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Innovations in Painting

Type: Exhibition Opportunities [View all]
Posted by: Pittsburgh Seen
Deadline: Mon, May 29th, 2023

In school, artists are taught to think outside the “box,” yet academia expects us to fit within the Bauhaus definitions of painting, sculpture, printmaking, photography, ceramics, etc. But, as technologies have developed over the past 100 years, artists have challenged and stretched the traditional categories to include video, graphics, and digital art.

Does paint have to be included to make a work a "painting"? Can the media be poured, sewn, collaged, or printed? Can a piece be made of purchased material/objects? Can it exist in space and still be called a painting? Does a canvas have to be stretched into a square or rectangle? Does it even have to be displayed on a wall? What about virtual/digital/video projects? Can alternative mediums be thought of in the context of painting? How has the history of rules-breaking in painting propelled the discipline forward?

Pittsburgh Seen is currently accepting submissions that explore the breakdown & cross pollination of techniques & categories as they apply to painting. We are a multi-platform online gallery supporting/promoting early to mid-career artists via thematic exhibitions.

Exhibiting artists are featured/promoted via website, social media, and pop-up exhibitions worldwide and have the opportunity for studio visits via Zoom from Pittsburgh Seen and its curators. All artists must be over 21 years of age and not currently enrolled in an undergraduate program to exhibit.

Our Curator

Derek Reese is an interdisciplinary artist living and working in Pittsburgh, PA. A Morgantown, WV native, his work focuses on his specific experience growing up in Appalachia and the cultural impact of Place, more broadly. He received his BFA from West Virginia University, and his MFA from Ohio State University. He recently represented the United States in the SACO Bienal de Arte Contemporáneo in Antofagasto, Chile as artist-in-residence at the ISLA Center. Derek is currently Program Manager of Artist Services for the Office of Public Art in Pittsburgh.

 

To Apply Fee $28

Click on the link to enter https://www.pittsburghseen.com/apply  the deadline to enter is Monday May 29th.

Posted on Tue, March 28th, 2023
Expires on Mon, May 29th, 2023

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