is symbolized, in this case, by a peacock feather representing the male bravado, the semi-nude femal form, complex and made up of many parts, holding itself against the possibility of real intimacy. A male hand reaches out to offer itself in faith and trust. Paint spatters complete the feel of the piece, bringing a sense of chaos to the work.

So I've been busy matting art like mad. I've been surprisingly patient with the screw-ups, and have made quite a bit of progress. Awoke Sunday at 4AM unable to sleep, so I made a stencil and headed out with my spray chalk. It was the first time I had painted stencils in town, and I wanted to use a medium for which I couldn't get into too much trouble.

I used as my inspiration the idea presented here. It was fun going around and trying to figure out where to paint and how quickly to paint, how much paint to use. I learned a lot and will do things much differently next time. I checked yesterday, and all of the stencils (I did about 10) are still intact (contrary to a report I gave to someone yesterday. I thought the one in front of the shop with DRUGS in tile out front had been removed, but it was not.

It's not the first time I painted this around town, but it's the first time I've used stencils. The first time, I did it freehand, one in front of the local ice cream shop, and the other in front of the University Center. Both were completely gone the next day. The only one that remains is the one I did on the bike trail near my house.

All of this preparing for the show feels like it's going at a snail's pace. It's been interesting carrying mat board all rolled up and in plastic from the University Bookstore on my bike, but all of the matting is complete, save one piece.

Which leaves me to build frames.

Kevin came over on Monday to show me how to use all of the tools I recently acquired. Kevin's a carpenter, but he's also a good teacher. Must be his wife's influence. Once the evening was finished, we'd ripped a bunch of wood with the table saw, cut miters with both the table saw and the band saw, and made rabbit cuts with both the table saw, and, after having bored a bigger hole in the router table to accommodate the rabbit bit, on the router as well.

He worked pretty fast. My 'ol man taught me to measure twice, cut once, but Kevin sort of half-measured, half eyeballed it and in the end we had a not-too-bad-considering 3x5 frame.

Originally, I had planned to frame all of the pieces using pallet wood. Tuesday a guy from work was kind enough to haul me and the pallets I thought I wanted. We got 6 pallets. After three hours of work prying the wood apart, trying not to split any of the boards, I ended up with about five usable pieces of wood.

Not very practical.

I wasn't sure what exactly I was going to do about materials, when a guy who used to work with me called. He is some sort of assistant athletic director at the University of Montana. They were cleaning out a storage shed and about to throw away four 39.5x60 frames, glass and foamcore intact. He wanted to know if I wanted them. Of course. So he dropped them off on Tuesday. I spent Tuesday pulling the glass out of the frames and running back and forth to Ace Hardware.

Wednesday was a blur.

Thursday I decided to take the day off, and head down to Artini Night sponsored by the Missoula Contemporary Art Museum. Below are some pictures from that. I also figured it would be a chance to learn (more) about presentation, and to do some schmoozing.

Heads by Wesly Anderegg. Porcelain bowls by Amber Battista Olson.

But Thursday wasn't a total wash. As I was headed down to Taco del Sol to grab some food, two frames in an industrial dumpster caught my eye. Measuring about 24x36, I knew I couldn't bike them home, so I walked them home, then walked back downtown to get some food and pick up my bike.

Tonight I am tired. I finished my business cards, flyers and postcards to market the show. I think I'll get some food and sack out early.

This one has no title, as do most of my paintings. Wish I was better at naming my art. We'll call it "Dark Red" for the sake of convenience. I was matting it for the show in September and it sold before I could even get it framed. Nice. $175.

I'll be posting images of each piece I have finished matting. I've got ten pieces finished, but no motivation to sit in front of the computer today. Stop back.