"The Disillusionment of Truth" ArtEmerge.org Online Gallery
"The Disillusionment of Truth"
ArtEmerge is proud to present artist Todd Williamson in our inaugural exhibition
Press release:
We live in a time when what is ethical is also social and the truth is ambiguous. We are bombarded by social media and instantaneousness news guiding our behavior and moral compass. The most pressing question of our time is how we will look back at who we are and how this “future history" will shape who we become. Will a shadow be cast over our culture and lives? Will our future history show that we had little or no concern for our fellow beings other than shaping them in our image? Will imagination, inspiration and intuition become part of how we live or will we turn a blind eye to the truth and continue down a path of moral turpitude?
This exhibition looks at society through the eyes of the artist and questions the truth we are being told. Works like "The Disillusionment of Now" questions the very thought that at any moment we are getting the entire truth "Counting on Forever" with with large swatches of color, reminiscent of the early abstract expressionist, searches of hope in all the despair. Some works, like "Metaphors & Political Discourse" and "Inappropriate Behavior" are direct statements on the anxiety that is being cast on society without regard to how it will change our future.
Open Now through end of December
www.ArtEmerge.Org
Review on the exhibition @ Art to Art Palette Journal "The Art is Waiting"
http://www.arttoartpalettejournal.com/2016/10/the-ark-is-waiting/
#toddwilliamson #artemerge#nicmarlin #frieze #wehoarts #laartist #motherwell #politics #messy
ArtEmerge is proud to present artist Todd Williamson in our inaugural exhibition
Press release:
We live in a time when what is ethical is also social and the truth is ambiguous. We are bombarded by social media and instantaneousness news guiding our behavior and moral compass. The most pressing question of our time is how we will look back at who we are and how this “future history" will shape who we become. Will a shadow be cast over our culture and lives? Will our future history show that we had little or no concern for our fellow beings other than shaping them in our image? Will imagination, inspiration and intuition become part of how we live or will we turn a blind eye to the truth and continue down a path of moral turpitude?
This exhibition looks at society through the eyes of the artist and questions the truth we are being told. Works like "The Disillusionment of Now" questions the very thought that at any moment we are getting the entire truth "Counting on Forever" with with large swatches of color, reminiscent of the early abstract expressionist, searches of hope in all the despair. Some works, like "Metaphors & Political Discourse" and "Inappropriate Behavior" are direct statements on the anxiety that is being cast on society without regard to how it will change our future.
Open Now through end of December
www.ArtEmerge.Org
Review on the exhibition @ Art to Art Palette Journal "The Art is Waiting"
http://www.arttoartpalettejournal.com/2016/10/the-ark-is-waiting/
#toddwilliamson #artemerge#nicmarlin #frieze #wehoarts #laartist #motherwell #politics #messy
"SOUNDS OF LIGHT"
@ Premium Modern Art, Heilbronn Germany Nov 13, 2015 - Dec 12, 2015
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"Italian Soul" *Abu Dhabi Art Hub * Guest Artist March 28th Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Todd Williamson & Laddie John Dill
Kevin Barry Fine Art-Bergamot Station Santa Monica
October 9, 6-9pm
Inside the Lines @ Nicole Longnecker Gallery, Houston Tx 2014
Unpolarized Light @ George Billis Gallery Los Angeles CA 2013
Press Release:
TODD WILLIAMSON “UNPOLARIZED LIGHT” 4/6/2013 Todd Williamson’s current body of work continues his exploration of light, gesture, and space. Unpolarized light is a light wave vibrating or existing in more than one plane and is a fitting analogy for this body of work. The artist is working to depict the disparate and sometimes opposing elements in himself. He writes, “I am trying to create a body of work that wholly represents all of who I am, the strength of the vertical planes and the passive calm of the horizontal. The anger and passion of the deep movements of color and the calm, tranquil, sexual nature of the lines as they move up the canvas.” Williamson’s process is as reductive as it is additive - nearly as much paint is removed from the canvas as is applied. It is removed methodically and carefully to bring out the greatest texture and movement and then reapplied to achieve the final vision. Each painting is, as Marco di Mauro stated his essay on the work, “the visible perception of emotions on canvas” and reflects a moment in what the artist sees in the world around him. It is his means of depicting the vibrations of color and of emotion. Williamson writes of his work, “I see the chaos and the uncertainty that exists in the art world and with the use of my textured, parallel lines I attempt to control this chaos. Chaos surrounds us in everyday life. Each time we turn on the news we are inundated with more and more unsettling actions and happenings. My lines help me to lay all that I see out in a readable manner, like the way an ancient fresco is read by a scholar. Each movement, color, gesture, tone, and vibrancy in the work is deeply symbolic and can be read by each person that stands in front of the work and looks into the depths that exist there.” Unpolarized Light: "Light emitted by the sun, a lamp, or by a candle flame is unpolarized light. Such light waves are created by electric charges that vibrate in many directions, thus creating a wave that vibrates in many directions. Unpolarized light has a wave that has half its vibrations in the horizontal plane and half in the vertical plane." George Billis Gallery LA 2716 S. La Cienega Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90034 T: 310-838-3685 F: 310-838-3438 www.georgebillis.com/galleryLA.html Divine Discontent: West Hollywood, CA 2011
A city sponsored Art Installation featuring Todd Williamson with Joe Davidson and Meeson Pae Yang. The 3 artists took 3 large vacant stores in a strip mall in West Hollywood and converted them into an art installation dealing with subjects from teen suicide, the church, mores, questioning institutions, beauty from decay, and ethereal landscapes. Click Here to view exhibition photos. Thoughts From a Mind Like Mine: George Billis Gallery- Los Angeles, CA 2011
HUFFINGTON POST HAIKU REVIEW: Todd Williamson seems in transition, moving from a darker to a lighter palette and toward a more and more articulated surface. No less about light (and shadow) than before, Williamson's abstract paintings now tend to the more consciously sensual. - Peter Frank Click Here to view exhibition photos. Two Solo-Exhibitions: Barbara Davis Gallery- Houston, TX 2011
Todd Williamson re-elaborates on the monochrome color field with the addition of a score of horizontal lines arranged in sequence from the top downwards and joined by penetrating blades of light. The interior need for order in the system of thought and pictorial research has made Williamson proceed with a kind of score on the canvas, a kind of plot, a scheme by means of which to read the work. Like musical scores bring order to the sounds transmitted by an indeterminate chaos of simple noises, turning them into a melody, Williamson gives pure color a visual and emotional order through the horizontal lines of his paintings. Click Here to view exhibition photos. Elevated: Rottet Studios- Los Angeles, CA 2010
The exhibition, ELEVATED, includes contemporary works by Andrea Bianconi, Chuck Close, Paul Fleming, Jenny Holzer, Donald Lipski, Joe Mancuso, Mie Olise, Danny Rolph, Ed Ruscha and Todd Williamson. The exhibition is curated by Barbara Davis. Click Here to view exhibition photos. Blurring the Lines: Leu Art Gallery- Belmont University, Nashville, TN 2009
Williamson combines his musical and visual arts talents with a performance in Harton Hall. The performance is a combination of three elements: music written by Greg Walter, a Williamson painting that is slowly revealed and a mirror attached to the back of the canvas to reflect the audience as it slowly turns. The purpose of the performance is to show the audience the influences and emotions that a visual artist feels when creating an original piece of artwork. "Blurring the Lines," examines the question, “What influences an artist to keep painting?” Click Here to view exhibition photos. |
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