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SpaceRockSpasm closed

Barry Anderson — Tue, 11 May 2010 15:51:02 +0000

SpaceRockSpasm finally came down yesterday at Review Studios. It only took my assistant Adam and I an hour and a half to take down all of the equipment. However, we still have a dozen holes that need to patched before the gallery is repainted.

All in all, it was a very successful show with a great review in the KC Star and a surprising number of sales.

first review of SpaceRockSpasm

Barry Anderson — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 22:26:25 +0000

The first review of SpaceRockSpasm was posted today on the Review art blog. Written by Steve Brisendine under the ArtKC365 column, it is a very generous overview of the exhibition.

SpaceRockSpasm opens

Barry Anderson — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 04:59:47 +0000

My newest exhibition, SpaceRockSpasm, opened at Review Studios in Kansas City last night. There was a nice crowd and an amazing reception to all of the new work. The exhibition is comprised of eight pieces, five being multi-channel video works and two being multi-channel audio works. The pieces themselves showcase a variety of recent influences on my work such as Krautrock, comics, early experimental film, and recent geo-politics. One, a three-channel vertical LCD piece titled Totem (1) (seen in the image here), seemed to be the most praised and looks to have already sold of a couple of copies of the small edition. Images of all of the works will be posted on this site very soon. The images from the reception are courtesy of friend and colleague Elijah Gowin.

installation in progress

Barry Anderson — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:07:54 +0000

Installation for the new exhibition SpaceRockSpasm is going well. My assistant Adam and I got a good bit set up yesterday. The monitors are all mounted so all that remains on the video portion of the installation is running the remaining cabling. I then have to mount a few dozen speaker components and run the wiring. Hopefully I’ll be done with installation in a couple of days.

The exhibition opens at Review Studios in Kansas City this Friday, March 12. The reception will be from 6 to 9 PM so drop by if you’re in town.

photo taken by Sarah Kraly.

new work for upcoming exhibit

Barry Anderson — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 15:35:30 +0000

I’ve been busy trying to complete a new set of pieces for my upcoming show at Review Studios. There will be a number of new single-channel videos, multi-channel videos, audio sculptures, and maybe even a couple of new photographs. The final set of work is still in flux a bit.

The exhibition, titled SpaceRockSpasm, opens 6-9pm on March 12.

Picnic on Art Island

Barry Anderson — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 01:17:27 +0000

Picnic on Art Island, the monthly event organized by Cara and Cabezas Contemporary, was held at my studio last night. We had a nice crowd, a lively discussion led by Cara Megan Lewis, and a great meal by Kristen Montgomery.

limited edition print

Barry Anderson — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 22:35:46 +0000

The print has been chosen for the limited edition to accompany next month’s Picnic on Art Island event at my studio. The print image is from my 2007 video animation Treebeasties (1) and will be available in an edition of 50 through Cara and Cabezas Contemporary. Tickets and prints can be purchased online. The print is available with a ticket to the event for $175 (event only is $35).

finishing up studio

Barry Anderson — Fri, 22 May 2009 22:37:02 +0000

With the help of my intern Claire, the back part of my studio is finally cleaned up. We finished waxing the floors yesterday so it’s now ready to be used. At the moment I’ll probably just be using the walls to do some more audio drawing tests for the upcoming exhibition at Light Work, but eventually I hope to build a chromakey cyc wall in that area.

new chromakey wall

Barry Anderson — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 21:52:36 +0000

My intern, Claire, and I made a new chromakey wall in the studio last Friday. Eventually I’m hoping to build a full cyc set in the back part of the space, but this wall will do fine for a couple of the current pieces in the works.

We used a matte paint from Home Depot instead of the true chroma green and it’s working great (at half the cost). I’m lighting it with fluorescents which are also working great. The glares are mainly due to the fact that the paint is still wet in the photo.

testing : audio wall drawings

Barry Anderson — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 10:34:15 +0000

I’m finally getting around to testing out some multi-channel audio pieces designed to work as wall drawings. I use 6″ raw speaker components and 16-gauge black speaker wire mounted straight onto the wall. I did a few of these in 2005-06 and have been dying to work on some more.